Recipient of federal assistance · ENCINITAS, CA

BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC

BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC received $6.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions, +591% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $20.8M. Its largest awarding agency was National Park Service ($5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$6.8M
New awards
3
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$20.8M
UEI
ZHJPATDG5C88
Location
ENCINITAS, CA
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 250KFY2021
  2. 1MFY2022
  3. 5.5MFY2023
  4. 6.3MFY2024
  5. 978.7KFY2025
  6. 6.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$6.8M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.954 · National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education$5M74%
  2. 45.164 · Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs$972.5K14%
  3. 64.055 · Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program$750K11%
  4. 45.024 · Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals$20K0.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Park Service$5M74%
    Department of the Interior
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities$972.5K14%
  3. Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$750K11%
    Department of Veterans Affairs
  4. National Endowment for the Arts$20K0.3%

Largest awards

  1. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANDEFFORTS IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE…$10.6M
    15.954 · National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education· National Park Service· Cooperative agreement· Sep 4, 2024 – Aug 19, 2026· P24AC02311
  2. SERVING, THRIVING, AND READING TOGETHER (START): AMERICA250 [THE START FAMILY READING PROGRAM (SERVING, THRIVING, AND READING TOGETHER)…$972.5K
    45.164 · Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Feb 19, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· GA31054426
  3. RELEASED FUNDS FOR YEAR FOUR OF THE GRANT PROGRAM.$750K
    64.055 · Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Project grant· Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025· ZZ-SSG-1567-22-25
  4. THIS PROJECT CONNECTS MILITARY SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO NATIONAL PARKS AND THE OUTDOORS, REDUCING SPECIFIC BARRIERS MILITARY…$600K
    15.954 · National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education· National Park Service· Cooperative agreement· Aug 1, 2025 – May 26, 2026· P25AC01051
  5. PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES BY NAVY BAND NORTHEAST DURING BLUE STAR WELCOME WEEK AT THE HISTORIC CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD IN RECOGNITION…$20K
    45.024 · Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals· National Endowment for the Arts· Grant· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 1956232-54-26

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $212.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $2.6M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.