Colorado's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,273,431 | $2,801,041 | $3,012,744 | $3,010,813 | $2,918,156 | $3,178,407 | $2,243,078 | $5,153,665 | $3,718,897 | $2,310,077 |
| Average discount rate | 64% | 64% | 63% | 64% | 66% | 64% | 65% | 66% | 57% | 48% |
| Service providers | 35 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 27 | 30 | 37 | 44 |
| Billed entities | 27 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 35 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $14K | $88K | $157K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.0M | $592K | $1.1M | $817K | $722K | $1.0M | $516K | $3.5M | $1.2M | $344K |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $2.3M | $1.8M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $33K | $12K | $27K | $47K | $27K | $22K | $13K | — | $2K | $18K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $56K | $121K | $39K | $77K | $80K | $59K | $21K | $16K | $31K | $15K |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wireless School Bus Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison School District Two | $484K | $757K | $478K | $525K | $578K | $529K | $366K | $984K | $607K | $491K | $2.8M | $564K |
| School District 49 | $348K | $242K | $972K | $249K | $490K | $403K | $260K | $245K | $254K | $438K | $2.3M | $460K |
| Fountain-Ft Carson Sch Dist 8 | $226K | $436K | $406K | $338K | $267K | $316K | $326K | $647K | $482K | $334K | $1.7M | $335K |
| Pikes Peak Library District | $132K | $407K | $267K | $442K | $217K | $125K | $170K | $125K | $175K | $179K | $1.5M | $293K |
| Colorado Springs Sch Dist 11 | $175K | $154K | $158K | $485K | $175K | $453K | $54K | $2.4M | $853K | $148K | $1.1M | $229K |
| Academy School District 20 | $585K | — | $82K | — | — | $383K | $263K | $170K | $579K | $14K | $668K | $134K |
| Lewis-Palmer School Dist 38 | $139K | $60K | $14K | $68K | $346K | $53K | $55K | $134K | $88K | $89K | $627K | $125K |
| Cheyenne Mountain Sch Dist 12 | — | $115K | $190K | $154K | $152K | $129K | $113K | — | $116K | — | $612K | $122K |
| Widefield School District 3 | — | $144K | $115K | $148K | $141K | $244K | $238K | $226K | $248K | $278K | $547K | $109K |
| James Irwin Charter Schools | $17K | $108K | $51K | $70K | $114K | $77K | $53K | $51K | $40K | $31K | $360K | $72K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CenturyLink Qwest Corporation | — | $448K | $453K | $504K | $544K | $522K | $431K | $363K | $605K | $417K | $1.9M | $390K |
| Falcon Broadband, LLC. | $688K | $261K | $275K | $234K | $257K | $260K | $244K | $234K | $243K | $242K | $1.7M | $343K |
| Unite Private Networks, LLC | $226K | $348K | $272K | $257K | $256K | $242K | $274K | $331K | $331K | $248K | $1.4M | $272K |
| Advanced Network Management, Inc. | $175K | — | $696K | — | — | — | — | — | — | $189K | $871K | $174K |
| Summit Partners LLC | $563K | — | $59K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $622K | $124K |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC | $24K | $157K | $182K | $114K | $117K | — | — | — | $14K | $141K | $594K | $119K |
| Electric Lightwave LLC | — | — | $218K | $217K | $143K | $7K | — | — | — | — | $578K | $116K |
| Zayo Group, LLC | $7K | $256K | $54K | $106K | $112K | $115K | $45K | $80K | $90K | $67K | $536K | $107K |
| CDW Government LLC | $28K | $195K | $147K | $118K | $29K | $117K | $59K | $650K | $189K | $53K | $517K | $103K |
| Porter Burgess Company | $8K | $51K | $136K | $204K | $66K | $29K | $74K | $28K | $20K | $15K | $464K | $93K |
Each billed entity is assigned to the congressional district (119th Congress boundaries, U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024) containing the largest number of its recipient sites, located by their USAC-reported coordinates; entities without usable coordinates use the district in their USAC profile. Funding totals are total authorized disbursements (FCC Form 471 FRN Status, USAC dataset qdmp-ygft); speeds are from Recipient Details and Commitments (avi8-svp9); pre-2016 history is from USAC legacy data (1998-2015). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid) — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error.