Recipient of federal assistance · TACOMA, WA

TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS received $8.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 8 actions, −19% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $56.1M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($7.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$8.2M
New awards
3
Actions
8
Since FY2021
$56.1M
UEI
KTERSDJ44S58
Location
TACOMA, WA
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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. 12.9MFY2021
  2. 7.3MFY2022
  3. 8.2MFY2023
  4. 9.4MFY2024
  5. 10.1MFY2025
  6. 8.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.1M98%
  2. Direct payments$128.7K1.6%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.600 · Head Start$7.2M87%
  2. 84.215 · Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects$500K6.1%
  3. 84.060 · Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies$260.5K3.2%
  4. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$136.7K1.7%
  5. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$128.7K1.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$7.2M87%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$897.2K11%
  3. Federal Communications Commission$128.7K1.6%

Largest awards

  1. HEAD START$33.5M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Oct 28, 2020 – Apr 30, 2026· 10CH011090
  2. HEAD START$22.2M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Aug 7, 2024 – Jul 20, 2026· 10CH012818
  3. THE TACOMA WHOLE CHILD: INCREASING STUDENT ACCESS TO DIVERSE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDERS$3.5M
    84.184 · School Safely National Activities· Department of Education· Project grant· Dec 27, 2022 – Jan 8, 2026· S184H220215
  4. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN$599K
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Apr 22, 2021 – Feb 27, 2026· 10HE000931
  5. MARITIME SKILLS CENTER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT$500K
    84.215 · Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· S215K260155
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES$288.2K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2024 – Mar 31, 2026· SL-2399010322

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: $33.3M (12 subawards)

1 prime

  1. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION$33.3M100%
    OLYMPIA, WA · 12 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $147.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $191.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $56.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $26.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $21.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $33.3M 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.

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.