Nome Community Center Inc.

Nome Community Center Inc., doing business as Nome Community Center Senior Center, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Nome, Alaska that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient focused on homelessness services, senior programming, and nutrition support for vulnerable populations. The organization operates almost entirely under HUD's Continuum of Care program and federal nutrition programs administered through Alaska's state agencies, with prime grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Denali Commission, and sub-recipient awards flowing primarily through Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development and Department of Health.

Nome Community Center's federal footprint is heavily skewed toward sub-recipient work — 81 of 97 total awards (84%) are sub-awards nested under state or local prime grantees, while 16 awards (16%) position the organization as prime recipient. The organization has worked with four distinct federal customer agencies since 2022, with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service dominating by award count at 75 sub-awards, reflecting the organization's participation in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program via Alaska DEP pass-through funding. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 15 awards across the prime recipient side, complemented by six sub-awards under the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living and a single Denali Commission prime award.

On the prime recipient side, Nome Community Center holds a multi-year Continuum of Care program funding stream from HUD addressing unsheltered and rural homelessness. Recent prime awards include a Special NOFO (Notice of Funding Opportunity) award dated August 1, 2026 with ultimate completion July 31, 2027; a standard COC award dated July 1, 2026 completing June 30, 2027; and a prior award dated August 1, 2025 completing July 31, 2026. These grants fund permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing, transitional housing, street outreach, and supportive services only (SSO) activities. The organization also received a Denali Commission grant in January 2023 for "HomePlate: Nome's Housing First Project" and an Economic Development Initiative grant from HUD dated February 17, 2023 with a completion date of August 31, 2030, indicating longer-term capital or infrastructure work alongside annual program operations.

The organization's sub-recipient activity concentrates on child nutrition programs. From 2023 through August 2026, Nome Community Center received 75 sub-awards from Alaska DEP as the pass-through agent for federal USDA nutrition programs — National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program reimbursements flowing to the organization's meal-service operations. Beginning in August 2024, the organization added three sub-awards under Alaska Department of Health for "Nutrition, Transportation and Support Services," signaling expanded senior or community nutrition programming beyond school meals. Combined dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $12.6 million since 2022.

Activity accelerated from two awards in 2022 to a peak of 34 awards in 2024, then moderated to 26 in 2025 and nine through August 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting the organization's COC and long-term grants are front-loaded or multi-year in nature, with recompete risk concentrated downstream beyond early 2028. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal engagement is exclusively grant-based, positioning it as a local nonprofit service provider rather than a federal contractor.