Santa Fe Indian School, Inc.

Santa Fe Indian School, Inc. is a tribal government entity operating a boarding school for approximately 700 Native American students in grades 7–12 from 19 Pueblos, Navajo, and Apache tribes of New Mexico. The school operates as a prime recipient of federal grants (95% of recent awards) and holds two active federal purchase orders for mental health services from the Indian Health Service, with no federal contracting vehicle participation or subcontracting presence.

The school's federal footprint is almost entirely grant-based, concentrated in education and health services. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the dominant customer by award count (20 awards), funding the school as a recipient of Indian Education Formula Grants (CFDA 84.060) annually since fiscal year 2022 with individual awards ranging from approximately $142,000 to $196,167. The Indian Health Service ranks second by count (19 awards, $1.8 million combined potential value) and first by dollar concentration, anchoring most of the school's potential-value share through two firm fixed-price purchase orders: a $84,600 order for mental health services (award date April 10, 2024, extended through September 30, 2025) and a $225,600 order (award date November 6, 2025, extending through September 30, 2029). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service holds three awards, the Department of Energy holds two, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, EPA Region 6, and the Department of the Interior round out the active set.

Beyond Indian Education formula grants and mental health purchase orders, Santa Fe Indian School has received a project grant from EPA Region 6 under the Inflation Reduction Act (award date January 1, 2025) to implement campus climate and environmental improvements including HVAC upgrades, stormwater infrastructure, edible landscaping, and workforce development, with Trust for Public Land serving as the project subrecipient managing consultants. The school also holds a cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (award date October 1, 2024, extending through September 30, 2029) and a fiber-to-the-home broadband infrastructure deployment project grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (award date August 1, 2022, extending through June 30, 2027) serving the school's student population with 1 Gbps service. The school receives pass-through sub-awards from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department for school lunch program reimbursement claims and from the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education for Native language program expansion. Award activity has accelerated in the past two years — one award in 2023 to six in 2025 — with only two awards facing completion within the next twenty-four months.