Hopi Tribe

Hopi Tribe, doing business as Hopi Tribal Council, is a federally recognized Native American tribal government based in Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona, that operates as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor, delivering employment and training services, child care and family support programs, transportation and infrastructure, environmental management and compliance, victim services, and aging services across tribal lands and surrounding Arizona communities. The tribe competes in full and open federal grant and contract competitions without set-aside designation, acting as the direct recipient and administrator of federal funds across sixty-four customer agencies.

The Hopi Tribe's federal footprint is predominantly grant-based: 403 of 486 recent awards are prime grants and contracts (83%), with eighty-three sub-awards across contracts and grants (17%). The portfolio carries a combined potential value of $1.7 million in current award ceilings, though the tribe has obligated $247.2 million cumulatively, reflecting the distinction between annual appropriations and contract vehicle ceilings in tribal federal program administration. Activity has remained steady across recent years—thirty awards in 2022 through thirty-three in 2024—with twenty-two awards facing ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and generating a small recompete signal of $33 thousand in potential value.

Top customer agencies by award count include the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (thirty-three awards), the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (twenty-seven awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (twenty-six awards), collectively accounting for twenty-eight percent of recent awards. When ranked by potential value, the top customers shift: the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation leads with ten awards carrying $587 thousand combined potential value, followed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with sixteen awards totaling $454 thousand. The EPA places ten awards with $35 thousand combined potential value. This divergence signals that the tribe manages many small employment and family-services grants from ACF while anchoring larger but fewer-numbered infrastructure and environmental grants with Interior bureaus.

Concrete capability work centers on workforce development and training for Native American populations. The tribe holds multiple Department of Labor Native American Employment and Training Program (CFDA 17.265) grants—representative awards include a $227,150 three-year project grant effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 supporting career services, occupational training, and follow-up support for unemployed and underemployed American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals; and a $689,146 project grant awarded April 1, 2022 providing similar services through June 2025. The tribe also administers Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants from the Office of Family Assistance—a $1,080,210 award effective October 1, 2025 supports direct financial assistance, employment training, and child care for low-income families with children. Child Care and Development Block Grant awards (CFDA 93.575) and mandatory and matching fund awards (CFDA 93.596) total $608,042 for fiscal 2025–2028, positioning the tribe as the lead agency for child care subsidy and quality improvement initiatives across tribal jurisdiction encompassing thirteen villages and approximately 14,605 enrolled members.

Environmental and compliance work includes administration and enforcement of surface mining regulatory programs under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The tribe holds recurring project grants from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (CFDA 15.250) for Title V regulatory program administration—a $341,245 award effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026 funds permitting, environmental monitoring, and site inspections on tribal lands. The EPA awarded $335 thousand for FY2025 tribal environmental programs (water quality protection, monitoring, watershed restoration) under a cooperative agreement and $164,813 for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) to build tribal capacity in multi-media environmental program administration.

Transportation infrastructure work is anchored in Federal Transit Administration grants under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The Hopi Tribe operates Hopi Senom Transit and has received multiple FTA awards for bus procurement, fleet maintenance, and route expansion—a $759,798 award dated September 18, 2025 funds two new buses with wheelchair accessibility, camera installation, graphics, fuel, maintenance, and insurance through December 31, 2028. Earlier awards include a $499,043 formula grant (September 2023) for a 30-passenger bus purchase and preventive maintenance, and a $450,558 COVID relief grant supporting five-route operations.

Victim services and health programs round the portfolio. The tribe received a $874,452 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women project grant (CFDA 16.587) effective October 1, 2025 for a startup domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking response program, including a 24-hour crisis hotline, victim transportation, and community education. The Office for Victims of Crime awarded $315,724 under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) for January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026 to implement community-identified victim services. The Administration on Aging provides recurring formula grants for nutrition services and caregiver support for Native American elders; a $206,840 award under Special Programs for the Aging Title VI Part A (CFDA 93.047) funds supportive, nutrition, and caregiver services for tribal members aged 60 and older through March 31, 2029.

On the contract side, the Hopi Tribe holds firm fixed-price definitive contracts with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Tribal Equal Employment Opportunity (TERO) services—five contracts from October 2021 through September 2026 range from $30,000 to $37,400 annually, supporting compliance reviews, on-site visits, and equal employment opportunity initiatives on tribal lands. Sub-award work includes landfill disposal and site remediation services under EQM Services, LLC primes for General Assistance Office Act (GAOA) remediation and demolition projects in the Navajo Region.

The tribe also acts as a sub-recipient on workforce development grants from the Arizona Department of Economic Security under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), including Adult and Dislocated Worker programs, and receives pass-through funding for youth employment and training services. Grant sub-awards for transit operations, preventive maintenance, and vehicle capital purchases flow through the Federal Transit Administration.

The portfolio reflects the tribe's primary role as administrator and operator of federal social services, environmental compliance, transportation, and workforce programs directly benefiting tribal members and surrounding communities across one of the nation's most remote and underserved regions.