Recipient of federal assistance · PHILADELPHIA, MS

MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS

MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS received $154M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 222 actions, −8.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1.1B. Its largest awarding agency was Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education ($86.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$154M
New awards
34
Actions
222
Since FY2021
$1.1B
UEI
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Location
PHILADELPHIA, MS
Tribal governments and organizations
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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. 356.3MFY2021
  2. 168MFY2022
  3. 128.6MFY2023
  4. 150.1MFY2024
  5. 167.8MFY2025
  6. 154MFY2026
  7. 1.4MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$139.8M91%
  2. Grants$14.2M9.2%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.210 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Ihs Compacts/Funding Agreements$53.4M35%
  2. 15.042 · Indian School Equalization$31.5M20%
  3. 15.048 · Bureau of Indian Affairs Facilities Operations and Maintenance$24.8M16%
  4. 84.010 · Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies$10.8M7.0%
  5. 15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement$8.4M5.4%
  6. 93.600 · Head Start$2.9M1.9%
  7. 15.047 · Indian Education Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance$2.7M1.7%
  8. 15.024 · Indian Self-Determination Contract Support$2.1M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$86.4M56%
    Department of the Interior
  2. Indian Health Service$55.3M36%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Administration for Children and Families$6.3M4.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of Education$2.5M1.6%
  5. Food and Nutrition Service$1.9M1.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. Environmental Protection Agency$524.7K0.3%
  7. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$425K0.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Office of Justice Programs$357.3K0.2%
    Department of Justice

Largest awards

  1. SELF-GOVERNANCE$808.5M
    93.210 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Ihs Compacts/Funding Agreements· Indian Health Service· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 3, 2020 – Sep 18, 2026· 65G950019
  2. DETENTION CENTER ONE TIME FUNDING$59.6M
    15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 4, 2020 – Sep 24, 2026· A04AV00008
  3. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FACILITIES_OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE$53M
    15.048 · Bureau of Indian Affairs Facilities Operations and Maintenance· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 15, 2025 – Aug 10, 2026· A25AV00672
  4. SY 25 - 26$48.8M
    15.046 · Administrative Cost Grants for Indian Schools· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 14, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026· A25AV00947
  5. SY 26 - 27$29.7M
    15.024 · Indian Self-Determination Contract Support· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 2, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· A26AV00740
  6. MBCI LAW ENFORCEMENT$27.7M
    15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 4, 2020 – Sep 24, 2026· A96AV00008

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: $370.7K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. THE INSTITUTE FOR INDIAN DEVELOPMENT INC$320.7K87%
    HOUMA, LA · 1 subaward
  2. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$50K13%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2022: $1.3M paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $855.6K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $370.7K 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.

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.