Elk Valley Rancheria

Elk Valley Rancheria, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Crescent City, California, is a grant recipient that receives federal funding for tribal government operations, cultural preservation, environmental management, infrastructure development, and community services — operating exclusively as a prime recipient with no federal contracting activity or subcontract work. The tribe's federal footprint is entirely grant-based; it does not hold contracts, IDIQs, BPAs, or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles.

The tribe's recent grant work spans cultural heritage, library services, environmental remediation, energy planning, and economic development. Representative awards include a $689,500 Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration project grant (CFDA 20.205) for design and construction of pedestrian trails, wildlife viewing platforms, and interpretive signage on tribal land adjacent to U.S. Highway 101, completing September 2026; a $200,000 Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Energy Development Capacity grant (CFDA 15.148) for tribal energy development planning and utility authority feasibility study, awarded July 2024 and running through July 2026; recurring Native American Library Services Basics grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for library materials acquisition, community programming, and staff professional development, with awards in August 2026, August 2025, August 2024, and August 2023; and a $160,000 Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 Brownfield Response Program grant (CERCLA Section 128(a)) for brownfield site inventory, assessment, and remediation on tribal lands, awarded October 2023 through September 2026. The tribe also holds Historic Preservation Fund grants-in-aid from the National Park Service supporting tribal historic preservation office activities under the National Historic Preservation Act, with awards in October 2024 and October 2023. Additional funders include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Native American Museum Services Program, CFDA 45.308, for ethnographic collection preservation); the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (Tribal Tourism Grant Program for RV park feasibility study); EPA Region 9 (air quality monitoring and environmental compliance, CFDA unspecified); FEMA (Homeland Security Grant Program); and the Department of the Treasury (Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund for broadband infrastructure). The tribe also receives BIA Office of Self-Governance block grants for tribal priority allocation base distribution and contract support costs.

Customer concentration is fragmented. The top five funding agencies by award count — the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (12 awards), the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (10 awards), the Department of the Interior National Park Service (8 awards), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (8 awards), and the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office (7 awards) — account for 48% of all awards. By potential value, concentration is higher: the Department of the Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region, HUD, the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and the National Park Service's main and regional offices collectively carry 78% of combined potential value. The tribe serves 21 distinct customer agencies overall. Award volume has declined sharply in recent years: four awards in 2022, eight in 2023, four in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The tribe does not compete under SBA set-aside categories and does not hold prime federal contracts.