Yerington Paiute Tribe

Yerington Paiute Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Yerington, Nevada, operates as a federal grant recipient across social services, environmental management, nutrition assistance, education, and health programs, with 97 percent of its recent federal funding flowing through prime grant awards rather than contracts or subcontracts. The tribe does not compete for federal contracts and does not hold seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded.

The tribe's primary federal customer concentration sits with formula and project grants from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living. Among the top five funding agencies by award count, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service anchors 24 awards (including multiple cycles of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, or FDPIR, which distributes supplemental monthly food packages to income-eligible tribal households), the Environmental Protection Agency holds 24 awards (spanning brownfields assessment and remediation, air quality monitoring, nonpoint source water quality management, and hazardous waste collection outreach), the Department of Education contributes 20 awards (Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living provides 19 awards (Older Americans Act Title VI nutrition and caregiver support programs). The tribe also receives Health and Human Services Indian Health Service funding; a recent Special Diabetes Program for Indians cooperative agreement (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2027) funds diabetes prevention and treatment services delivered in collaboration with the tribal health clinic. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has funded library services and cultural preservation programs, including a Native American Library Services Basics Grant (Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027) supporting library materials, community programming, and staff training, and a separate project grant (Sep 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2026) for afterschool and summer youth language and culture programming.

Recent award velocity has declined from 10 grants in 2022 to five in both 2025 and 2026. Seven awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete or renewal decisions. The tribe operates as a direct grant recipient; sub-award activity (3 percent of the award count) reflects secondary pass-through arrangements, including home visiting services provided as a sub-recipient to Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and child care and summer food service program funding received from the Nevada Department of Agriculture. The source records no contract prime or subcontract work, and combined grant dollars obligated (approximately $35.8 million historically) substantially exceed the modest potential value recorded for active awards, reflecting the tribe's role as a long-standing recipient of formula grants and recurring project grants with annual or multi-year cycles dating back to at least 1998.