Native Village Of Port Graham

Native Village Of Port Graham, doing business as Port Graham Village Council, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government headquartered in Homer, Alaska, that operates as a direct grant recipient across seventeen federal agencies without subcontracting activity. The tribe holds no federal contracts or IDVs and receives federal support exclusively through grant funding.

Port Graham Village Council's federal grant footprint centers on transportation infrastructure, library and digital literacy services, environmental capacity building, and tribal wildlife resource management. The tribe receives recurring formula grants from the Federal Highway Administration under the Tribal Transportation Program (CFDA 20.205) and Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205) programs to construct, preserve, and improve local roads and transportation infrastructure serving the remote Alutiiq village accessible only by plane or boat. Recent awards include a $255,593 Tribal Transportation Program grant from FHWA in November 2025 for road construction, bridge improvements, and highway maintenance operations through September 2026, and a $5.259 million Highway Planning and Construction grant in March 2024 supporting transportation infrastructure projects. The tribe also serves as recipient on recurring project grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.311) supporting library operations, digital literacy programming, and community technology access. A $127,306 Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services grant awarded October 2026 (performance through September 2028) funds digital resource improvement, ADA library access ramp installation, and digital literacy classes targeting village elders and high school students in collaboration with Kenai Peninsula College Adult Education Department and Project Grad. Environmental and wildlife management grants include a $139,946 Tribal Wildlife Grant from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 (December 2022, completion September 2026) for moose population composition surveys and traditional ecological knowledge documentation in partnership with the Central Council Tlingit & Haida and Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and an EPA Region 10 environmental capacity-building project grant (October 2024, completion September 2026) addressing solid waste management, water quality monitoring, and invasive species assessment. The tribe also received a formula grant from the Department of Energy under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (August 2023, completion April 2032) for electric grid resilience projects and a Treasury Department Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund grant (May 2023, completion December 2026) supporting broadband infrastructure and capital projects addressing COVID-19 impacts.

The Federal Highway Administration dominates Port Graham's award count with nineteen transportation grants, followed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (ten awards) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (nine awards). Activity has remained flat across the past five years, averaging four to six awards annually from 2022 through 2026. Three awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face renewal or recompete consideration. The tribe operates as a prime recipient on all federal grants with no reported sub-recipients across the award portfolio.