Santa Clara Pueblo

Santa Clara Pueblo, doing business as Santa Clara Tribal Police Dept, is a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Española, New Mexico that receives federal grant awards as a prime recipient across 52 federal agencies. The organization does not hold federal service contracts; it operates exclusively as a grant recipient delivering tribal government services, community infrastructure, public safety, environmental management, and social services to tribal and surrounding communities in north-central New Mexico.

Santa Clara Pueblo is a tribal government entity under NAICS categories spanning medical-managed healthcare, social services, forest-range fire suppression and presuppression, and direct aid to tribal governments. The organization competes for and receives formula grants and project grants across federal grant programs without set-aside restrictions; tribal organizations are inherently eligible recipients under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Section 4 and related tribal-specific grant programs. The Pueblo's federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 315 of 319 recent awards (99%) as prime grant recipients and 4 subawards (1%) from larger prime grantees.

Customer concentration sits heavily with health and human services agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency leads by award count with 25 awards; HHS Administration for Children and Families and HHS Administration for Community Living each hold 21 to 23 awards within the top-customer band. The Pueblo's 52 distinct customer agencies account for $148.3 million in obligated federal dollars across a combined potential value of $1.2 million—indicating substantial ongoing obligations on formula and project grant vehicles. Notable recent recipient work includes a $752,783 Head Start program grant (CFDA 93.600) from HHS Administration for Children and Families for early childhood education and related services through March 2031; a $697,377 Tribal Resources Grant Equipment/Training Program award (CFDA 16.710) from the Department of Justice for Santa Clara Tribal Police Department community policing equipment and training through September 2028; a $3 million Economic Adjustment Assistance project grant (CFDA 11.307) from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration for water treatment facility and wastewater infrastructure; and recurring Tribal Transportation Program grants from the Federal Highway Administration totaling over $954 thousand for transportation infrastructure in New Mexico.

Activity has remained steady across the past five fiscal years—19 awards in FY2022 declining to 8 in FY2026 year-to-date—with 18 awards (scope not specified in dollar terms) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. The Pueblo operates no federal service contracts above the SCI reporting threshold; federal invoicing captured in SCI shows $1.4 million across FY2022–FY2025 (FY2024 absent), with $930 thousand in FY2025 across 2.5 FTEs, representing a small slice of federal grant obligation. On the four SCI-reportable prime service contracts, government-paid hourly rates ranged from a 10th percentile of $70.17/hr to a median of $128.43/hr to a 90th percentile of $186.68/hr. The Pueblo does not engage subcontractors on SCI-reported work; all delivery is in-house.

The organization's recent grant portfolio emphasizes environmental and water quality management (25 EPA awards for nonpoint source implementation, water quality monitoring, and superfund site participation), child welfare and social services (20+ HHS Administration for Children and Families awards for child welfare, promoting safe families), aging services and nutrition (21+ HHS Administration for Community Living awards under Older Americans Act Title VI programs and nutrition services incentive), public transportation (multiple Federal Transit Administration formula grants for continuing transit operations and bus-stop ADA upgrades in the North Central Regional Transit District), tribal law enforcement (DOJ community policing and special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction grants), library and cultural services (Institute of Museum and Library Services library services grants; National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund grants for tribal historic preservation office operations), forestry and hazard mitigation (USDA Forest Service and FEMA grants for wildfire mitigation, forest health, and community resilience), and behavioral health (HHS SAMHSA mental health prevention grants, congressionally directed facility design funding). Place of performance is New Mexico, primarily Española and surrounding tribal lands in north-central New Mexico.