Sitka Tribe Of Alaska

Sitka Tribe of Alaska, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Sitka, Alaska, is a prime recipient of federal grants across health and human services, transportation, environmental management, and cultural preservation programs. The tribe operates as a direct grant recipient (99% of recent awards) serving over 4,400 tribal citizens of Tlingit, Haida, Aleut, and Tsimshian heritage, with a secondary sub-recipient footprint through its Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Research Laboratory and partnerships with state and university research entities.

The tribe's customer concentration spans health and human services agencies dominating both award count and dollar value. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads with 41 awards; the Administration for Community Living holds 25 awards; and the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration accounts for 23 awards. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R10-Alaska Region carries the highest combined potential value at $1.7 million across seven awards, anchored by a $226,364 Cooperative Agreement for sockeye salmon population assessment in Klag Bay under CFDA 10.702 (ANILCA Agreements program). Federal Highway Administration awards for the Tribal Transportation Program represent recurring formula-grant work, with multiple highway planning and construction awards spanning 2022 through 2026.

Grant portfolio scope spans social services, aging, child welfare, affordable housing, transit operations, brownfields remediation, environmental research, and cultural preservation. Representative prime-recipient work includes a $546,353 Tribal Youth Program grant (CFDA 16.731) from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement curriculum for the Sitka Native Education Program's after-school initiative; an $850,000 Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants award (CFDA 16.587) for transitional housing and peer-led prevention programming through the Sitka Youth Leadership Committee; a $254,413 VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside grant (CFDA 16.841) for victim services; and a $1.355 million Federal Transit Administration grant (CFDA 20.509) for rural and tribal transit operating assistance. The tribe also holds multi-year research collaborations, including a five-year $2 million-plus Knowledge Warding Against Toxin Levels Center for Oceans and Human Health project jointly supported by NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, with administrative direction by the tribe and facility services provided through its Environmental Research Lab.

Activity has remained steady, averaging 18 to 22 awards annually over the past five years, with 335 total awards recorded across the source period spanning from 1990 to August 2026. Seventeen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure for the tribe. The tribe's sub-recipient activity is minimal (1% of awards), with the Environmental Research Laboratory operating as the primary sub entity, performing shellfish toxin analysis and sample processing under NOAA and other environmental grants. A secondary sub-award from University of Alaska Fairbanks documents tribal participation in Rural Alaska Students in One-Health Research (RASOR) programming. Top NAICS categories reflect the grant profile: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (15 awards), Support Activities for Forestry (2 awards), and Educational Support Services (2 awards). The tribe's obligated dollars ($96.4 million) substantially exceed combined potential value ($3.9 million), indicating mature grant administration with historical draw-downs.