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FirstLight Fiber, Inc.: E-rate funding and districts served

FirstLight Fiber, Inc. holds $12.3M in E-rate funding commitments across 6 states in FY2024-2026, serving 125 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

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For providers and resellersWhat FirstLight Fiber, Inc. means for you
3applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

FirstLight Fiber, Inc.'s E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

$33K of current service
125applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants FirstLight Fiber, Inc. served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

17% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
73applicants

Lost to a rival this year

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

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$3.7M
committed FY2026
125
applicants served
6
states
3
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$3,722,293
FY2025$4,614,518
FY2024$3,979,868

By state and service

New York $7MNew Hampshire $3MVermont $1.8MPennsylvania $381KMassachusetts $66KMaine $28KData and internet $11.6MInternal connections $625KManaged Wi-Fi $53K

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Southern Westchester BocesNYData and internet$418,299
Capital Region BocesNYData and internet$409,850
Greater Opportunities For Broome And Chenango, Inc.NYData and internet$243,184
Four County Library SystemNYData and internet$105,825
Mount Prospect Academy, Inc. DistrictNHData and internet$97,109
Regional Economic Community Action Program, Inc.NYData and internet$88,582
Joint Council For Economic Opportunity Of Clinton & Franklin Counties, IncNYData and internet$84,855
Iu 13 ConsortiaPAData and internet$74,035
Erie 1 BocesNYData and internet$63,370
Washington Central Unified Union School DistrictVTData and internet$62,454
Nyack Union Free Sch DistrictNYData and internet$59,760
Medford School DistrictMAData and internet$57,144
School Administration Unit 24-ConsortiumNHData and internet, Managed Wi-Fi$55,933
Manchester School DistrictNHData and internet$55,122
Windham Central S U 46 DistrictVTData and internet$54,932
North Colonie Central Sch DistNYData and internet$53,526
Kipp Capital Region Charter Schools - DistrictNYData and internet$51,797
Central Vermont Supervisory Union #68VTData and internet$50,838
Green Chimneys SchoolNYData and internet$48,912
Genesee Valley/Wayne-Finger Lakes Educational Technology ServiceNYData and internet$48,600
Barre Unified Union School DistrictVTData and internet$48,270
Contoocook Valley Reg Sch DistNHData and internet$46,872
Kearsarge Reg School DistrictNHData and internet$44,736
Rye City School DistrictNYData and internet$43,331
Broome-Tioga BocesNYData and internet$39,686

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

ApplicantStateServiceCommittedEnds
Kearsarge Reg School DistrictNHData and internet$5,403Feb 6, 2027
Champlain Valley School DistrictVTData and internet$15,334May 31, 2027
Erie 1 BocesNYData and internet$11,805Aug 17, 2027

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant FirstLight Fiber, Inc. served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
Firstlight Networks, LLC32
Charter Communications Operating, LLC16
Crown Castle Fiber LLC14
TVC Albany, Inc.6
Consolidated Communications Enterprise Services, Inc.5
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 18, 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.