Federal grants to Kawerak, Inc.
Kawerak, Inc. in Nome, Alaska received $192 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 106 awards. Its largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $90.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $68.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$192 million
- Awards106
- Awarded in FY 2025$68.3 million
- Largest award$27.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 30 | $34.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 24 | $26.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 29 | $26.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 33 | $36.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 33 | $68.3 million |
Programs that fund Kawerak, Inc.
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Highway Planning and Construction | 15 | $90.9 million |
| Head Start | 3 | $26.5 million |
| Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program | 1 | $10.0 million |
| Denali Commission Program | 11 | $9.4 million |
| Tribal Self-Governance | 3 | $6.3 million |
| Alaska Native Educational Programs | 2 | $6.1 million |
| Economic Adjustment Assistance | 2 | $5.3 million |
| VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program | 3 | $3.7 million |
| Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children | 1 | $3.5 million |
| State and Tribal Response Program Grants | 4 | $3.3 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 21 | $102 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 25 | $29.7 million |
| Department of Education | 6 | $14.3 million |
| Department of the Interior | 14 | $11.7 million |
| Denali Commission | 11 | $9.4 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency relief for federally owned lands | Highway Planning and Construction | September 19, 2025 | $27.5 million |
| Head start and early head start | Head Start | December 8, 2020 | $25.2 million |
| Advancing connectivity and equity in the remote bering straits region project under the rural surface transportation grant program. | Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program | July 31, 2024 | $10.0 million |
| Project title: kawerak transportation program funding FY 2025 :::: project description: all transportation funding provided by FHWA to kawerak under the FHWA ott program agreement for FY25 | Highway Planning and Construction | April 22, 2025 | $9.8 million |
| Tribal transportation program | Highway Planning and Construction | May 24, 2023 | $8.7 million |
| Tribal transportation program | Highway Planning and Construction | March 8, 2022 | $7.9 million |
| Tribal transportation program | Highway Planning and Construction | April 1, 2021 | $7.6 million |
| Project title: kawerak transportation program funding FY 2024 :::: project description: all transportation funding provided by FHWA to kawerak under the FHWA ott program agreement for FY24 | Highway Planning and Construction | March 15, 2024 | $7.6 million |
| Emergency relief for federally owned lands | Highway Planning and Construction | September 19, 2025 | $5.4 million |
| Self governance compacts FY 21 CR1 (19.73%) tpa base dist. | Tribal Self-Governance | December 30, 2020 | $4.7 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Kawerak, Inc. get?
$192 million in 106 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Kawerak, Inc. the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $102 million in 21 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education follow.
What is Kawerak, Inc.'s largest federal grant?
$27.5 million under Highway Planning and Construction, with its first action in the period on September 19, 2025. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Kawerak, Inc.?
Its largest are Highway Planning and Construction, Head Start and Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program.
Other grant recipients in Nome
- Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority
- Norton Sound Health Corp
- Nome Eskimo Community
- Native Village of Council
- Village of Solomon
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Sitnasuak Native Corporation
- City of Nome
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