Yerington Paiute Tribe

Yerington Paiute Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Yerington, Nevada, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient across health, nutrition, environmental, education, and cultural programming domains. The tribe holds 175 prime grants and 5 sub-grants (97% prime posture) across 23 distinct federal agencies, with award activity concentrated in the past five years and tracking from 10 awards in 2022 to 4 in 2026.

The tribe's customer concentration is spread across domestic human services and environmental agencies rather than concentrated in one or two dominant customers. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service leads with 24 awards, followed by the Environmental Protection Agency with 24 awards; the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (19 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (19 awards) complete the top tier. These four agencies account for 57% of all awards. By potential value, the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service carries $29 thousand in stated potential value, with all other agencies reporting primarily formula and project grants where potential value reflects annual or biennial appropriations rather than contract ceilings.

Yerington Paiute Tribe's grant portfolio centers on four capability areas. Nutrition assistance programs dominate the award volume: the tribe operates the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR, CFDA 10.567) under multiple project grants from the Department of Agriculture, most recently a $468,599 award running through September 2027, which includes certification of eligible households, procurement and inventory management of USDA foods, and monthly distribution logistics to reservation residents. Older Americans Act programming runs through the Administration for Community Living across Title VI Part A (grants for Native American seniors), Title VI Part C (caregiver support), and the Nutrition Services Incentive Program, with multiple formula grants running through March 2029. Environmental capacity-building comprises a significant second tier: the tribe receives formula grants from EPA Region 9 under the Clean Air Act Section 103 program (most recent award $72,000, December 2022), CERCLA Section 128(a) brownfields response (two active awards totaling $160,000 combined, through September 2026), Clean Water Act Section 319 nonpoint source management, and hazardous waste and environmental outreach activities. Education and cultural programming rounds the portfolio: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education provides Indian Education Formula Grants running annually through June 2026; the Institute of Museum and Library Services funds tribal library services and Native American Library Services Basics programming, with a current award running through July 2027 to sustain library operations, archival access, and community programming. Health services appear through the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (cooperative agreement with the HHS Office of the Director, running through December 2027) and home visiting services delivered as a sub-recipient from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.

Four awards face ultimate completion in the next twelve months, and six additional awards expire between thirteen and twenty-four months, positioning the tribe for recompete activity on approximately 10 awards combined. The tribe received prior grant funding from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Treasury Department, formula grant awarded May 2026, completion December 2026) for broadband infrastructure and capital projects, and acts as sub-recipient on child and adult food care programming sub-awards from the Nevada Department of Agriculture (awarded September 2021 and 2022). All prime grants are operated with no subawards or minimal sub-recipient activity, indicating the tribe builds and operates programs directly rather than through pass-through mechanisms.