Cahuilla Band Of Indians

Cahuilla Band of Indians, a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in Anza, California, receives federal grants as a prime recipient to support tribal governance, public safety, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, and community resilience programs. The tribe does not hold federal contracts or compete for contract work; its federal engagement is exclusively grant-funded across 27 distinct federal agencies and programs, with 97% of awards held as prime grants.

The tribe's grant portfolio spans social services, public safety, environmental management, cultural heritage, and infrastructure resilience. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads by award count (12 awards), funding family violence prevention and domestic violence shelter services including a $1.324 million block grant through September 2025 and recurring formula grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services program. The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office funds Tribal Historic Preservation Office work (8 awards, running through September 2026), including annual formula grants under CFDA 15.904 for identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties on tribal lands through Section 106 review, cultural resource surveys, and public education. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime funds victim assistance services (6 awards totaling $1.389 million to $2.03 million combined) including a five-year tribal victim services set-aside award through September 2027 and a 2025 tribal victim services set-aside award through December 2027 under CFDA 16.841. The Environmental Protection Agency (6 awards) provides water quality monitoring and environmental capacity-building support. The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions (4 awards, $582 thousand to $1.196 million) funds community policing through the COPS Office Tribal Resources Grant Hiring Program and Equipment/Training Program under CFDA 16.710, with awards extending through September 2030.

Beyond social services and public safety, the tribe holds grants for energy resilience, economic development, and climate adaptation. The Department of the Interior Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development awarded $100,000 under CFDA 15.038 (Minerals and Mining on Indian Lands) in September 2025 for a tribal energy resources feasibility study assessing renewable and conventional energy development and a resilient microgrid for the planned Cahuilla Tribal Administration Resilience Campus, completing in September 2027. The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided $116,931 under CFDA 97.047 (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) in July 2024 for hazard mitigation and emergency preparedness infrastructure hardening, running through July 2027. The Department of Energy awarded a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law formula grant in March 2024 for electric grid resilience improvements extending through April 2032. The Department of Commerce awarded a $441,989 State Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance Grant in November 2024 to support small business development and financing access. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation funded a water storage feasibility study in 2023 ($100 thousand range) examining geologic and geotechnical conditions for a 5,000 acre-feet conveyance and dam site on tribal lands. The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded funding in August 2026 under its Native American Library Services Basics Grant to sustain and improve tribal library and archival services through July 2027.

Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity in the tribal grant pipeline. As a sub-recipient, the tribe receives rural economic development support from the Rural Community Assistance Corporation and fuel reduction and defensible space development services supporting 70 buildings across the reservation. The tribe's grant activity has been relatively stable at six to seven awards per year from 2022 through 2024, with four awards in 2025 and one in 2026 (the most recent award dated August 1, 2026). Combined obligated dollars across all 75 awards total $24.8 million since the first award in 2001.