Fairbanks Native Association, Inc.

Fairbanks Native Association, Inc., a tribally owned, tax-exempt nonprofit based in Fairbanks, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering behavioral health, victim services, early childhood education, and community support programming to American Indian and Alaska Native populations across the Fairbanks North Star Borough and statewide. FNA acts exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants (76% of its award footprint) and as a sub-recipient on state and local pass-through awards (24%), with no federal contract prime or subcontractor activity in the source data. The organization is recognized as a Native American business and holds tribal designee status under the Violence Against Women Act and other federal tribal governance authorities.

FNA's federal grant portfolio centers on behavioral health and victim services delivered through the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, and the Department of Agriculture. Recent prime grant work includes a five-year $6.178 million Head Start and Early Head Start award from HHS Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600, September 2026 through August 2031) to operate preschool and infant/toddler services; a $900,000 continuation grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.587, October 2025 through September 2028) to enhance advocacy, case management, and client support for domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking survivors; and a $546,353 award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731, October 2025 through September 2030) to deliver prevention services to 70-plus Alaska Native youth in grades 7 through 12 at Effie Kokrine Charter School. Additional active prime grants include SAMHSA funding for the Athabascan Behavioral Health Clinic, the Alaska Native Recovery Coaching opioid response program, the Athabascan Outreach and Resilience early psychosis intervention program, and community-based recovery and suicide prevention initiatives. FNA receives recurring formula grants from HHS Administration on Aging for Older Americans Act Title VI supportive and nutrition services and caregiver support (CFDA 93.047, 93.045, 93.046, renewed annually through 2029), and holds federal awards for library services, Native youth college and career readiness, and community services block grants.

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service anchors FNA's award concentration, accounting for 57 awards representing sub-awards from the state of Alaska (Education & Early Development Department) for Child and Adult Care Food Program meals and cash-in-lieu reimbursements, reflecting FNA's operation of early childhood and school-based nutrition services. The top five customer agencies by award count — USDA Food and Nutrition Service (57 awards), HHS Administration for Children and Families (20 awards), HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (18 awards), HHS Administration for Community Living (18 awards), and HHS Public Health Service (15 awards) — account for 50% of all awards. Combined dollars obligated across 255 total awards reach $350.7 million. The organization works under tribal government designations and federal Indian self-determination authorities rather than SBA small-business set-asides; teaming arrangements include formal partnerships with the Healing Native Hearts Coalition (Violence Against Women programs) and the Interior AIDS Association (opioid medication-assisted treatment services).

Activity has held relatively steady across recent years — 16 awards in 2022, rising to 27 in 2023, then stabilizing at 25 and 25 in 2024 and 2025, with 17 awards recorded in 2026. Nineteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure primarily in behavioral health and victim services grants. FNA operates through a corporate structure that includes Fair Banks Native Assoc Inc. as a named subsidiary, also tribally owned. The organization's federal footprint is concentrated in Alaska, with service delivery across the Fairbanks North Star Borough and statewide programming in behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, early childhood development, victim advocacy, and cultural preservation — all designed to address disproportionate health and justice outcomes affecting Alaska Native and American Indian communities.