Wampanoag Tribe Of Gay Head Aquinnah

Wampanoag Tribe Of Gay Head Aquinnah, a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Aquinnah, Massachusetts, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering tribal government services, community health and social programs, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, and infrastructure development to its membership and the broader Martha's Vineyard region. The tribe holds no federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; all 295 awards in the recent footprint are federal grants where the tribe acts as prime recipient. The tribe competes in full-and-open grant programs reserved for federally recognized tribes, with no set-aside designation required.

The tribe's federal grant portfolio spans health, aging, child care, environmental, transportation, education, cultural, and emergency services. Representative work includes a $449,427 Environmental Protection Agency Performance Partnership Grant (CFDA 66.605) running through September 2028 for air and water quality monitoring and environmental capacity building; a $124,959 EPA project grant under the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) through September 2027 for air monitoring network expansion and community outreach; Administration on Aging formula grants (CFDA 93.047, 93.044, 93.045) through March 2029 for supportive services and nutrition programs for tribal elders aged 60 and older; multiple Child Care and Development Fund and discretionary block grants (CFDA 93.575, 93.596) running through September 2028 for child care operations; Federal Highway Administration Tribal Transportation Program formula grants (CFDA 20.205) for highway planning and construction on tribal lands; National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund formula grants (CFDA 15.904) for tribal historic preservation office activities under the National Historic Preservation Act; and Department of Health and Human Services administration grants for family violence prevention services, diabetes prevention, and victim-of-crime services. The tribe also received $389,664 in block grant funding under the Family Violence Prevention and Services program (CFDA 93.671) and holds active grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for tribal library services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for marine mammal stranding response. One sub-grant award appears in the footprint—a $300 sub-recipient role under the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for COVID-19 vaccination outreach to Native Americans.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward tribal-serving federal agencies. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education leads with 56 awards, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and Administration for Community Living combine for 47 awards, and the Environmental Protection Agency accounts for 29 awards. These five customer entities represent 51% of recent awards; the tribe serves a total of 47 distinct federal agencies. The portfolio is classified primarily under Social—Direct Aid To Tribal Governments (PSC code, 48 awards), reflecting the tribe's core role as a federally funded tribal government entity. One contract purchase order appears in the footprint—a $31,675 firm fixed-price order from the Department of Health and Human Services for HHS Secretary participation in a conference with the tribe, awarded September 2025 and completing September 2026.

Activity contracted year over year from eleven awards in 2022 to four in the first seven months of 2026, though this reflects data recency rather than long-term decline; the source reports 295 cumulative awards since October 1990. Eleven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, triggering potential grant recompete or renewal actions. Combined potential value across all awards in the source totals $32 thousand—a placeholder or data anomaly given the actual obligations ($61.4 million across all awards) vastly exceed reported potential value, indicating the source may carry incomplete or misaligned valuation for tribal formula grants.