Washington's 5th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,668,073 | $8,015,916 | $6,554,115 | $7,095,354 | $6,948,193 | $5,986,881 | $7,773,848 | $6,476,533 | $6,795,972 | $8,302,575 |
| Average discount rate | 74% | 75% | 73% | 70% | 71% | 73% | 70% | 67% | 49% | 53% |
| Service providers | 56 | 47 | 48 | 44 | 54 | 51 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 69 |
| Billed entities | 59 | 59 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 51 | 71 | 86 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $10K | $160K | $466K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.7M | $1.9M | $896K | $1.4M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $2.2M | $818K | $584K | $2.0M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $863K | $6.0M | $5.6M | $5.6M | $5.0M | $4.6M | $5.5M | $5.6M | $6.0M | $5.9M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $8K | $11K | $9K | $16K | $14K | $24K | $16K | $7K | $10K | — |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $56K | $115K | $71K | $91K | $94K | $62K | $42K | $26K | $18K | $6K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Ofm K20 | — | $4.2M | $4.2M | $3.9M | $3.5M | $2.9M | $4.1M | $4.2M | $4.4M | $4.4M | $15.9M | $3.2M |
| Central Valley Sch Dist 356 | $436K | $133K | $132K | $362K | $408K | $276K | $202K | $141K | $196K | $372K | $1.5M | $294K |
| Spokane County Library Dist | $234K | $239K | $250K | $433K | $263K | $246K | $396K | $171K | $165K | $171K | $1.4M | $284K |
| Mead School District 354 | $529K | $376K | $72K | $150K | $198K | $278K | $130K | $91K | $236K | $468K | $1.3M | $265K |
| Spokane School District 81 | — | $530K | $137K | $287K | $307K | $434K | $1.5M | $512K | $287K | $553K | $1.3M | $252K |
| Walla Walla School Dist 140 | $192K | $48K | $57K | $53K | $754K | $318K | $89K | $58K | $100K | $150K | $1.1M | $221K |
| Cheney Public Sch District 360 | $12K | $516K | $175K | $137K | — | $32K | $131K | $189K | $7K | $139K | $840K | $168K |
| West Valley School Dist 363 | $161K | $329K | $110K | $90K | $95K | $95K | $146K | $165K | $168K | $98K | $785K | $157K |
| East Valley School District 361 | — | $120K | $104K | $386K | $96K | $365K | $99K | $99K | $99K | $640K | $706K | $141K |
| North Franklin Dist J51-162 | $118K | $310K | $84K | $74K | $77K | $77K | $230K | $77K | $79K | $108K | $663K | $133K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StarTouch Inc. | — | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.5M | $4.8M | $960K |
| Fatbeam, LLC | $428K | $1.1M | $982K | $827K | $633K | $622K | $709K | $506K | $464K | $107K | $4.0M | $795K |
| Ednetics, Inc. | $763K | $648K | $135K | $947K | $1.2M | $647K | $457K | $110K | $530K | $1.4M | $3.7M | $747K |
| Jamestown Sklallam Tribe Economic Development Authority | — | $741K | $683K | $573K | $542K | $469K | $734K | $701K | $804K | $682K | $2.5M | $508K |
| CenturyLink Qwest Corporation | — | $636K | $519K | $467K | $404K | $385K | $416K | $392K | $367K | $393K | $2.0M | $405K |
| CenturyLink CenturyTel of Washington, Inc. | — | $432K | $488K | $180K | $173K | $5K | $24K | $29K | $52K | $99K | $1.3M | $254K |
| Zayo Group, LLC | $102K | $238K | $223K | $254K | $362K | $444K | $476K | $628K | $301K | $283K | $1.2M | $236K |
| Comcast Business Communications | — | $271K | $305K | $311K | $278K | $142K | $752K | $738K | $748K | $706K | $1.2M | $233K |
| ZIPLY FIBER NORTHWEST, LLC | — | $275K | $277K | $250K | $212K | $171K | $265K | $243K | $233K | $237K | $1.0M | $203K |
| MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. | $39K | $512K | $75K | $156K | $201K | $142K | $218K | $352K | $82K | $322K | $982K | $196K |
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.