Chicken Ranch Rancheria

Chicken Ranch Rancheria, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Arnold, California, is a prime recipient of federal grants focused on tribal community services, environmental stewardship, and infrastructure—operating exclusively as a grant recipient with no federal contracts or contract vehicles in its current footprint.

The tribe's recent grant portfolio concentrates on four core capability areas: environmental and water resources management, victims-of-crime victim services, library and cultural preservation, and tribal capacity building. Environmental work anchors the largest dollar volume. The tribe received $6.137 million from EPA Region 9 under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to construct a surface water treatment plant providing secure drinking water to the reservation (project completed December 2023). An ongoing EPA Region 9 capacity-building grant awarded in October 2023 for $142,438 funds a multi-year environmental program including recycling and composting feasibility studies, habitat health initiatives for pollinators, and traditional ecological knowledge documentation, with expected completion in September 2026. A second EPA Region 9 formula grant running through September 2026 supports water quality monitoring, clean water compliance activities, and outreach across the tribe's waterbodies, with $39,018 in federal funding. The tribe also received a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund grant from the Department of Treasury in May 2022 for broadband infrastructure and capital projects supporting remote work, education, and health monitoring through December 2026. In library and cultural services, the tribe is a recipient of a Native American Library Services Basics grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (awarded August 2026, completing July 2027) to sustain library operations, acquire culturally relevant materials, and provide community programming. Victims-of-crime services are funded through two Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) formula grants from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, one from fiscal 2023 (completing December 2026) and one from fiscal 2024 (completing December 2026), enabling the tribe to deliver victim support services aligned with tribal community values. The tribe is also a recipient of an AmeriCorps Native Nations planning grant from the Corporation for National Service (awarded September 2026, completing August 2027) to develop AmeriCorps programming.

The tribe's federal customer base is concentrated among specialized grantor agencies: EPA Region 9 holds 5 awards (29% of total), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office holds 3 awards, the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs holds 2 awards, the Institute of Museum and Library Services holds 2 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5 holds 1 award. These five agencies account for 76% of recent awards. Combined federal funding across all grants totals $8.9 million obligated. Six awards are scheduled to reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The tribe operates as a 100% prime recipient with no subcontract or sub-award activity in the source data.