Recipient of federal assistance · PALM SPRINGS, CA

AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS

AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS received $7.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 21 actions, −37% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $90.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($6.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.4M
New awards
6
Actions
21
Since FY2021
$90.5M
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Location
PALM SPRINGS, CA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 50.3MFY2021
  2. 6MFY2022
  3. 7.1MFY2023
  4. 8.1MFY2024
  5. 11.6MFY2025
  6. 7.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$6.5M88%
  2. Direct payments$876.8K12%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)$6.1M83%
  2. 15.040 · Real Estate Programs Indian Lands$424.1K5.8%
  3. 15.020 · Aid to Tribal Governments$189.4K2.6%
  4. 15.904 · Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid$189.2K2.6%
  5. 66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants$160K2.2%
  6. 15.029 · Tribal Courts$118.5K1.6%
  7. 15.035 · Forestry on Indian Lands$91.6K1.2%
  8. 93.441 · Indian Self-Determination$53.3K0.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$6.1M83%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$823.5K11%
    Department of the Interior
  3. National Park Service$189.2K2.6%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$160K2.2%
  5. Indian Health Service$53.3K0.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS OF THE AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDING FY 2026…$4.5M
    20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Dec 4, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y602CA3059026
  2. THE AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS (THE “TRIBE”) WILL INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MONITOR SOLAR PV (PHOTOVOLTAIC) ARRAYS AND ENERGY…$4.2M
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 25, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· DEIE0000204
  3. APPROVES RENEWAL OF ATTG CONTRACT, CONVERTS TO ''MATURE'' STATUS AND AWARDS FY 2020 ATTG FUNDS.$2M
    15.020 · Aid to Tribal Governments· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 18, 2021 – Sep 16, 2026· A20AV00761
  4. PROJECT TITLE: AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS OF THE AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDING FY 2026…$1.6M
    20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y179CA3059026
  5. APPROVES RENEWAL OF THE REAL ESTATE SERVICES PROGRAM (RESIDENTIAL LEASING FUNCTION) FOR FY 2020-2021-2022$1.3M
    15.040 · Real Estate Programs Indian Lands· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 4, 2021 – Sep 19, 2026· A20AV00490
  6. APPROVES THE INITIAL CONTRACT PROPOSAL, SCOPE OF WORK & BUDGET.$915.7K
    15.029 · Tribal Courts· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 6, 2023 – Sep 19, 2026· A23AV00548

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $75K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES$75K100%
    MATHER, CA · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.