Search Federal Grant Sub Awards

Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards returns federal grant sub-award records from GovTribe, including the sub-recipient and prime-recipient vendor context for each row.

When To Use

• Find federal grant sub-awards for a specific vendor (GovTribe ID or UEI).

• Retrieve sub-awards tied to a known funding or contracting federal agency.

• Look up known federal grant sub-award records by GovTribe ID.

• Analyze pass-through grant activity within a specific award-date window.

• Discover sub-award records related to a topic when exact IDs are not known.

Required Reading

1. Search_Query_Guide: Required before setting free-text query strings when search_mode is used.

2. Search_Mode_Guide: Required before choosing keyword vs semantic retrieval.

3. Date_Filtering_Guide: Required before setting date window filters.

Input Contract

• query: Free-text query string. See Required Reading: Search_Query_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• page: 1-based page index.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 1

• per_page: Rows per page.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 10

• search_mode: Query interpretation mode. See Required Reading: Search_Mode_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: keyword

  • options: keyword, semantic

• award_date_range: Filter by the date the award was issued. See Required Reading: Date_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { from?: null|string, to?: null|string }

• funding_federal_agency_ids: Filter by funding federal agencies (who own the money). Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• funding_federal_agency_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Funding Federal Agency GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• contracting_federal_agency_ids: Filter by contracting federal agencies (who signed the contract). Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• contracting_federal_agency_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Contracting Federal Agency GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• vendor_ids: Filter by vendors. Use GovTribe IDs or vendor UEIs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• vendor_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Vendor IDs (GovTribe or UEI).

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• federal_grant_sub_award_ids: Include or exclude results by GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• federal_grant_sub_award_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• sort: Sort configuration.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { key?: null|string, direction?: null|string }

  • options: key: timestamp, financialStats.dollarsObligated; direction: asc, desc

• fields_to_return: Optional field list for row payloads. If omitted and per_page > 0, rows default to govtribe_id. For per_page: 0 aggregation/meta calls, this field may be omitted. Specify fields_to_return whenever the user asks for fields beyond govtribe_id, and prefer omitting it in pure aggregation workflows.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, award_date, description, updated_at, sub_grantee, prime_grantee

Output Contract

• Top-level keys:

  • data: Array of result rows when per_page > 0.

  • current_page, from, to, last_page, per_page: pagination fields returned with row data.

  • total: Total matched row count for current query filters.

  • path: GovTribe search URL for this result set.

  • contains: Dataset label for the returned result set.

  • search_results_id, search_results_id_can_generate_saved_search, view_search_results_url: search-session metadata.

• Row keys:

  • govtribe_id

  • govtribe_type

  • name

  • award_date

  • description

  • updated_at

  • sub_grantee

  • prime_grantee

• Relationship retrieval map:

  • prime_grantee

    • resource_type: vendor

    • tool: Search_Vendors

    • filter: vendor_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, uei, govtribe_url

  • sub_grantee

    • resource_type: vendor

    • tool: Search_Vendors

    • filter: vendor_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, uei, govtribe_url

Usage Patterns

Pattern A: Topic-based discovery of grant sub-awards. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards

{
  "query": "school emergency preparedness grants",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}

Pattern B: Vendor-specific grant sub-award history using a known UEI. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "2023-10-01",
    "to": "2025-09-30"
  },
  "vendor_ids": [
    "CWM6FHDAMBM5"
  ],
  "vendor_ids_operator": "in",
  "sort": {
    "key": "timestamp",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 25
}

Pattern C: Funding-agency filtered sub-awards for a fiscal window. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "2024-01-01",
    "to": "2024-12-31"
  },
  "funding_federal_agency_ids": [
    "FEDERAL_AGENCY_GOVTRIBE_ID"
  ],
  "funding_federal_agency_ids_operator": "in",
  "sort": {
    "key": "timestamp",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}

Pattern D: Count-only check for broad sub-award volume. Tool: Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "per_page": 0
}