Federal grants to Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Kenaitze Indian Tribe in Kenai, Alaska received $56.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 130 awards. Its largest program was Head Start, with $11.2 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $7.9 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$56.4 million
- Awards130
- Awarded in FY 2025$7.9 million
- Largest award$10.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 42 | $11.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 38 | $11.9 million |
| FY 2023 | 38 | $17.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 30 | $7.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 25 | $7.9 million |
Programs that fund Kenaitze Indian Tribe
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Head Start | 3 | $11.2 million |
| Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program | 1 | $7.0 million |
| Child Care and Development Block Grant | 5 | $4.1 million |
| Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children | 3 | $3.7 million |
| Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program | 8 | $2.6 million |
| Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Highway Planning and Construction | 10 | $1.8 million |
| Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 2003 | 2 | $1.8 million |
| Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Tribal Justice Assistance | 2 | $1.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 78 | $25.3 million |
| Department of Commerce | 1 | $7.0 million |
| Department of Justice | 10 | $6.7 million |
| Department of Transportation | 19 | $6.1 million |
| Department of Education | 5 | $5.4 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aian head start | Head Start | December 4, 2020 | $10.2 million |
| The project proposes the following activities designed to improve access to, and use of, broadband services among tribal members: construct and license through the fcc 3 new broadband wireless towers while simultaneously upgrading 20 existing towers. Construct a microwave network to provide backhaul | Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program | November 9, 2022 | $7.0 million |
| Kenaitze's tinitun college and career readiness project | Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children | September 21, 2022 | $1.9 million |
| Nalemp cooperative agreement - kenaitze indian tribe | Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 2003 | August 24, 2022 | $1.8 million |
| Application purpose: kenaitze requests funding to construct a facility for transit vehicle maintenance needed to extend useful bus life and maintain a state of good repair in this rural sub-arctic region of Alaska.; activities performed: construction of a transportation facility for use by the trans | Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | August 17, 2023 | $1.6 million |
| Kenaitze's yusdich’ qich’ul project | Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children | November 30, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| Kenaitze's Alaska native education ch’naqaŁ’in project | Alaska Native Educational Programs | June 14, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| CSC6-2021 | Child Care and Development Block Grant | April 14, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this application is to expand transportation access and options with a pilot fixed-route bus service connecting the communities of nikiski kenai soldotna and sterling operating along the kenai spur highway the sterling highway and kalifornsky beach road; activitie | Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program | September 17, 2024 | $1.1 million |
| Aian early head start | Head Start | August 20, 2021 | $1.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Kenaitze Indian Tribe get?
$56.4 million in 130 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Kenaitze Indian Tribe the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $25.3 million in 78 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice follow.
What is Kenaitze Indian Tribe's largest federal grant?
$10.2 million under Head Start, with its first action in the period on December 4, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Kenaitze Indian Tribe?
Its largest are Head Start, Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program and Child Care and Development Block Grant.
Other grant recipients in Kenai
- City of Kenai
- Kenaitze Salamatof Tdhe
- Boys & Girls Club of the Kenai Peninsula
- Salamatof Tribal Council
- Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District
- Alaska Children's Institute for the Performing Arts, Incorporated
- Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District Inc.
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