Crow Tribe Of Indians

Crow Tribe Of Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe and tribal government based in Crow Agency, Montana, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across a diverse portfolio of social services, environmental management, workforce development, and infrastructure programs. The tribe competes in full-and-open procurements without set-aside restrictions, reflecting its sovereign tribal status and demonstrated capability to secure federal funding directly. Recent activity shows the tribe serving as primary grant recipient on 419 of 433 total awards (97%), with a small subrecipient footprint (14 awards, 3%) routed through Montana state agencies.

The tribe's customer base spans 60 distinct federal agencies, with concentration in civil rights, human services, environmental, and interior programs. The top five funding agencies by award count — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (26 awards, $302 thousand combined potential value), the Environmental Protection Agency (43 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (31 awards), the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (29 awards), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education (28 awards) — collectively account for 36% of recent awards. The EEOC relationship anchors small-dollar, recurring contracts: five definitive contracts of $30 thousand to $41 thousand each (fiscal years 2022–2026) for Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO) program administration, with no set-aside designation.

Grant work dominates the portfolio and spans human services, environmental remediation, transportation, cultural preservation, and public safety. Representative recent awards include a $1.542 million five-year American Indian and Alaska Native Early Head Start project grant (CFDA 93.600) from the Office of Head Start effective July 2026 through June 2030; a $3.25 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from the Office of Child Care running October 2025 through September 2028; a $3.333 million Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program formula grant (CFDA 15.252) from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (September 2024–December 2027) for environmental restoration and community development; a $1.565 million transportation planning grant (CFDA 20.205) from the Federal Highway Administration for an Interstate 90 pedestrian crossing project; and a $282 thousand Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside grant (CFDA 16.841) from the Office for Victims of Crime (January 2025–December 2029). Environmental and energy programs carry recurring formula awards: EPA cooperative agreements for water quality, land remediation, and solid waste management; OSMRE grants for coal mining reclamation and regulatory program administration; and Department of the Interior abandoned mine lands and historic preservation funding. Child care and family services grants cycle annually through the Office of Child Care and the Administration on Children, Youth and Families across block grant, formula grant, and construction funding lines. Federal Transit Administration support (CFDA 20.509) funds the Crow Nation Transit Program's operation of four fixed-route services covering over 200 thousand miles annually.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year across the source period (15 awards in 2022 to 23 in 2024), though 2025 and 2026 show lighter award counts (13 and 8 respectively) in the current snapshot. Twenty awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $33 thousand, representing a modest recompete window. The tribe's portfolio structure reflects primary reliance on direct federal grant funding rather than contract vehicles; no parent IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs appear in the source. Sub-award activity routes through state pass-through entities — Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (WIC and Intimate Partner Violence Legal Services), Montana Department of Transportation (Safe On All Roads grant administration), and Montana Department of Health and Human Services (Public Health Emergency Preparedness) — rather than federal prime contractors. The category concentration by NAICS and PSC aligns with the grant footprint: Human Rights Organizations (12 awards), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (11 awards), and Support Services codes dominating, with legal services (PSC Support—Professional: Legal, 25 awards) and direct tribal government support (15 awards) as primary capability framing.