Coyote Valley Tribal Council

The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, a federally recognized tribal government based in Redwood Valley, California, is a recipient of federal project grants and cooperative agreements across cultural preservation, infrastructure, public safety, healthcare, housing, and community development — operating as a prime recipient (97% of awards) with no federal contract prime or sub work in the portfolio. The tribe holds no SBA 8(a), HUBZone, or other federal small-business designations; as a federally recognized Indian tribe, it qualifies as a tribal government recipient under set-asides and funding streams specifically reserved for tribal nations under federal Indian policy.

The Coyote Valley Band operates across thirty federal agencies, with activity concentrated among Health and Human Services (HHS Public Health Service and Administration for Children and Families combined: 42 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (12 awards), the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Program (10 awards), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (multiple awards). Recent representative grants include a $250,000 project from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.308) awarded September 1, 2026 to build collections stewardship capacity at the tribe's Pomo Cultural Center through hiring an operations coordinator, purchasing exhibition fixtures and security systems, and cataloging cultural collections; a $3 million Housing Block Grant from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office (CFDA 14.862) awarded September 11, 2024 for affordable housing development and infrastructure; a $959,648 project grant from the USDA Forest Service (CFDA 10.720) awarded September 21, 2023 for wildfire defense planning and mitigation across tribal lands; and multiple grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American Library Services Basics program for library operations, collections, staffing, and programming (most recently August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027).

The tribe also operates broadband and energy resilience infrastructure grants: a network evaluation and equipment upgrade project from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (awarded January 1, 2025, running through December 31, 2028) to improve broadband service speeds and reliability, a $2.25-megawatt solar photovoltaic community solar project from the Department of Interior's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2027) projecting $406,000 in year-one savings and over $23 million in lifetime savings, and a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law electric grid resilience formula grant from the Department of Energy (awarded February 23, 2024, running through April 30, 2032). Water resource management grants include a tribal water monitoring and groundwater protection project from the Bureau of Reclamation (August 30, 2023 through August 31, 2026) and a West Fork Russian River restoration and bank stabilization project also from Reclamation (September 7, 2022 through December 31, 2025).

Public safety and victim services grants include a $477,020 COPS Office Tribal Resources Grant Hiring Program award (November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2026) to hire tribal law enforcement officers, a tribal victim services grant from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (October 1, 2024 through March 31, 2026), and tribal self-governance health planning funding from the Indian Health Service (August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2026) to evaluate Purchased/Referred Care Services and tribal shares for potential pharmacy expansion. Economic development support includes a State Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance Grant from the Department of Commerce (April 16, 2025) to provide technical assistance to small businesses.

Recent sub-award activity shows the tribe as a sub-recipient on state-administered youth diversion and prevention programs flowing from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (2022–2023 awards) and a delinquency prevention program from the California Health and Human Services Agency (August 11, 2025). Awards per year have remained modest and consistent — five to seven per year from 2022 through 2025 — with five awards entering recompete window in the next twenty-four months. The tribe's portfolio shows sustained, diversified federal funding centered on community health services (IHS, HHS), housing and infrastructure (HUD, DOI), library and cultural services (IMLS), public safety (DOJ), and natural resource management (USDA, Bureau of Reclamation), reflecting tribal self-governance and community development priorities rather than federal procurement or IT contracting demand.