Hopland Band Of Pomo Indians

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Hopland, California, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting community services, child care, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, and victim services on tribal lands in Mendocino County. The tribe does not hold federal contracts or sit on government-wide contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards across multiple agencies and programs.

The tribe's grant portfolio reflects deep concentration in domestic social services and environmental management. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families anchors the award count, funding child care and development block grants (CCDF and CCDD programs, CFDA 93.575), low-income home energy assistance (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.558), and family violence prevention services. The Office of Community Services within HHS provides formula and block grants for energy assistance and infrastructure supplements. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 funds water quality monitoring, nonpoint source pollution management, indoor air quality development, and solid waste capacity-building under Clean Water Act sections 106 and 319 and general tribal environmental assistance programs. The Interior Department's National Park Service funds Historic Preservation Fund grants-in-aid (CFDA 15.904) supporting the tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Office activities under the National Historic Preservation Act. The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance fund victim services and specialized tribal court operations for victims of crime, including the Tribal Victims Services Set-Aside (TVSSA, established 2018, administered as formula grants), a Project Grant for Victims Services Domestic Violence Prevention, and a grants-for-families in the justice system award supporting supervised visitation and court-based programs. The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration funded a community and youth transit program providing on-demand responsive transit to Ukiah, 15 miles away, operating a hybrid-electric vehicle. The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $142,897 Native American Library Services grant (CFDA 45.311) in October 2026 to establish a cultural center with museum, library, research hub, and classrooms for Pomo language and cultural artifact preservation, running through September 2028. The Department of the Treasury funded Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund grants for broadband infrastructure capital projects.

The tribe's recent activity shows decline: eleven awards in 2022, eight in 2023, seven in 2024, five in 2025, and one in 2026. Fourteen awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure across child care, energy assistance, victim services, and environmental programs. Combined potential value is listed at $8 thousand, but this figure appears to reflect reporting anomalies in the source; the combined obligated amount of $27.3 million across 161 awards provides a more reliable scale indicator. The tribe acts exclusively as a prime recipient with no sub-award activity, managing all federal funding directly on tribal lands with community benefit to tribal members and the broader Mendocino County population.