Table Mountain Rancheria

Table Mountain Rancheria is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Friant, California, registered with SAM.gov since March 2006. As a tribal government entity, Table Mountain Rancheria receives federal grant awards to support critical infrastructure, environmental management, cultural preservation, and community development initiatives. The tribe has established itself as an active and successful recipient of federal grants across multiple agencies, demonstrating strong capacity to manage complex funding mechanisms and deliver meaningful benefits to its tribal community and members.

Table Mountain Rancheria has secured extensive federal grant funding across diverse program areas and multiple federal agencies. In transportation infrastructure, the tribe has received substantial project and formula grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through the Office of Tribal Transportation (OTT) program and Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), with awards totaling over $4 million for fiscal years 2021-2026 to support road construction, preservation, maintenance, and transportation planning on tribal lands. Environmental and air quality programs have been supported through EPA Region 9 formula grants exceeding $400,000 since 2021, funding activities including air emissions monitoring, PM2.5 and PM10 sensor installation and maintenance, quality assurance data collection, regulatory program development, and community outreach on air quality standards. The tribe has received significant EPA Region 9 environmental grants for watershed protection, water quality monitoring, nonpoint source planning, solid waste management, and climate change adaptation, with multi-year formula grants providing over $230,000 in annual funding. Broadband and digital infrastructure development has been supported through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CCPF) from the Department of Treasury's Departmental Offices, funding fiber-to-the-home network planning and broadband deployment projects. Cultural preservation and repatriation efforts have been substantially supported through grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Park Service (NPS) under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program, and collaboration with the Field Museum of Natural History, supporting museum and cultural center development, collections storage expansion, traditional structures construction at historic village sites, and repatriation ceremonies for ancestral remains and cultural objects. Energy development initiatives have been funded through the Department of Energy's electric grid resilience program and the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) program, supporting tribal utility authority feasibility studies and renewable energy projects including solar power system installation for wastewater treatment facilities. The tribe has also received federal support through the Department of Reclamation for water resource management and solar energy infrastructure. Sub-grant awards received from the California Department of Public Health and California Office of Emergency Services supported COVID-19 vaccine outreach and testing in tribal communities, demonstrating the tribe's role as a public health partner during the pandemic.