Yakutat Tlingit Tribe

Yakutat Tlingit Tribe, a federally recognized Alaska Native tribe operating as Tribal Government, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering community-focused services and infrastructure programs across Alaska, with no federal contract prime or subcontract activity and 98 percent of its award footprint consisting of federal grant awards as the prime recipient.

The tribe is based in Yakutat, Alaska, serving approximately 600 residents in remote southeastern Alaska. Yakutat Tlingit Tribe has no SBA certifications and does not compete under set-aside categories; its federal engagement is structured entirely through grant mechanisms—primarily formula grants and project grants—rather than competitive procurement. The tribe operates as the sole prime on all 215 grants in its portfolio, with only four sub-awards tied to grant prime recipients over more than two decades of activity.

The grant portfolio spans fifty distinct federal agencies and centers on health, human services, transportation infrastructure, environmental management, cultural preservation, and subsistence resource protection. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.199 million Violence Against Women Discretionary Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.587, performance through September 2027) supporting the Family Support Services Department's domestic violence and sexual assault victim services; a $628,089 Fish Passage Culvert Replacement Program grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205, funded June 2026, completion December 2029) replacing culverts on Federal Highway 10 to improve fish passage and habitat connectivity; a $691,763 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program award from the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.589, October 2025 through September 2028) providing victim services in the remote Yakutat community in partnership with the Yakutat Police Department and Yakutat Community Health Center; a $546,353 Tribal Youth Program grant from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.731, October 2025 through September 2030) implementing the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe Youth Development Initiative addressing youth in crisis; and recurring Federal Highway Administration transportation formula grants providing multi-million-dollar transportation infrastructure funding across multiple fiscal years. Environmental work includes an EPA State and Tribal Response Program grant (CFDA 66.817, $554,107, October 2025 through September 2026) supporting brownfields assessment and remediation across the tribe's traditional lands, and EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants funding community composting program expansion.

Customer concentration centers on health and human services agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads with 29 awards; the Federal Highway Administration follows with 18 awards; HHS Administration for Community Living holds 15 awards; and the Environmental Protection Agency carries 16 awards. These five customer agencies account for 44 percent of award count. The tribe receives recurring formula grants from HHS Administration for Children and Families for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding and supplemental blocks, and from the Administration on Aging for Older Americans Act nutrition and caregiver support programs serving tribal elders. Department of Justice awards cluster around victim services and youth intervention programs addressing gaps in rural Alaska service delivery.

Activity remained steady at thirteen to sixteen awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with only two awards recorded in 2026 to date. Fourteen awards are due for completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete or renewal opportunity. Total combined dollars obligated across all 219 awards (prime and sub, spanning from 1998 to June 2026) is $105.2 million. The tribe acts as sub-recipient on only four grant awards under prime grantees including Ocean Conservancy, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the State of Alaska Department of Health, focused on marine debris removal, epidemiology support, habitat restoration planning, and COVID community health initiatives.