The Tundra Women's Coalition

The Tundra Women's Coalition, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Bethel, Alaska, is a federal grant recipient providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, victim advocacy, crisis intervention, and children's advocacy center services to Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. The organization operates as a prime recipient on domestic violence and homelessness programs funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health and Human Services, and as a sub-recipient on state-administered victim services grants.

The Coalition's federal footprint is concentrated in three federal programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) funds permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems; recent prime COC grants include a $125,781 award (July 1, 2026, ending June 30, 2027), a $110,800 award (January 1, 2026, ending December 31, 2026), and a $110,000 award (January 1, 2025, ending December 31, 2025). The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program funds direct victim services to child and youth victims of crime, exemplified by a $500,000 three-year cooperative agreement under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) awarded October 1, 2025, ending September 30, 2028, to operate a shelter and Children's Advocacy Center in Bethel providing crisis intervention, victim advocacy, and legal advocacy services. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women funds culturally specific services, transitional housing assistance, and sexual assault services to Alaska Native survivors; the Coalition holds a $500,000 project grant under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736, October 1, 2023, ending September 30, 2026), a project grant for culturally specific services (CFDA unspecified, October 1, 2023, ending September 30, 2027), and a project grant for sexual assault services (CFDA unspecified, October 1, 2023, ending September 30, 2027). Additional federal programs include a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the OVC Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations program (CFDA 16.053, October 1, 2024, ending September 30, 2027) to train and support medical providers at the regional health corporation, an OVC Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance grant (CFDA unspecified, October 1, 2023, ending September 30, 2027) to enable shelter residents with animals to access services, and a Denali Commission grant for domestic violence shelter security system upgrades (January 1, 2023, ending September 30, 2024).

The Coalition acts as prime recipient on 75% of its awards and sub-recipient on 25%, primarily receiving pass-through funding from the Alaska Department of Public Safety and the Alaska Department of Health for direct victim services and children's advocacy center operations. Combined dollars obligated across 44 federal awards total $15.1 million, with the majority flowing through HUD Continuum of Care (16 awards) and DOJ Victims of Crime and Office on Violence Against Women programs (21 combined awards across both offices). Eight awards reach completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity in the homelessness and victim services space. The organization's customer base spans eight federal agencies but concentrates on domestic violence, sexual assault, and homelessness programs serving Alaska Native women, youth, and children, with place of performance exclusively in Bethel, Alaska and the surrounding Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta villages.