Village Of Kaltag

Village of Kaltag, doing business as Kaltag Tribal Council, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government operating as a grant recipient that receives federal funding for transportation infrastructure, environmental stewardship, victim services, community broadband, and cultural preservation in its remote rural Alaska community. The tribe operates as a prime recipient across ten federal agencies with no private-sector contracting footprint; all 36 awards in the source data are federal grants, with the tribe serving as primary recipient on 100% of them.

Kaltag's funding is concentrated in two customer agencies. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration accounts for 14 awards under the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP, CFDA 20.289) and Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), providing recurring annual transportation funding for road maintenance, infrastructure improvements, and transportation planning. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 9 awards, predominantly under the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (TVSSA, CFDA 16.841), which together with the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime's 4 awards, support victim services aligned with tribal community values and traditions. Together these three customer groups represent 86% of recent awards. Additional grants come from the Environmental Protection Agency for environmental program management, climate change research and education, solid and hazardous waste reduction, and water quality initiatives, and from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for community technology centers, digital services, and heritage preservation serving approximately 186 tribal members.

Recent representative grants include a $470,000 FY 2026 transportation program award from FHWA (award date April 2, 2026, completing September 30, 2026), a $219,402 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside award from the Department of Justice (January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028), an $827,415.60 Cooperative Agreement under the Interior Department's Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) for hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire defensible-space projects running 2024–2028, and an environmental grant from EPA Region 10 for a two-year project beginning October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027. Six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months face grant recompete within that window. Award activity has fluctuated over the past five years—two in 2021, four in 2023, six in 2024, and two in 2025—with three new or renewed awards in 2026. Combined obligated dollars across the thirty-six awards total $5.5 million, reflecting the tribe's reliance on formula grants and project-specific federal funding for essential community services rather than competitively bid federal contracting.