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Forward Edge, LLC: E-rate funding and districts served

Forward Edge, LLC holds $16.4M in E-rate funding commitments across 4 states in FY2024-2026, serving 75 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersWhat Forward Edge, LLC means for you
44applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

Forward Edge, LLC's E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

$3.3M of current service
75applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants Forward Edge, LLC served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

13% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
9applicants

Lost to a rival this year

Applicants that bought the same service from another provider in FY2026.

Most to CDW Government LLC
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$8.7M
committed FY2026
75
applicants served
4
states
49
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$8,726,256
FY2025$3,479,355
FY2024$4,184,946

By state and service

Ohio $12.1MKentucky $2.4MIllinois $1.5MIndiana $314KInternal connections $14.6MManaged Wi-Fi $1.5MData and internet $191KMaintenance $119K

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Owensboro Indep School DistKYData and internet, Internal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$696,289
Montgomery Co School DistrictKYInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$596,547
West Clermont Local Sch DistOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$481,853
Steubenville City SchoolsOHInternal connections$464,316
Reynoldsburg City School DistOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$414,246
East Maine School District 63ILInternal connections$412,274
Canal Winchester School DistOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$341,148
Alton Comm Unit School Dist 11ILInternal connections$331,730
Fairborn City School DistrictOHInternal connections$271,212
Miamisburg City School DistrictOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$269,380
Hilliard City School DistrictOHInternal connections$260,450
Plain Local School DistrictOHInternal connections, Maintenance, Managed Wi-Fi$245,988
Franklin Co Public School DistKYData and internet, Internal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$228,445
Princeton City School DistrictOHInternal connections$221,358
Ohio County School DistrictKYInternal connections$208,165
Bowling Green Indep Sch DistKYInternal connections$194,429
Webster County School DistrictKYData and internet, Internal connections$192,740
Three Rivers School DistrictOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$156,836
Beavercreek School DistrictOHInternal connections$152,134
Wyoming City School DistrictOHInternal connections$145,964
Little Miami Local SchoolsOHInternal connections$108,171
Shelby Eastern SchoolsINInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$103,276
Ashland Indep School DistrictKYInternal connections$102,294
Forest Hills School DistrictOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$99,060
Jackson Local School DistrictOHInternal connections, Managed Wi-Fi$98,820

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

ApplicantStateServiceCommittedEnds
Harrison County Board Of EdKYManaged Wi-Fi$17,059Jul 11, 2027
St James-White Oak SchoolOHInternal connections$5,903Sep 30, 2027
Plain Local School DistrictOHInternal connections$55,699Sep 30, 2027
Plain Local School DistrictOHManaged Wi-Fi$74,394Sep 30, 2027
West Clermont Local Sch DistOHInternal connections$123,951Sep 30, 2027
Three Rivers School DistrictOHInternal connections$134,388Sep 30, 2027
Canal Winchester School DistOHInternal connections$326,748Sep 30, 2027
Depaul Cristo Rey High SchoolOHInternal connections$6,768Sep 30, 2027
Northmont City School DistrictOHManaged Wi-Fi$22,400Sep 30, 2027
Depaul Cristo Rey High SchoolOHManaged Wi-Fi$12,620Sep 30, 2027
Plain Local School DistrictOHMaintenance$3,031Sep 30, 2027
Cardinal Pacelli SchoolOHInternal connections$2,972Sep 30, 2027
Shelby Eastern SchoolsINInternal connections$85,776Sep 30, 2027
Wyoming City School DistrictOHInternal connections$14,792Sep 30, 2027
Brown County Public LibraryOHInternal connections$14,506Sep 30, 2027
Madeira City School DistrictOHInternal connections$33,965Sep 30, 2027
La Salle High SchoolOHInternal connections$46,260Sep 30, 2027
Hilliard City School DistrictOHInternal connections$22,765Sep 30, 2027
Mariemont City School DistrictOHInternal connections$42,132Sep 30, 2027
Great Oaks Career CampusesOHInternal connections$324,247Sep 30, 2027
Roger Bacon High SchoolOHInternal connections$20,886Sep 30, 2027
Loveland City School DistrictOHInternal connections$27,058Sep 30, 2027
Montgomery Co School DistrictKYInternal connections$53,703Sep 30, 2027
Oakwood City School DistrictOHInternal connections$13,069Sep 30, 2027
Triad Local School DistrictOHInternal connections$30,942Sep 30, 2027

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant Forward Edge, LLC served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
CDW Government LLC2
Heart Technologies, Inc.2
Metropolitan Educational Technology Association2
Xtek Partners, Inc.2
Central Indiana Communications, Inc.1
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 1, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.