Federal contractor · CHEROKEE, NC

EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS

EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS received $21K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $481.3K. Its largest customer was Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ($33K). It also received $88.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$21K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNative-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $21K in FY2026 together.

  1. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANSCHEROKEE, NC · Family page
    $21K
  2. THE CHEROKEE BOYS CLUB, INC.CHEROKEE, NC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 30.9KFY2017
  2. 28KFY2018
  3. -220.6FY2019
  4. 72.8KFY2020
  5. 77.7KFY2021
  6. 122.3KFY2022
  7. 37.9KFY2023
  8. 44.2KFY2024
  9. 46.7KFY2025
  10. 21KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$33K100%
    1 awards
  2. Indian Health Service-$12K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$33K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Swain County, NC$21K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $21K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $21K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$33K
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FY 2026 TERO EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEES$33K
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission· Swain County, NC· Professional services· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· 45310026C0095
  2. THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS A FOLLOW-ON AGREEMENT TO THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT HHSI285201800001M. THIS PURCHASE ORDER WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED UTILITY SERVICES AT THE UNITY HEALING CENTER.$12.5K
    Indian Health Service· Swain County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Oct 1, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 75H71522P00001

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.

EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS received $88.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 210 actions (44 new awards), −2.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.210 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Ihs Compacts/Funding Agreements ($50.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$88.1M
New awards
44
Actions
210
Since FY2021
$719.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 290.6MFY2021
  2. 79.6MFY2022
  3. 77.9MFY2023
  4. 91.2MFY2024
  5. 90.2MFY2025
  6. 88.1MFY2026
  7. 1.8MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$56.6M64%
  2. Grants$31.5M36%

Top programs

  1. 93.210 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Ihs Compacts/Funding Agreements$50.1M57%
  2. 20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)$5.2M5.9%
  3. 14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$4.7M5.4%
  4. 93.600 · Head Start$3.5M4.0%
  5. 15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement$2.8M3.2%
  6. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$2.2M2.5%
  7. 20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program$1.8M2.0%
  8. 93.237 · Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Projects$1.7M1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Indian Health Service$51.8M59%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Administration for Children and Families$12.2M14%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Federal Highway Administration$7M7.9%
    Department of Transportation
  4. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$6.4M7.3%
    Department of the Interior
  5. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$4.7M5.4%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  6. National Park Service$1.3M1.5%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Forest Service$1.2M1.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Food and Nutrition Service$1.2M1.3%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. SELF-GOVERNANCE$673.7M
    93.210 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Ihs Compacts/Funding Agreements· Indian Health Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 29, 2020 – Sep 18, 2026· 65G020078
  2. INDIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS$31.3M
    14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Dec 7, 2020 – Apr 30, 2026· 55IT3705660
  3. AIAN HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$19.7M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Dec 11, 2020 – Feb 19, 2026· 90CI010025
  4. TRIBAL COURTS FY12 IDC AND DCSC$13M
    15.029 · Tribal Courts· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 2, 2020 – Aug 21, 2026· A11AV00815
  5. TRIBAL DIABETES PROGRAM THROUGH CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL AUTHORITY. - WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH GEORGIA, EASTERN TENNESSEE, MOST OF…$6M
    93.237 · Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Projects· Indian Health Service· Cooperative agreement· Dec 22, 2022 – Jul 16, 2026· H1D4IHS0179
  6. HUMAN SERVICES$5.5M
    15.025 · Services to Indian Children, Elderly and Families· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 2, 2020 – Jul 29, 2026· A14AV00472

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

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: $692.7K (4 subawards)

3 primes

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$500K72%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  2. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC$152.7K22%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  3. BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA$40K5.8%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $439K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $221.7K received
  • FY2023: $500K paid out · $446.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $363.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $692.7K received

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

1 company · $500K reported

  1. CHEROKEE CABLEVISION INC$500K
    CHEROKEE, NC · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $3.5M reported

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$1.8M
    RALEIGH, NC · 20 subawards
  2. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$1.1M
    RALEIGH, NC · 8 subawards
  3. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$290.7K
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WICHITA AND AFFILIATED TRIBES$95.1K+9.6% in FY2026
    ANADARKO, OK · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEqual Employment Opportunity Commission · Social advocacy organizations
  2. SEMINOLE NATION OF OKLAHOMA, THE$95.1K+9.6% in FY2026
    WEWOKA, OK · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEqual Employment Opportunity Commission · Social advocacy organizations
  3. KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA$95.1K+9.6% in FY2026
    CARNEGIE, OK · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEqual Employment Opportunity Commission · Social advocacy organizations

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.