Hydaburg Cooperative Association

Hydaburg Cooperative Association, a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government based in Ketchikan, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient providing transit services, transportation infrastructure, broadband access, environmental stewardship, and community development programs to the Hydaburg tribal community and surrounding areas in Southeast Alaska. The organization holds no federal contracts and does not compete under set-asides; it receives direct grant awards from tribal-focused and rural-development federal programs.

Hydaburg's funding footprint concentrates across transportation and community infrastructure. The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration funds the bulk of grant awards (twelve grants), supporting operating expenses, preventive maintenance, equipment purchase, and capital construction for the Hydaburg Cooperative Association demand-response ferry service. Representative FTA grants include a $809,200 Project Grant (August 2024) for construction of two ADA-accessible boat landings at culturally significant ferry service sites on Prince of Wales Island, running through December 2025; preliminary engineering and design work for the same landing improvements ($0.5 million range, September 2023); and multiple formula grants for three-month operating periods (December 2023, December 2022). The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office funds eleven awards, primarily Indian Housing Block Grants. The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration holds ten awards under the Tribal Transportation Program and Safety Award (CFDA 20.205), including a $1.77 million formula grant (February 2024) and a $7.55 million formula grant (May 2022) for road construction, preservation, and transportation infrastructure. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a Project Grant (October 2023, running through September 2026) for toxin-producing algae baseline data collection, community environmental education, recycling and solid waste management, and backhaul programs to reduce landfill waste in Southeast Alaska.

Additional funded work spans broadband subsidies, natural resource management, and cultural education. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded a Project Grant (January 2025) to subsidize broadband service fees for tribal households, businesses, and community anchor institutions through December 2028. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Region 10 (Alaska) funded a Hetta Lake sockeye salmon stock assessment cooperative agreement (July 2022, extended to May 2027) to provide subsistence salmon management data. The Department of Treasury's Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund provided a formula grant (May 2023) for broadband infrastructure construction. The Institute of Museum and Library Services funded a tribal library collection expansion and extended operating hours (August 2021). The Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education funded a "Haida Reboot Project" (October 2021).

Activity has declined year over year—four awards in 2022 through one award in 2026—with four awards completing within the next twenty-four months. Total potential value across all ninety-four prime and sub awards reaches $3 million, though cumulative obligated dollars total $40.8 million, reflecting the formula-grant structure of Hydaburg's federal relationship. The organization acts as prime recipient on ninety-three awards and as sub-recipient on one sub-award from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (May 2025). Across its portfolio, Hydaburg delivers federally funded community services and infrastructure, not goods or commercial IT solutions; its federal position reflects tribal government status and direct eligibility for tribal set-asides and rural development programs rather than competitive procurement.