Recipient of federal assistance · PERHAM, MN
TEKSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC
TEKSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC received $3.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 220 actions, +1.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $10.3M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Communications Commission ($3.2M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $3.2M
- New awards
- 166
- Actions
- 220
- Since FY2021
- $10.3M
- UEI
- G87BWT6FHKJ6
- Parent organization
- ARVIG ENTERPRISES, INC.
- Location
- PERHAM, MN
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
- 1.2MFY2021
- 738.6KFY2022
- 1.1MFY2023
- 914.8KFY2024
- 3.2MFY2025
- 3.2MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$3.2M100%
Top programs · Awarding agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
Top programs
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$2.5M77%
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$713.1K22%
- 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$35.5K1.1%
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program-$3,1320.0%
Awarding agencies
- Federal Communications Commission$3.2M100%
Largest awards
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· SL-2599053040
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20260000204
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· RHCHCF-RHC20250007555
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699019757
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 15, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026· SL-2599046156
- THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$199.2K32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143019685-369007
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: $3.8M (2 subawards)
1 prime
- MINNESOTA$3.8M100%SAINT PAUL, MN · 2 subawards
By fiscal year
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.7M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.8M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.