Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe

Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Native American tribe based in King William, Virginia, operates as a tribal government recipient of federal grants across environmental management, aging services, infrastructure, public health, and natural resource conservation — functioning as a prime recipient on 94% of recent awards with minimal subcontracting exposure. The tribe holds no federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal work flows through grant programs administered by the Administration on Aging, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies that designate the tribe as an eligible recipient under tribal governance and Native American-serving grant programs.

Over the past five years, the tribe has received 34 total federal awards obligating $20.7 million combined, with activity trending upward from four awards in 2022 to a peak of eight in 2023, then moderating to three awards each in 2025 and 2026. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 71% of recent grants: EPA Region 3 (6 awards), Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (6 awards), Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Region (5 awards), Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (4 awards), and EPA Office of Administration and Resource Management (3 awards). No single agency dominates by dollar value; the awards split across formula grants, block grants, project grants, and cooperative agreements, each typically ranging from tens of thousands to low hundreds of thousands per award.

The tribe's grant portfolio clusters around three capability domains. Environmental management and water quality work anchors the EPA footprint: water quality monitoring and data system development under EPA Region 3 Project Grants (completed awards for air quality data management, $215 thousand for data management planning and geospatial database work under CFDA 66.608); water quality protection and data management under EPA Formula Grants ($109 thousand obligated for water resources program development and monitoring); tribal environmental capacity building under EPA Project Grants (training, community outreach, and air quality monitoring partnership with Virginia Tech and George Mason University sub-recipient students through 2027). Aging and nutrition services flow from the Administration on Aging under three recurring formula grants: OAA Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans (OANT), OAA Title VI Part A grants for Native Americans (OATA), and OAA Title VI Part C grants for Native American Caregivers Support (OATC) — all renewed in FY2026 through March 2029, providing ongoing operational support for elder services.

Infrastructure and community resilience grants include a $146 thousand block grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205, awarded March 2025 through December 2027) for transportation and environmental planning; a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant from Treasury (May 2023 through December 2026) supporting broadband deployment and capital projects; and a $600 thousand Department of Justice Violence Against Women Discretionary Grant (CFDA 16.587, October 2021 through October 2024) for victim advocacy and domestic violence response capacity. Natural resource and fishery work includes NOAA-funded land acquisition and habitat restoration sub-awards channeled through the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (July 2023 and May 2024 respectively), plus Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Project Grants for fishery training and Atlantic sturgeon habitat assessment in the Mattaponi River system.

The tribe maintains a wholly owned subsidiary, Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe Technologies, LLC, designated as a tribally owned firm, Indian Economic Enterprise, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise, self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, and DOT-certified disadvantaged business enterprise — positioning the subsidiary for potential federal procurement work, though no prime contracts or IDVs appear in the current award footprint. Ten grants (combined value unspecified) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating renewal and recompete opportunity across Administration on Aging formula programs, EPA regional grants, and Department of Interior tribal government support vehicles. The tribe operates as a direct federal grant recipient across all domestic agencies, with no competitive federal contracting posture and no seat on governmentwide acquisition vehicles.