Petersburg Indian Association

Petersburg Indian Association, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Petersburg, Alaska, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting community infrastructure, library services, environmental stewardship, and victim services for tribal members and the local population. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no federal contract prime or subcontractor activity; all fifty awards in the source data are prime grants with no sub-recipient arrangements.

Petersburg Indian Association's grant portfolio spans nineteen distinct federal agencies, with the top five customers accounting for 64% of recent awards. The Institute of Museum and Library Services leads by award count with eight grants focused on library collection development and operations; the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science follows with ten awards in the same domain. The Federal Transit Administration has funded six grants supporting door-to-door bus service operations for Petersburg's transit system, serving elderly residents and persons with physical disabilities. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office has awarded five Indian Community Development Block Grants (ICDBG) for community infrastructure. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education accounts for three awards. Combined obligated dollars across all fifty grants total $15.6 million.

Representative grant work includes a Native American Library Services Basics Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (awarded August 2026, completion July 2027) supporting library services, archival access, materials acquisition, programming, and staff training; multiple Federal Transit Administration formula grants (most recently June 2026, completion December 2027) funding Petersburg's door-to-door transit operations serving the general public and vulnerable populations; an environmental grant from EPA Region 10 (awarded October 2023, completion September 2026) for water quality baseline data collection, e-waste management, and harmful algal bloom monitoring in Southeast Alaska; a Tribal Victims Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) award from the Office for Victims of Crime (awarded January 2025, completion December 2026) for victim-centered crime services aligned with tribal values; a Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law formula grant (awarded July 2024, completion April 2032) for electric grid resilience; and a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund award from the Treasury Department (awarded June 2022, completion December 2026) for broadband infrastructure supporting remote work, education, and health monitoring.

Activity has remained steady at three to four awards per year over the past five years. Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunities. The organization's grant footprint centers on rural and tribal infrastructure, with recurring emphasis on library modernization, transit operations, community development, environmental monitoring, and victim services—work performed in Petersburg and surrounding Southeast Alaska communities.