Tesuque Pueblo Administration

Tesuque Pueblo Administration, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants across social services, community development, infrastructure, and environmental management — not as a contractor or subcontractor. The tribe operates as a tribal government entity and does not hold federal contracts, GWACs, or IDIQs; its entire footprint consists of grants and cooperative agreements from 34 federal agencies.

The tribe's grant portfolio spans 174 awards with a combined obligated value of $23.5 million, anchored by formula grants and project grants that fund direct service delivery, capital infrastructure, and capacity building on Pueblo lands and in the Santa Fe-area community. The Department of Health and Human Services dominates the portfolio — the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) together account for 47 percent of recent award count. Representative work includes a $253,727 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from the Office of Child Care (awarded October 1, 2025, obligated through September 30, 2028) to fund child care subsidies for low-income families; three recurring formula grants from the Administration on Aging (Older Americans Act Title VI Part A, Title VI Part C, and Nutrition Services Incentive Program) funding senior services for tribal members; Indian Education Formula Grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education supporting K–12 instruction; and Native American Library Services Basics Project Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (most recently awarded August 1, 2026) for library materials, programming, and staffing. The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration has awarded 15 formula grants for tribal transit operations and capital improvements, including a $650 thousand project grant (awarded August 23, 2024) to upgrade two bus stops to ADA standards and a recurring series of operating grants covering driver time, fuel, and preventive maintenance for community transportation routes. Environmental and infrastructure work includes a one million dollar project grant from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region (awarded May 26, 2026, CFDA 10.741, performance through September 30, 2030) to remove invasive Siberian elm and restore native cottonwood and willow gallery forest across 280 acres in Rio Tesuque, reducing wildfire risk and sedimentation; a wastewater treatment plant planning and construction cooperative agreement from EPA Region 6 (awarded April 7, 2025, obligated through September 30, 2028); and a broadband fiber deployment planning grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (awarded June 1, 2023, performance through May 31, 2027). Climate action work includes a $650 thousand cooperative agreement from EPA Region 6 (awarded October 1, 2023, completed September 30, 2025) to develop climate action plans collaboratively with four neighboring Pueblos under the Inflation Reduction Act (CFDA 66.046).

Activity volume has declined from a 2023 peak of 15 awards to six awards in 2026, suggesting either a transition in grantor behavior toward multi-year obligations or a shift in the tribe's funding strategy. Twelve awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and will face recompete or continuation decisions. The tribe received one sub-award as a sub-recipient from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department (October 1, 2025) for National School Lunch Program reimbursements, representing 1 percent of the portfolio. Tesuque Pueblo Administration does not compete in the federal contracting marketplace; its role is exclusively as a grant recipient and tribal lead agency for social services, infrastructure development, and environmental stewardship on tribal lands.