Hopi Tribe

Hopi Tribe, doing business as Hopi Tribal Council, a federally recognized Native American tribal government based in Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona, operates as both a federal contract prime and a federal grant recipient, delivering tribal government services, employment and training programs, transportation and transit services, environmental protection and compliance administration, victim services, infrastructure development, and health and wellness initiatives across the Hopi Reservation and surrounding Arizona communities. The Tribe operates primarily as a grant recipient (83% of recent awards) under a portfolio spanning 64 distinct federal agencies and programs, with no set-aside constraints typical of for-profit vendors.

The Hopi Tribe's customer base reflects its role as a tribal government serving federal policy objectives. The Department of the Interior (Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and Bureau of Reclamation) leads by award count and dollar value, anchoring 33 awards for surface mining regulation, abandoned mined lands reclamation, and infrastructure projects; the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration funds 27 awards for Native American employment and training services under CFDA 17.265; and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families funds 26 awards spanning Head Start (CFDA 93.600), child care development (CFDA 93.575, 93.596), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (block grant), and family services. The Environmental Protection Agency funds 25 awards for environmental capacity-building, water quality protection, and tribal environmental program administration. Award concentration is moderate: the top five agencies by count represent 28% of recent awards, while the top customers by potential value (primarily Interior and DOL) represent 62% of combined potential value. Recent named grant awards include a $1.8 million Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant (Department of Health and Human Services, October 2025), a $1,050,628 Formula Grant for rural transit operations from the Federal Transit Administration (August 2026), $4,891,397 for runway reconstruction and $466,316 for infrastructure at a Polacca, Arizona airport (FAA Airport Improvement and Infrastructure Grants, July 2026), and $1,613,620 for American Indian Head Start services (HHS Office of Head Start, June 2026 through May 2031).

On the contract side, the Hopi Tribe holds four consecutive annual definitive contracts with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Tribal Equal Employment Opportunity (TERO) services at $30,000 to $33,000 per year (October awards, fiscal years 2023 through 2026), conducting compliance reviews and on-site visits to support equal employment opportunity initiatives on tribal lands. The Tribe also subcontracts on demolition and environmental remediation work: EQM Services, LLC engages the Hopi Tribe as a sub-awardee for landfill disposal and remediation services on the Navajo Region demolition program (three sub-awards, 2024–2025). The Tribe operates the Hopi Senom Transit system, a multi-route public transportation network across the Hopi Reservation, receiving recurring federal transit formula grants and operating support from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA CFDA 20.509) to purchase buses, support operations, and fund preventative maintenance. Recent FTA awards include $759,798 (September 2025) and $1,050,628 (August 2026) to purchase buses and cover fleet operations across five routes serving employment, health care, education, and shopping access.

The Tribe's grant activity spans employment and training (CFDA 17.265: Native American Employment and Training, with $227,150 to $689,146 project grants funding career services, occupational training, and follow-up counseling); aging services and nutrition (Administration on Aging, CFDA 93.047, 93.044, 93.045); victim services (CFDA 16.587 Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments, $874,452 October 2025, and CFDA 16.841 VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside, multiple awards 2022–2025); environmental programs (CFDA 66.926 Indian Environmental General Assistance Program, $164,813 October 2025, and EPA cooperative agreements for water quality and environmental protection); surface mining regulation and reclamation (CFDA 15.250 Regulation of Surface Coal Mining, $341,245 June 2025; CFDA 15.250 AML Economic and Community Development, multiple awards); historic preservation (CFDA 15.904 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Tribal Historic Preservation Office, recurring awards); substance abuse and mental health (CFDA 16.625 Tribal Opioid Response grants, CFDA 92.255 Center for Mental Health Services, Circles of Care project); library services (CFDA 45.312 Native American Library Services); and special projects including Glen Canyon Dam adaptive management tribal monitoring, Bears Ears National Monument cultural resource management, and Tuba City Uranium Mill Tailings site support services. The Tribe also received sub-awards from the Arizona Department of Economic Security for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) dislocated worker and adult services and from the Arizona Department of Education for block grant support. Combined obligated dollars across all 490 awards total $258 million against a combined potential value of $1.7 million, reflecting the substantial scale of historical grant funding relative to the recent award portfolio snapshot.

Activity has remained steady at 30–33 awards per year over the past five years, with 18 awards reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete or continuation determination. The Tribe operates without formal parent-company structure; Hopi Tribe itself is listed as the sole subsidiary entity, reflecting its status as a sovereign tribal government rather than a commercial entity.