Inupiat Community Of The Arctic Slope

Inupiat Community Of The Arctic Slope, a federally recognized tribally owned tribal government headquartered in Utqiagvik, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering education, social services, environmental management, broadband infrastructure, and aging-services programs to tribal members and communities across the North Slope region. The organization does not hold federal contracts or sit on federal contract vehicles; all 49 awards in its recent portfolio are grants, with the organization serving as prime recipient on 45 awards (92%) and as sub-recipient on 4 awards (8%).

Inupiat Community Of The Arctic Slope's grant portfolio spans 21 customer agencies and carries combined obligated funding of $68.9 million. The top five grantor agencies account for 51% of recent awards: the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (7 awards, anchored by Older Americans Act Title VI grants for supportive services and nutrition for Native American caregivers and elders), the Environmental Protection Agency (6 awards, including a multi-year tribal environmental program under the Indian General Assistance Program covering climate change and water resources planning across eight North Slope villages), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (4 awards under child welfare and family support formulas), and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (4 awards each, including the Rebuilding Inupiaq Systems of Education grant and the Empowering Inupiat Students community education project).

Recent capability work includes a $500,000 Department of Education Innovative Approaches to Literacy grant (CFDA 84.215) for the RISE Qargi Academy project through June 2029, a $892,571 project grant for culturally responsive educational programming under the Indian Education Special Programs for Indian Children (CFDA 84.299) through September 2027, a broadband and workforce development program funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration through September 2028 that will retrofit tribal facilities, prepay internet service for 250 Native households, and hire facility directors and trainers across villages, a $157,530 Administration for Community Living formula grant for older Americans Act Title VI supportive services across the North Slope region through March 2029, a Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Youth Program grant for youth intervention and prevention strategic planning running through September 2030, and ongoing Older Americans Act nutrition and caregiver support formulas administered by the Administration on Aging. The organization also holds a Department of Treasury Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund grant (through December 2026) for broadband infrastructure and a Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law formula grant for electric-grid resilience (through April 2032). Recent sub-recipient activity includes environmental capacity building work under a Philanthropy Northwest Thriving Communities grant and coastal erosion assessment and design work under a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation subaward addressing Pacific walrus habitat protection at Point Lay.

Activity has remained relatively steady at six awards per year from 2023 through 2025, with nine awards added in 2026. Eight awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The organization's grant work is geographically concentrated in Alaska, with performance occurring in Utqiagvik and member villages at Atqasuk, Point Hope, Wainwright, Point Lay, Barrow, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, and Anaktuvuk Pass.