Yosemite Community College District

Yosemite Community College District, a California-based public community college district and Hispanic-Serving Institution, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering workforce development and student support services to the Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Agriculture. The district holds no federal contracts; all 26 awards in its recent footprint are federal grants, with 100% positioned as prime recipient rather than subrecipient.

The district's grant portfolio concentrates in postsecondary education programming through the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, which accounts for 22 of 26 awards. Recent Department of Education awards include a $2 million project grant (CFDA 84.116, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) to Modesto Junior College for a state-of-the-art technical rescue training and infrastructure complex running through May 31, 2026; a $348,513 TRIO Student Support Services grant (CFDA 84.042) through August 31, 2026 targeting low-income, first-generation, and disabled students; and a TRIO Upward Bound expanded award and TRIO Talent Search grant both extending through August 31, 2026. The district also holds multiple TRIO Upward Bound awards supporting pre-college preparation. Beyond Department of Education, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Modesto Junior College a $195,000 project grant (CFDA 10.310, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Education and Workforce Development) effective March 1, 2026 through February 29, 2028, supporting agricultural workforce preparation in California's Central Valley wine and fermentation sectors through enhanced instruction, industry partnerships, and experiential learning. The National Science Foundation awarded $400,000 (CFDA 47.084, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028 for the EPIIC A-SPARK project, building research and biotechnology industry partnership capacity across four colleges to develop faculty-led agricultural biotechnology research and workforce curricula aligned with regional industry needs.

Activity across the past five years shows modest, fluctuating volume — two awards in 2021 and 2022, one in 2023, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with a combined dollars obligated total of $98.9 million. Five awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, exposing recompete opportunity for similar workforce development and postsecondary education initiatives. The district operates through administrative oversight in Modesto, California, with operational delivery through Modesto Junior College and Columbia College as component institutions.