Aleut Community Of Saint Paul Island

Aleut Community Of Saint Paul Island Saint Paul Island Division, doing business as Tribal Government Of Saint Paul Island, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government and tribally owned firm based on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, that acts as a federal grant recipient across justice, social services, environmental management, marine resource conservation, education, and cultural preservation programs. The Aleut Community is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and operates as the prime recipient on 95% of its recent federal awards (268 of 282 total awards), with the remainder routed through sub-awards from University of Alaska institutions and other regional nonprofits.

The Aleut Community's federal footprint is grant-dominated, spanning 49 distinct customer agencies with heavy concentration in tribal-directed and rural-focused federal programs. The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration leads by award count and potential value, funding 40 awards totaling $774 thousand combined potential value centered on marine mammal monitoring, co-management of northern fur seal populations, coastal research coordination, and climate resilience workforce development. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families holds significant volume through recurring child welfare, child care, and kinship navigator formula grants. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and Office of Justice Programs fund 19 awards addressing domestic violence victim services, sexual assault support, tribal court expansion, youth delinquency intervention, and community policing capacity building. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds service coordinator positions and housing assistance programs.

Recent representative work includes a $14.8 million cooperative agreement under the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to implement greenhouse gas reduction measures on Saint Paul Island through installation of three 100 kW wind turbines, upgrade of three 225 kW turbines for grid integration, and 3 MWh battery energy storage, running through November 2027. The Aleut Community received a $1.17 million NOAA Marine Mammal Data Program cooperative agreement (CFDA 11.439) to monitor and co-manage subsistence uses of marine mammals, conduct biosampling programs, investigate adult female northern fur seal responses to disturbances, and develop tribal enforcement protocols for marine mammal protection, through September 2028. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $899.6 thousand Tribal Justice Assistance grant (CFDA 16.596) to expand tribal court services to Anchorage and develop a cultural and holistic approach to court services for ACSPI tribal members, with completion set for September 2030. A $2.3 million NOAA Sea Grant Support cooperative agreement (CFDA 11.417) targets expansion of an indigenous workforce for climate resilience by leveraging the Aleut Community's Indigenous Sentinels Network, Bering Sea Research Center, and partnership with Ilisagvik College through July 2027. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funded a $137.2 thousand Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects grant (CFDA 93.490) to expand the Txin Kaangux Tribal Healing to Wellness Court serving justice-involved tribal members with substance use and mental health disorders, running through September 2031 across Saint Paul Island and the Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna region.

Activity has remained steady across the past five years, averaging 17.6 awards annually with 20 awarded in 2025 and 9 awarded in 2026 (through September). The recompete cliff shows 30 awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, signaling substantial grant renewal activity. The Aleut Community operates subsidiaries through Awalix, LLC, a tribally owned and minority-owned limited liability company also certified as a small disadvantaged business. Federal grant sub-awards route through University of Alaska Fairbanks (eight sub-awards on marine debris removal, coastal cooperation, fisheries surveys, and macroinvertebrate biodiversity projects), University of Alaska Anchorage (a sub-award on food security and indigenous data frameworks), and the National Children's Alliance (a sub-award on the National Subgrants Program). The award portfolio reflects a tribally governed organization managing multi-year federal investments in climate adaptation, marine conservation, victim services expansion, and culturally grounded justice and education initiatives specific to a remote Alaska Native community with a population base of approximately 352 residents on Saint Paul Island and over 1,200 enrolled tribal members in the greater Alaska region.