Recipient of federal assistance · WESTBY, WI

VERNON COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE

VERNON COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE received $2.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 20 actions, +757% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $2.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Communications Commission ($2.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.5M
New awards
12
Actions
20
Since FY2021
$2.9M
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Location
WESTBY, WI
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. 11.1KFY2021
  2. 8.8KFY2022
  3. 38.6KFY2023
  4. 37.6KFY2024
  5. 292.1KFY2025
  6. 2.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$2.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$2.3M93%
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$83.4K3.3%
  3. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$74.3K3.0%
  4. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$10.8K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$2.5M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.$1.9M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143001849-330966-EACAM
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$1.9M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 31, 2024 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001849-330966-CAFICC
  3. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$39.9K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 31, 2024 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001849-330966
  4. THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$37.8K
    32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20250012912
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$26.3K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2699035941
  6. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$22K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143033752-339027

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.