Minnesota's 8th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $3,002,365 | $4,283,047 | $3,974,885 | $4,583,984 | $3,922,954 | $3,778,783 | $4,923,700 | $4,603,551 | $4,428,700 | $5,495,785 |
| Average discount rate | 70% | 72% | 72% | 70% | 71% | 71% | 70% | 62% | 52% | 57% |
| Service providers | 50 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 74 | 76 |
| Billed entities | 87 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 92 | 84 | 99 | 102 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $26K | $150K | $450K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $931K | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.6M | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $2.8M | $3.1M | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3.2M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $6K | $37K | $40K | $21K | $23K | $20K | $20K | $20K | $5K | $80K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $18K | $25K | $2K | $2K | $2K | $17K | $17K | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecmecc Offices | $1.0M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $122K | $122K | $123K | $247K | $251K | $251K | $251K | $4.0M | $800K |
| Central Minnesota Educational Research And Development Council | — | — | — | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $2.7M | $535K |
| Duluth School District 709 | $22K | $123K | $441K | $508K | $163K | $168K | $293K | $180K | $364K | $143K | $1.3M | $251K |
| Ind School Dist 911 | $220K | $172K | $43K | $229K | $32K | $53K | $27K | $123K | $79K | $203K | $696K | $139K |
| Forest Lake School Dist 831 | $210K | $213K | $67K | $67K | $70K | $59K | $86K | $84K | $84K | $80K | $627K | $125K |
| Brainerd School District 181 | — | $42K | $24K | $198K | $302K | $116K | $109K | $134K | $151K | $320K | $566K | $113K |
| Rock Ridge Public Schools #2909 | $33K | $50K | $34K | $382K | $63K | — | — | — | — | — | $562K | $112K |
| Arrowhead Library System | $118K | $129K | $163K | $133K | — | $167K | $146K | $147K | $147K | $222K | $543K | $109K |
| St Louis Co Ind Sch Dist 2142 | $54K | $73K | $85K | $75K | $106K | $128K | $134K | $85K | $92K | $148K | $392K | $78K |
| Lake Superior School Dist 381 | $44K | $28K | $151K | $40K | $72K | $73K | $32K | $16K | $16K | $19K | $335K | $67K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Minnesota | $906K | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $6.0M | $1.2M |
| Tech Check, LLC | $748K | $644K | $508K | $339K | $440K | $239K | $526K | $108K | $129K | $1.1M | $2.7M | $536K |
| Northeast Service Cooperative | $412K | $476K | $561K | $602K | $498K | $644K | $627K | $633K | $602K | $676K | $2.5M | $510K |
| CDW Government LLC | $168K | $406K | $490K | $591K | $346K | $314K | $442K | $206K | $523K | $147K | $2.0M | $400K |
| Midcontinent Communications | $182K | $314K | $314K | $278K | $282K | $283K | $356K | $355K | $321K | $341K | $1.4M | $274K |
| AMCO HBS Holdings LP | $189K | $196K | — | $134K | $186K | $180K | $182K | $294K | $119K | — | $704K | $141K |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $22K | $177K | $156K | $149K | $182K | $134K | $131K | $123K | — | — | $687K | $137K |
| SHI International Corpo. | $21K | $36K | $68K | $305K | — | $23K | $20K | $6K | $3K | — | $430K | $86K |
| Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative | — | $101K | $79K | $103K | $136K | $110K | $104K | $233K | $242K | $216K | $419K | $84K |
| Aercor Wireless, Inc. | $8K | $99K | $101K | $20K | $147K | $23K | $128K | $60K | — | $11K | $375K | $75K |
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.