Federal contractor · DES MOINES, WA

HIGHLINE COLLEGE

HIGHLINE COLLEGE received $28.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($28.9K). It also received $1.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$28.9K
New awards
2
Sole-source
8.3%
Single offer
92%
UEI
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Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$28.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. King County, WA$28.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $28.9K
  • Sole-source awards8.3%
    US 30% · $2,408
  • Single-offer competitions92%
    US 8.8% · $26.5K
  • 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 Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· King County, WA· Education & social services· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· 15B61126F00000052
  2. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· King County, WA· Education & social services· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 15B61126F00000048

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.

HIGHLINE COLLEGE received $1.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 8 actions (4 new awards), +102% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources) ($861.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
4
Actions
8
Since FY2021
$25.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 19.3MFY2021
  2. 1.6MFY2022
  3. 1.2MFY2023
  4. 1MFY2024
  5. 702.1KFY2025
  6. 1.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.4M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$861.9K61%
  2. 84.044 · Trio Talent Search$288.5K20%
  3. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$271K19%
  4. 84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund-$2,6380.0%

Awarding agencies

Largest awards

  1. 84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Mar 22, 2021 – Apr 27, 2026· P425E200166
  2. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Aug 21, 2026· P042A200126
  3. 84.044 · Trio Talent Search· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 19, 2022 – Aug 28, 2026· P044A220588
  4. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 2610224
  5. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 3, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· P042A250550
  6. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 2539621

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.2M (4 subawards)

2 primes

  1. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES$2M90%
    OLYMPIA, WA · 2 subawards
  2. SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $853.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $961.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $246.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.2M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $6.6M reported

  1. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES$3.8M
    OLYMPIA, WA · 4 subawards
  2. COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES, WASHINGTION STATE BOARD FOR$1.7M
    OLYMPIA, WA · 2 subawards
  3. PULLMAN, WA · 4 subawards

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.