Indian Nations Council Of Goverments

Indian Nations Council of Governments (operating as Incog), a U.S. government entity and regional council of governments based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, functions as a federal grant recipient administering transportation, infrastructure, economic development, and climate planning programs for northeast Oklahoma, with 68 prime grant awards and 15 sub-awards across 12 federal customer agencies.

Incog operates as a designated metropolitan planning organization and economic development district serving five counties in northeast Oklahoma (Rogers, Wagoner, Tulsa, Osage, and Creek). The organization holds no federal contracts but receives formula and project grants from transportation, economic development, and climate agencies. Recent activity shows acceleration: two awards in 2022 growing to thirteen in 2024, though activity moderated to seven awards in 2025. Combined federal obligation stands at $80 million across an 83-award portfolio.

Transportation and transit planning dominate Incog's federal footprint. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) accounts for 39 awards—47% of the portfolio by count—primarily formula grants for the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). Recent examples include a $2.83 million formula grant obligated May 12, 2026 (completion September 30, 2028) for FY 2024–2025 paratransit operations and capital funding serving seniors and individuals with disabilities across the Tulsa urbanized area, with Incog administering subrecipients including A New Leaf, Rogers County Adult Day Center, Bridges Foundation, and Ki Bois Transit. Earlier FTA awards for Section 5310 paratransit follow the same recipient-and-subrecipient structure, with awards dating to 2021.

Highway safety and multimodal transportation infrastructure represent secondary capability areas. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has funded behavioral highway safety programs through formula grants (CFDA 20.600), including a $7.795 million award covering October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029 for regional highway safety initiatives. The Federal Highway Administration awarded two significant project grants: a $6.3 million Safe Streets and Roads for All grant (CFDA 20.939, January 12, 2024–January 11, 2029) for the Tulsa metropolitan roadway safety plan and a $5.31 million RAISE (National Infrastructure Investments) grant for the Tulsa-Jenks Multi-Modal Safety Project (January 3, 2024–March 31, 2028).

Economic development strategy and climate planning activity includes Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration recipients for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) development and regional advanced mobility corridor support. Incog received a $420,000 EDA Planning grant (CFDA 11.302, January 1, 2023–December 31, 2025) and a $500,000 EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance award (December 15, 2021–December 14, 2023) for the Tulsa Regional Advanced Mobility Corridor initiative. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funded a $1 million Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046, August 1, 2023–July 31, 2027) to develop Priority and Comprehensive Climate Action Plans with focus on transportation-sector greenhouse gas reductions.

Incog also serves as subrecipient on aging and nutrition services grants from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (multiple awards effective July 1, 2025 and 2024 for Home Delivered Meals, Congregate Meals, Nutrition Services Incentive, Support Services, Preventive Health, and Family Caregiver Support) and as local stakeholder and liaison on a Cornell University–led research sub-award (September 24, 2024) involving sub-recipient management, community outreach, and technology deployment.

Six awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete timing for successor grant cycles. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (12 awards) and Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (4 awards) round out the active customer base. The organization operates exclusively in the grant-recipient space with no contracting footprint and characterizes itself as a pass-through entity coordinating federal resources across regional transportation, economic development, and sustainability planning initiatives.