Federal contractor · BOSTON, MA

WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION received $13.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+40% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $192.9K. Its largest customer was Department of State ($13.9K). It also received $651.9K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$13.9K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
GKSJF1SPLXX9
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 88.2KFY2017
  2. 8KFY2018
  3. 8.7KFY2019
  4. 8.9KFY2020
  5. 24KFY2021
  6. 22KFY2022
  7. 9.3KFY2023
  8. 0FY2024
  9. 9.9KFY2025
  10. 13.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of State$13.9K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$13.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Suffolk County, MA$13.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $13.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $13.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. 2018 ANTENNA SITE LICENSE$77.1K
    Department of State· Suffolk County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 16, 2018 – Feb 24, 2026· 19AQMM18S0313

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.

WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION received $651.9K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (0 new awards), +27% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination ($651.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$651.9K
New awards
0
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$10.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.2MFY2021
  2. 2.9MFY2022
  3. 2.6MFY2023
  4. 1.6MFY2024
  5. 511.3KFY2025
  6. 651.9KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$651.9K100%

Top programs

  1. 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination$651.9K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$651.9K100%

Largest awards

  1. YOUTH STAND UP: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF A CRITICALLY RELEVANT, MEDIA-RICH CIVIC ACTION UNIT ON 8TH GRADERS’ CIVIC IDENTITY AND EFFICACY$1.3M
    84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination· Department of Education· Project grant· May 30, 2023 – Aug 28, 2026· R305A230393
  2. INVESTIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AMONG CHILDREN IN RURAL ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL, CULTURALLY…$1.1M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· May 19, 2021 – Dec 15, 2025· 2049767

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.

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $242.1K paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2022: $961.7K paid out · $379.9K received
  • FY2023: $1.7M paid out · $172.4K received
  • FY2024: $573.1K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $1.1M paid out · $0 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

11 companies · $4.6M reported

  1. PELLET PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED$1.6M
    READING, MA · 1 subaward
  2. APOGRAPH PRODUCTIONS INC$593.7K
    BROOKLYN, NY · 1 subaward
  3. GEORGE BLOOD LP$541K
    FORT WASHINGTON, PA · 4 subawards

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $1.8M reported

  1. DIGITAL PROMISE GLOBAL$1.2M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.$552.3K
    WALTHAM, MA · 3 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$492
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.