Phoenix Indian Center

Phoenix Indian Center Non-Profit Division is an American Indian-owned, tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona that delivers federal grant-funded employment and training services, youth development and suicide prevention programming, and cultural preservation initiatives to urban American Indian populations as a prime recipient across ten federal agencies. The organization does not hold federal contracts and does not compete under contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grants as a prime recipient (84% of recent awards) and subrecipient on health services grants (16%).

Phoenix Indian Center's capability portfolio centers on employment and training services, youth mental health and substance-abuse prevention, and Native American cultural preservation. On the employment and training side, the organization is a prime recipient of $1.82 million from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training Program (CFDA 17.265) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, delivering career services, occupational training aligned with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and post-exit follow-up support to unemployed and underemployed American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals in Arizona with tracking against six mandatory WIOA outcomes. On the youth and prevention side, Phoenix Indian Center is a prime recipient of a five-year, $1.68 million grant from the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (awarded September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029) titled "Culture, Connection, & Healing for Urban Indigenous Families," which delivers evidence-based prevention curriculum, workshops, and coalition work to address substance misuse and suicide among American Indian youth ages 9 to 24 and their caregivers in Maricopa County, with estimated direct services to 1,675 youth, parents, caregivers, and service providers over the project lifetime. Phoenix Indian Center also holds a $673,348 three-year grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, which deploys volunteers age 55 and older to deliver culturally relevant services within urban Native American populations and represents a $339,169 increase to baseline funding with no statutory or budgetary matching requirements.

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration dominates customer concentration, accounting for 12 awards across the prime and subrecipient footprint. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (within the Department of Health and Human Services) and the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education each account for 3 awards; the CDC and the Administration for Native Americans round out the top-customer set. These top five agencies represent 74% of recent awards. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. Phoenix Indian Center also acts as a subrecipient on health services grants from Arizona State University and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, including sub-awards for vaping prevention research and family parenting curriculum delivery dated as recently as January 2025. The organization's grant program portfolio reflects minimal subrecipient involvement, with direct service delivery as the primary operational model. As the oldest and first American Indian nonprofit organization in the United States, Phoenix Indian Center provides culturally relevant services to urban American Indians in job readiness, employment, prevention, youth services, cultural revitalization, and community engagement across Maricopa County and the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.