Narragansett Indian Tribe

Narragansett Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribal government doing business as Nit EDC and operating through its Accounting Department Division, is a grant recipient for federal domestic and infrastructure programs serving tribal and community populations in Rhode Island, with 99% of recent awards as prime recipient and one percent as sub-recipient under state administrative pass-through grantees. The Tribe competes exclusively within grant channels — no federal contracts appear in the recent footprint — and holds no SBA certifications.

The Tribe's grant portfolio concentrates on human services, aging services, child care, environmental remediation, and public health programming. Recent representative work includes a $6.627 million cooperative agreement from EPA Region 1 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to implement energy audits, solar installations, and battery storage systems across tribal facilities and achieve greenhouse gas reductions by 2030; a $13.4 million cooperative agreement from the Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904) for environmental document development, design, and construction addressing flooding and water quality in the Winnapaug and Salt Ponds watershed through April 2029; and multiple overlapping formula grants from the Administration on Aging under Older Americans Act Title VI (CFDA 93.047) and Title VI Part C (CFDA not specified) for nutrition services and caregiver support to Native American seniors, running through March 2029. Child care and development block grants from the Office of Child Care (CCDF and CCDD programs, CFDA 93.575 and related) total $228,981 discretionary funding through September 2028. The Tribe also received $136,000 under the Older Americans Act Title VI Part A for supportive services to tribal members aged 60 and older. Low-income energy assistance (LIHEAP and LIHEAP Infrastructure Supplement) and Community Services Block Grants (CSBG) flow through the Office of Community Services. A $6.627 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant and a $10.9 million NRCS watershed agreement fund environmental infrastructure work running through 2029 and 2030. The Tribe received $430,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) for tribal police department fitness, health, and youth mentorship programming. Two small federal contracts with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) activities totaled $34,600 and $30,000 in fiscal 2023 and 2022 respectively.

Customer concentration sits with tribal and community services agencies. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education leads by award count with 97 grants spanning road maintenance, law enforcement, rights protection, housing assistance, and Indian education programs. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 132 awards across child care, child welfare, family violence prevention and supportive services, and family strengthening programs. The Administration on Aging supplies repeated annual formula awards for nutrition, caregiver support, and elder services. The Environmental Protection Agency (Region 1) and Natural Resources Conservation Service provide infrastructure and climate-action funding. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission awards small TERO contracts. Five sub-awards route through the State of Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services for community health center initiatives and colorectal cancer screening programs. Activity ranged from 19 awards in 2023 to five in 2026 year-to-date; 17 awards with completion dates inside the next twenty-four months face recompete exposure. The Tribe's federal footprint reflects its status as a federally recognized tribal government operating child care services, elder nutrition, community health, environmental management, and law enforcement programs serving the Narragansett Indian community in Charlestown, Rhode Island and surrounding jurisdictions.