Stillaguamish Tribe Of Indians

The Stillaguamish Tribe Of Indians, a federally recognized tribal government based in Arlington, Washington, is a prime recipient of federal grants across transportation, natural resource management, environmental protection, and community services, with tribal-government status placing it outside traditional SBA set-aside categories but eligible for tribally targeted federal funding streams. The Tribe acts as a prime grant recipient on 213 of 246 recent awards (87%) and as a sub-recipient on 33 awards (13%), drawing funding from 37 distinct federal agencies with no federal contract prime or IDV positions in the current portfolio — the footprint is exclusively grant-funded.

The Tribe's capability portfolio centers on salmon hatchery operations and fisheries conservation, tribal transportation infrastructure and transit services, environmental remediation and water quality management, and community services including victim support, youth engagement, and historic preservation. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.653 million NOAA Pacific Salmon Treaty Program award (December 2024–June 2026) for the South Fork Stillaguamish Fall Chinook Natural Stock Restoration Program, combining wild juvenile seining, captive rearing to spawning adults, and release of 200,000 tagged smolts; a $3.865 million Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Agreement (August 2024–January 2032) for a Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program addressing wildlife-vehicle collisions and habitat connectivity; and a $1.23 million Federal Highway Administration Tribal Transportation Program award (November 2025–September 2026) funding comprehensive transportation services and road infrastructure within the reservation. The Tribe also operates Stillaguamish Tribal Transit Services under multiple transit formula grants, receiving $412,770 from the Federal Transit Administration (May 2024–December 2027) for operating assistance, GPS navigation, and asset tracking. Environmental work spans a $600,000 EPA Region 10 Puget Sound Protection and Restoration cooperative agreement (October 2025–September 2030) delivering small-unmanned aerial systems mapping, avian and marine mammal surveys, and estuary restoration, plus a $1.25 million EPA formula grant (October 2024–September 2027) supporting water quality monitoring, wetland protection planning, and brownfield assessment and cleanup.

Customer concentration is moderate across the top five agencies, which account for 50% of awards. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education leads with 43 awards, followed by the Federal Transit Administration (27 awards), NOAA (23 awards), the Federal Highway Administration (17 awards), and EPA Region 10 (13 awards). Top award categories are tribally targeted: Social Direct Aid to Tribal Governments under Public Law 93-638 accounts for 40 awards; Managed Healthcare represents 11. The Tribe received $94.1 million in combined obligated dollars across all awards, with recent annual activity ranging from 5 awards in 2026 (partial-year snapshot) to a peak of 22 in 2024. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest near-term recompete exposure.

The Tribe operates a named subsidiary, Stillaguamish Gardens (non-profit organization), but the source provides no indication of its role in the federal award footprint. Grant sub-recipient work shows the Tribe receiving sub-awards from pass-through entities including the Health Care Authority (behavioral health and mental health services, multiple 2024–2026 awards), the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (salmonid habitat restoration and monitoring under ESA-listed Chinook recovery initiatives), the Recreation and Conservation Office (riparian and floodplain restoration on Tribe-owned parcels along the Stillaguamish River), the State of Washington Department of Health (public health emergency preparedness collaboration), and the State Recreation and Conservation Office (land acquisition and habitat stewardship projects). The Tribe's federal posture is exclusively as a grant-funded tribal sovereign, with no presence on federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or agency schedules.