Office of Self Governance

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Self Governance is a sub-agency within the Department of the Interior that administers federal grant funding to federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations, primarily through self-governance compacts and trust-responsibility mechanisms. The Office transacts almost exclusively through grant mechanisms rather than direct contracting.

Contract activity at the Office is dormant. Total federal contract awards number eight across the portfolio history, with the most recent award closed in September 2010. Combined contract potential value stands at $129 thousand, fully obligated. No recent contract awards are recorded. The six distinct prime contractors awarded across the portfolio hold a non-concentrated distribution, and all awards carry no set-aside designation.

Grant activity dominates the Office's funding footprint. Since 2009, the Office has awarded 614 federal grants totaling $2.13 billion in federal obligations. Recent grant volume declined sharply: 133 awards in 2019, 130 in 2020, 71 in 2021, 12 in 2022, and 3 in 2023, with the most recent grant award closing in October 2023. Grant assistance comprises 100 percent Block Grants, with one Formula Grant in the portfolio history.

Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented by award count—the top five recipients account for 80 percent of recent awards—but highly fragmented by federal-dollar distribution, with the top five recipients accounting for only 1 percent of federal dollars obligated across the window. The top awardees by recent count are Ewiiaapaayp Band Of Kumeyaay Indians and Cochiti De Pueblo (three awards each). Arranged by federal-dollar commitments, Suquamish Indian Tribe Of The Port Madison Reservation ($6.2 million federal share in one award) and Confederated Tribes Of Grand Ronde Community Of Oregon ($5.2 million in one award) lead recent activity. The remaining 130 distinct grant recipients across the portfolio carry the bulk of federal dollars obligated, with funding distributed broadly across tribal nations and tribal organizations.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Office. No recent federal grant opportunities are recorded against the Office.