Wrangell Cooperative Association

Wrangell Cooperative Association, doing business as Wrangell IRA, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government based in Wrangell, Alaska, that acts as a federal grant recipient delivering library services, aging and nutritional support, environmental management, community development, and violence prevention programming to Alaska Native and tribal communities. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient (98% of 91 recent awards) with no federal contract footprint and no contract IDVs; two sub-awards route through the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Wrangell Cooperative Association's federal activity spans eighteen distinct grantor agencies and sits concentrated in formula and project grants supporting tribal government functions serving the remote Tlingit community in Southeast Alaska.

Grant activity anchors to the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (40 awards combined) through Older Americans Act Title VI Part A and Part C grants and the Older Americans Act Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans, all of which are formula grants to support aging services and caregiver support running on recurring annual cycles with completion dates extending through 2029. The Institute of Museum and Library Services provides ten project grants to the Irene Ingle Public Library, including library services basics grants (running through August 2027), a programming coordinator award ($150,000, October 2025 through September 2027) to expand educational and cultural programming for the remote island community, and equipment and subscription renewals for digital library resources and early literacy workstations. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office has awarded five project grants for Indian Community Development Block Grant Program work totaling one million dollars (July 2026 through March 2031) supporting housing and economic development. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 provided a project grant for environmental management and harmful algal bloom monitoring (October 2023 through September 2026), and the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services funded a Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program grant (November 2024 through November 2025). A Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant from the Department of the Treasury (May 2023 through December 2026) supported broadband infrastructure capital projects.

The Department of Justice Office of the Director awarded a domestic violence prevention program grant (May 2022 through April 2027) establishing a dedicated violence prevention specialist role and coordinated community response task force to address intimate partner violence, sexual violence, teen dating violence, and child abuse and neglect in the isolated island community. Wrangell Cooperative Association acts as sub-recipient on Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium health programs (two sub-awards from 2023 and 2024). Five awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunities for grantor agencies. Recent grant activity shows two to five awards per year from 2025 forward, concentrated in recurring formula grants from the Administration for Community Living and episodic project grants from IMLS and HUD supporting infrastructure and programming at the tribal government level.