Village Of Aniak

Village Of Aniak, a federally recognized Yup'ik tribal government headquartered in Aniak, Alaska with approximately 526 members, receives federal grant funding as a prime grantee to deliver community services and infrastructure improvements. The Village operates exclusively in the grant space — no federal contracts — and does not hold seats on government-wide contract vehicles.

The Village's grant portfolio centers on five mission areas aligned to tribal priorities and remote-community needs. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families dominates the award count at 24 grants (72% of top-five customer concentration), anchored by recurring Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568) formula grants and infrastructure supplements supporting direct utility bill assistance, emergency energy crisis intervention, and weatherization for approximately 526 eligible tribal households. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has funded eight awards supporting sustained library operations, staff wages, collection development, youth literacy programming, and public Wi-Fi access to serve the remote community. The Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.841) has provided five project grants under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program to implement culturally appropriate victim services; a $347,240 award from January 2023 through December 2027 and a $219,402 award from January 2025 through December 2026 exemplify this commitment. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 granted $134,000 under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) through September 2026 to build environmental management capacity through technical training, solid waste management strategy implementation, and air quality enhancement. The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science issued ten awards spanning the source data period. Recent awards include a $221,659 Federal Transit Administration grant (CFDA 20.509) awarded December 9, 2025, through October 15, 2026, to establish scheduled public transit service using an ADA-compliant all-wheel-drive van with studded snow tires, serving the airport, clinic, grocery store, tribal offices, school, and riverboat landing in a community with no existing transit infrastructure and winter temperatures reaching minus 51 degrees Fahrenheit. The Village also received a $217,038 USDA Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CFDA 10.720) running through March 2028 to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan with hazardous-fuels reduction and defensible-space implementation.

The Village's grant activity has averaged approximately five awards per year across recent years, with two awards recorded in 2026. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or renewal action. The Village serves as prime grantee on 99% of its awards; a single sub-award appears in the source data — a February 2026 sub-grant from The Trust For Public Land supporting forested community school yards. Performance occurs entirely in Aniak, Alaska, with no facilities required for most programs and direct service delivery as the dominant model.