Sherwood Valley Rancheria

Sherwood Valley Rancheria, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Willits, California, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering nutrition assistance, energy support, environmental stewardship, victim services, and historic preservation programs to tribal members and community residents. The tribe holds 152 prime federal grants (99% of recent awards) across twenty distinct federal agencies, with minimal subrecipient activity; the tribe does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

Sherwood Valley Rancheria's grant portfolio concentrates in three core capability areas. Nutrition assistance anchors the largest share of recent awards: the tribe administers the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR, CFDA 10.567) through the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, delivering supplemental monthly food packages to income-eligible tribal households from over 100 USDA domestically sourced items including frozen and canned proteins, beans, produce, grains, dairy products, and oils. A $1.41 million FDPIR project grant awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, funds the tribe's direct administration, income certification, procurement and inventory management, and distribution logistics with no identified subrecipients. The tribe also holds formula grants under the Older Americans Act (OAA) from the Administration on Aging—including the OAA Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans and OAA Title VI caregiver support—awarded April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029. Low-income energy assistance represents the second concentration: the tribe receives formula grants under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and LIHEAP Infrastructure Supplement (CFDA 93.566) from the Office of Community Services, with awards running through September 30, 2027. Environmental compliance and capacity building form the third: the tribe received a $289,000 tribal environmental program grant from EPA Region 9 (October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2027) to conduct water quality monitoring, nonpoint source pollution mitigation, solid waste program expansion, and outreach in response to wildfire impacts; a $1.41 million project grant from EPA Region 9 (April 15, 2025, through January 31, 2027) to install electrical distribution lines and security infrastructure enabling the water treatment plant to operate chlorination systems off-grid at Old Sherwood Valley. The tribe also holds annual Historic Preservation Fund formula grants from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.904) under its Tribal Historic Preservation Office partnership, supporting cultural resource identification, evaluation, and protection activities authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act. A $251,383 project grant from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.841) under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025) supports advocacy, shelter, counseling, and legal assistance tailored to tribal community needs.

Customer concentration reflects the tribe's federal grant footprint: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service leads with 33 awards; the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families holds 20 to 12 awards across program divisions; and the Department of the Interior National Park Service accounts for 10 awards. These five customer relationships cover 62% of recent awards. Twelve awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating recompete activity in FY 2027 and FY 2028. Activity has remained stable across recent years (eight awards in 2022 declining to three in 2026 year-to-date), with a combined obligated value of $32.1 million against a combined potential value of $121 thousand across the full award history—a ratio reflecting that historical awards have been drawn down and spent while recent awards carry their full award amounts as outstanding potential value.