Recipient of federal assistance · PLAINFIELD, IA

BUTLER-BREMER MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO

BUTLER-BREMER MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO received $6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 18 actions. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $17.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Communications Commission ($5.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$6M
New awards
15
Actions
18
Since FY2021
$17.5M
UEI
LS94M3YGE134
Location
PLAINFIELD, IA
Businesses
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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. 184.4KFY2021
  2. 180.3KFY2022
  3. 221.3KFY2023
  4. 10.9MFY2024
  5. 6MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$5.7M95%
  2. Grants$300K5.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$5.7M95%
  2. 10.854 · Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants$300K5.0%
  3. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$27.1K0.5%
  4. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$2,0250.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$5.7M95%
  2. Rural Business Cooperative Service$300K5.0%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.$5.4M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001925-351115-EACAM
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$1.3M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001925-351115-CAFICC
  3. RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS DISASTER (REDG DISASTER) - GRANT$300K
    10.854 · Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants· Rural Business Cooperative Service· Project grant· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· CLSS00000118101
  4. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$5,797
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001925-351115
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$4,200
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· SL-2399025016
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$3,600
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· SL-2399022723

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

  • Sub-grants: $1.3M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. IOWA DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT$1.3M100%
    DES MOINES, IA · 1 subaward

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.