Robinson Rancheria Citizen's Business Council

Robinson Rancheria Citizen's Business Council, the federally recognized tribal government of the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians located in Upper Lake, California, operates as a prime federal grant recipient serving tribal health, education, environmental stewardship, and community resilience programs. The organization does not hold federal contracts or sit on IDVs; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-funded, with 114 prime awards across 25 distinct agencies and no subcontractor activity.

Robinson Rancheria's customer base is concentrated in HHS programs, which dominate the grant portfolio. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads with 45 awards across Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), and Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDD) programs. Recent HHS awards include a $19.8 million TANF block grant (CFDA 93.558, obligated October 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2026), a $160.7 thousand Child Care Development Block Grant award (CFDA 93.575, October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028), and ongoing formula grants under CCDF and CCDD running through 2027 and 2028. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (12 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (11 awards) rank second and third. These three customer agencies account for approximately 60% of the award count. Federal funding covers family assistance, child care services, and Indian education formula grants to local educational agencies.

Robinson Rancheria's secondary customer base reflects environmental, natural-resource, and community-resilience priorities. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has funded two major habitat and fisheries projects: the $2.5 million Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project (Cooperative Agreement, CFDA 15.685, awarded January 2, 2025, through December 15, 2028) targeting fish passage and riparian restoration in Scotts Creek near Upper Lake, and a two-year Clear Lake hitch and native fish habitat assessment project (awarded January 1, 2023, completed December 31, 2024) executed in partnership with other Pomo tribal bands and state partners. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 has awarded two environmental stewardship grants totaling approximately $192 thousand for water quality monitoring, household hazardous waste coordination, climate change vulnerability assessment, and tribal environmental program operations (October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2026, and October 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025). The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women funded a $675 thousand three-year Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program capacity-building grant (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2026). Federal Emergency Management Agency provided a $205.9 thousand BRIC resilience grant (March 1, 2024, through February 28, 2027). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a groundwater well development project grant (June 1, 2023, through April 30, 2026).

Activity has been relatively flat over the past five years, averaging six to nine awards annually, with 114 total awards and combined obligated dollars of $228.4 million. Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete opportunity. Robinson Rancheria operates exclusively as a prime recipient; no subrecipient or sub-award activity appears in the source data. The organization's federal grant strategy emphasizes family economic self-sufficiency and child welfare (TANF and child care), tribal education infrastructure (Indian Education Formula Grants), environmental and water stewardship, natural-resource habitat restoration, and community resilience to climate and disaster risk. All work is performed in or for the benefit of the Robinson Rancheria community in Lake County, California.