Karidat

Karidat, a tax-exempt nonprofit domestic shelter provider registered in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands since 2006, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering victim-centered, trauma-informed emergency shelter, transitional housing, case management, and counseling services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking across Saipan, Tinian, and Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Karidat's federal footprint is concentrated in Department of Justice grant programs. The top five customer agencies (by award count coverage of 87% of awards) are the DOJ Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program (5 awards), the DOJ Office on Violence Against Women (4 awards), the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs (2 awards), and smaller grants from other DOJ divisions (2 awards combined). Dollar concentration mirrors award concentration: the five most recent grants to Karidat total approximately $2 million obligated across fiscal years 2023–2026, with the two largest recent awards being a $500,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant awarded August 1, 2026, and a $499,396 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant awarded October 1, 2025. Representative earlier work includes a $466,495 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims (CFDA 16.736) Project Grant awarded October 1, 2023 (ultimate completion September 30, 2026), and a human-trafficking-focused grant from the Office for Victims of Crime awarded October 1, 2023 (ultimate completion September 30, 2026). Karidat also received a Community Development grant from the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded February 17, 2023, running through August 31, 2030. Karidat acts as prime recipient on 87% of recent awards (13 of 15) and as a sub-recipient on 13% (2 awards, including a sub-award under Criminal Justice Planning Agency for emergency shelter services).

Activity is sparse and episodic rather than sustained: one award per year in 2021 and 2022, three in 2023, one in 2025, and one in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting recompete exposure. Karidat's services specifically target remote, rural, and geographically isolated populations in the Northern Mariana Islands, with emphasis on underserved groups including LGBTQ+ survivors and individuals with limited English proficiency. Performance location is entirely within the Northern Mariana Islands.