Federal contractor · NEW ORLEANS, LA

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS, INCORPORATED

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS, INCORPORATED received $4.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+223% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $28.7M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($4.7M). It also received $199K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.7M
New awards
4
Sole-source
90%
Single offer
10%
UEI
R2AKD3PMB3V1
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $4.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS, INCORPORATEDNEW ORLEANS, LA · Family page
    $4.7M
  2. LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS, INCGULFPORT, MS
    $0
  3. THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS INCBATON ROUGE, LA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.4MFY2017
  2. 3.7MFY2018
  3. 3.4MFY2019
  4. 2.4MFY2020
  5. 2.5MFY2021
  6. 4MFY2022
  7. 1.3MFY2023
  8. 2.8MFY2024
  9. 1.5MFY2025
  10. 4.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$4.7M100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$4.7M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Orleans Parish, LA$4.7M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $4.7M
  • Sole-source awards90%
    US 30% · $4.2M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.7% · $490.4K
  • 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. Defense Logistics Agency$4.2M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511793572!TRAY,MESS,COMPARTMENTED$2.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orleans Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· SPE3S126F0189
  2. 8511983713!TRAY,MESS,COMPARTMENTED$1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orleans Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· SPE3S126F0654
  3. 8511695369!TRAY,MESS,COMPARTMENTED$1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orleans Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 9, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· SPE3S126F0051
  4. 8512126048!CUP,DISPOSABLE$490.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orleans Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· SPE3S126P0029

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.

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS, INCORPORATED received $199K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards), −24% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 96.008 · Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program ($199K).

Assistance · FY2026
$199K
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$1.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 262.5KFY2021
  2. 262.5KFY2022
  3. 262.5KFY2023
  4. 262.5KFY2024
  5. 262.5KFY2025
  6. 199KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$199K100%

Top programs

  1. 96.008 · Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program$199K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Social Security Administration$199K100%

Largest awards

  1. LIGHTHOUSE LOUISIANA IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION TO BECOME A WIPA UNDER THE SUBJECT OPPORTUNITY NUMBER.$1.5M
    96.008 · Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program· Social Security Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2026· WIP21050535

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.

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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FARIBAULTMILL LLC$8.2M−32% in FY2026
    EDINA, MN · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers
  2. AT FRESH PTE. LTD.$4.1M+221% in FY2026
    SINGAPORE, SGP · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers
  3. MILITARY SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.$40.5M−79% in FY2026
    BULIMBA, AUS · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.