Mesa Grande Band Of Mission Indians

Mesa Grande Band Of Mission Indians, a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in Santa Ysabel, California, is a prime recipient of federal grants supporting tribal infrastructure, environmental management, cultural preservation, and community services. The tribe does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal funding flows through grant and cooperative-agreement awards administered directly by grantor agencies. Mesa Grande competes for federal resources as a tribally owned entity with inherent tribal-government set-aside eligibility across environmental, infrastructure, housing, disaster-response, and cultural-heritage programs.

The tribe's recent grant portfolio (36 prime awards across thirteen distinct federal agencies since 2004, with $7.8 million obligated) concentrates heavily in environmental and natural-resource management. EPA Region 9 leads by award count with seven grants focused on water quality monitoring, nonpoint source pollution management, solid waste infrastructure, and multi-media environmental capacity building. Representative work includes a $173,750 Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.920) awarded September 2024 to procure waste-management equipment and install solar power infrastructure, hire environmental staff, and implement composting and source-reduction education; a Groundwater Resource Development Project grant (March 2023 start, extended through June 2025) from the Bureau of Reclamation to drill and complete three wells on tribal lands and assess sustainable aquifer yield; and multiple EPA Region 9 water-quality monitoring and assessment grants (October 2022 through September 2026) carrying combined obligations of approximately $111,000 for surface-water and groundwater testing across the reservation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office holds six awards in the portfolio, the Environmental Protection Agency overall five, the Federal Emergency Management Agency four, and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education three.

Mesa Grande's grant work also includes a National Historic Preservation Fund grant awarded September 2023 (Department of the Interior, ultimate completion August 2026) to conduct a 278-acre archaeological survey of Mesa Grande-owned land and support National Register evaluation. A $60.6 million Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant (Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices, awarded March 2023, completion December 2026) supports critical capital infrastructure projects enabling remote work, education, and health monitoring in response to COVID-19. A Native American Library Services Basics Grant (Institute of Museum and Library Services, award August 2026, completion July 2027) funds library services improvement, materials acquisition, community programming, and staff training. Six awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and are therefore subject to recompete or renewal activity in that window. The tribe acts as direct prime recipient in all recent awards; no sub-recipient or subcontractor relationships appear in the source data.