Federal contractor · TACOMA, WA

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY received $95K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($95K). It also received $8.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$95K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
WR6BH9NBSC74
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 95KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$95K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$95K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Pierce County, WA$95K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) GATEWAY TO RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORKFORCE (GROW) PROGRAM - AI/AN (HIGH SCHOOL TRACK)$95K
    National Institutes of Health· Pierce County, WA· Education & social services· Jul 22, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 75N98026P01043

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.

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY received $8.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 198 actions (8 new awards), +12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$8.9M
New awards
8
Actions
198
Since FY2021
$45M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 12.6MFY2021
  2. 3MFY2022
  3. 5.6MFY2023
  4. 6.9MFY2024
  5. 7.9MFY2025
  6. 8.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$7M79%
  2. Grants$1.9M21%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6M67%
  2. 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$724.8K8.2%
  3. 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants$599.7K6.8%
  4. 93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development$556.3K6.3%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$519.9K5.9%
  6. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$429.2K4.8%
  7. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$78.7K0.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$7M79%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.9M21%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 3, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026· P063P252411
  2. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM - THE MASTER’S IN SOCIAL WORK (MSW) AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY (MFT)…$1.2M
    93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Jun 18, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· M0154877
  3. NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY AND RETENTION - TRANSITION TO PRACTICE PROGRAM - PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF NURSING (SON)…$753.3K
    93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· TR456272
  4. NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (NWD) - PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY (PLU) SCHOOL OF NURSING REQUESTS FUNDING THROUGH THE HRSA NURSING…$556.3K
    93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· D1956239
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$519.9K
    84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P007A264395
  6. NURSE EDUCATION PRACTICE QUALITY RETENTION SIMULATION EDUCATION TRAINING$467.2K
    93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Jul 28, 2022 – Jan 26, 2026· U4E46213

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.

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

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $80K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $46.3K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $79.8K 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.

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

3 companies · $206.1K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM$80K
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  2. MILITARY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON STA$79.8K
    CAMP MURRAY, WA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$46.3K
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 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 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO EN AGUADILLA$122K
    AGUADILLA, PR · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY$150K
    FAYETTEVILLE, NC · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY$150.8K
    GRAMBLING, LA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.