Recipient of federal assistance · NIOBRARA, NE

PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA received $26M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 164 actions, +15% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $185.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Indian Health Service ($12.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$26M
New awards
19
Actions
164
Since FY2021
$185.5M
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Location
NIOBRARA, NE
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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. 62.4MFY2021
  2. 22.6MFY2022
  3. 26.6MFY2023
  4. 25.3MFY2024
  5. 22.7MFY2025
  6. 26MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$15M58%
  2. Grants$6.8M26%
  3. Other assistance$4.2M16%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.441 · Indian Self-Determination$10.5M40%
  2. 15.024 · Indian Self-Determination Contract Support$4.3M16%
  3. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$4.2M16%
  4. 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$1.5M5.7%
  5. 93.104 · Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)$1M3.8%
  6. 93.231 · Epidemiology Program$999K3.8%
  7. 20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program$668.6K2.6%
  8. 93.872 · Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting$570.7K2.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Indian Health Service$12.6M48%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$8.7M34%
    Department of the Interior
  3. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$2.5M9.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Administration for Children and Families$1.2M4.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Federal Transit Administration$668.6K2.6%
    Department of Transportation
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$439.8K1.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Environmental Protection Agency$382.4K1.5%
  8. Institute of Museum and Library Services$152.5K0.6%

Largest awards

  1. COMBINED HEALTH SERVICES$20.4M
    93.441 · Indian Self-Determination· Indian Health Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 4, 2024 – Sep 10, 2026· 2412500004
  2. PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AGREEMENT (STRA-21)$16M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Other financial assistance· Sep 12, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· A22AV00441
  3. P.L. 93-638 CTGP CONTRACT WITH THE PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA$8.5M
    15.024 · Indian Self-Determination Contract Support· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 7, 2023 – Sep 24, 2026· A24AV00213
  4. PONCA HEALTH SERVICES MEDICATION- ASSISTED TREATMENT PROJECT - THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE POPULATION HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF…$3M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Jul 19, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· H79TI086315
  5. PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA'S MATERNAL, INFANT, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING PROGRAM$2.9M
    93.872 · Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting· Administration for Children and Families· Cooperative agreement· Jun 23, 2022 – Jul 8, 2026· 90TH0055
  6. PONCA HEALTH SERVICES' INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT - THE PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR…$2.4M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Aug 15, 2022 – Jun 30, 2026· H79SM086440

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: $2.9M (6 subawards)

3 primes

  1. NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.1M40%
    LINCOLN, NE · 2 subawards
  2. NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$1.1M38%
    LINCOLN, NE · 3 subawards
  3. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY NEBRASKA$615K22%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $964.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $55K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $70.1K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $712.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.9M 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 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.