Recipient of federal assistance · WALTERBORO, SC

PALMETTO RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC

PALMETTO RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC received $29M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 21 actions. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $70.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Communications Commission ($29M).

Assistance · FY2026
$29M
New awards
0
Actions
21
Since FY2021
$70.7M
UEI
U6APLZFJNR26
Parent organization
PALMETTO RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.
Location
WALTERBORO, SC
Nonprofits
Open in the explorerFederal grants & assistance

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. 7.7MFY2021
  2. 9.8MFY2022
  3. 10.6MFY2023
  4. 13.6MFY2024
  5. 29MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$29M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$28.9M99.8%
  2. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$65.2K0.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$29M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$54.3M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001525-240536-CAFBLS
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$16.5M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001525-240536-HCL
  3. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$5.1M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001525-240536-CAFICC
  4. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$291.9K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001525-240536
  5. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$180.5K
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 30, 2022 – May 31, 2026· HC-143001525-240536-RDOF

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.