Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical Institute Of New Englan

Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical Institute Of New England operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit subrecipient of federal child nutrition and food security grants, receiving federal funding exclusively through the Connecticut Department of Education as the pass-through grantor. The organization holds no prime federal contracts or grants and competes in no set-aside categories; all 24 recent federal awards in the source are sub-award grants flowing from USDA Food and Nutrition Service programs administered by Connecticut's education department.

Headquartered in West Haven, Connecticut, Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical Institute Of New England is a religious and educational nonprofit operating as a tax-exempt corporate entity. The organization's federal footprint is entirely grant-based and entirely subordinate — the source records zero prime grant or contract awards and 24 grant sub-awards totaling $8.2 million obligated across the data window.

The organization's grantor universe is tightly concentrated. Two distinct federal customer agencies account for 88% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, which anchors 19 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service again, which accounts for 2 additional awards. All funding flows through Connecticut's Department of Education as the prime grantee and pass-through intermediary. The grants themselves span child nutrition programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CCFP), cash-in-lieu commodity support, and related school food equipment and local-food-for-schools initiatives — programs aligned with USDA child nutrition block grants and SNAP administration. The organization also received two sub-awards under the Department of Homeland Security Non-Profit Security Grant Program in 2022 for physical security enhancements and target hardening at a nonprofit at high risk of terrorist attack.

Activity has been episodic and recently accelerated. One award appeared in 2021, nine in 2022, three in 2023, two in 2024, and six awards in 2026 (as of May 14). The recent concentration in early 2026 reflects recurring annual appropriations from Connecticut's education department for child nutrition operations — the source shows multiple awards dated January, March, and May 2026, typical of periodic grant distributions to participating food service providers. The organization operates solely as a subrecipient under federal pass-through grants; it does not hold or compete for prime contracts, GWACs, IDIQs, or direct federal grants.