Federal contractor · ROME, NY

GRIFFISS INSTITUTE INC.

GRIFFISS INSTITUTE INC. received $350.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+538% vs FY2025). Since FY2025: $405.4K. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($350K). It also received $7.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$350.5K
New awards
3
Sole-source
99.9%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
TU4PGLP47ZE6
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 54.9KFY2025
  2. 350.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$350K99.9%
    2 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$350K99.9%
  2. Research & development$5000.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kern County, CA$350K99.9%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.1%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition99.9%
    US 39% · $350K
  • Sole-source awards99.9%
    US 30% · $350K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$350K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. COKE FELLOWSHIPS$350K
    Department of the Navy· Kern County, CA· Professional services· Dec 11, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· N6893626P5061
  2. COKE RESEARCH$54.9K
    Department of the Navy· Oneida County, NY· Professional services· Aug 21, 2025 – Feb 25, 2026· N6893625P5236
  3. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026· HQ085926FF730

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.

GRIFFISS INSTITUTE INC. received $7.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 35 actions (0 new awards), −58% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program ($7.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.9M
New awards
0
Actions
35
Since FY2021
$130.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 34.9MFY2021
  2. 25MFY2022
  3. 19.9MFY2023
  4. 24.1MFY2024
  5. 18.7MFY2025
  6. 7.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$7.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$7.2M91%
  2. 12.330 · Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program$675.6K8.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Air Force$7.9M100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER$85.5M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Other financial assistance· Nov 9, 2020 – Jul 17, 2026· FA87501931001
  2. AIR FORCE STEM PROGRAMS$31M
    12.330 · Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program· Department of the Air Force· Other financial assistance· Jan 26, 2021 – Aug 28, 2026· FA87501936000
  3. RI STUDENT INTERN PROGRAM$15M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Other financial assistance· Dec 23, 2020 – Aug 13, 2026· FA87502031004
  4. ALL ARTICLES OF FA8750-19-3-1000 APPLY TO THIS CPO$14.6M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Other financial assistance· Nov 25, 2020 – Sep 22, 2026· FA87502031003
  5. AWARD DESCRIPTION CTL23-1004-E00 SMART-X INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) LIVING LAB PURPOSE:THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A…$3M
    11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 15, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 60NANB23D182

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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

  • Sub-grants: $164K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$164K100%
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $564.9K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$425K75%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
  2. RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE$139.9K25%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $102.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $256.3K received
  • FY2025: $247.4K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $164K paid out · $564.9K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

2 companies · $411.4K reported

  1. AX ENTERPRIZE, LLC$247.4K
    YORKVILLE, NY · 1 subaward
  2. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$164K
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $924.1K reported

  1. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$425K
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$396.2K
    STONY BROOK, NY · 3 subawards
  3. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$102.9K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MARINER CREDENTIAL SERVICE LLC$326.6K−100% in FY2026
    WILLIAMSBURG, VA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Educational support services
  2. HVAC CODES & CONTROLS SCHOOL, LLC$254.9K+14% in FY2026
    YALE, VA · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Educational support services
  3. CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA$335.3K−100% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Educational support services

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.