Cherokee Nation — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Cherokee Nation has received 62 federal grant awards totaling $711.3M across 45 assistance programs and 11 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

62awards

$711.3Mtotal funding

$599.8Mlargest award

$11.5Mavg award

45programs

🏆 Top 5% by total funding · Top 3% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants Cherokee Nation could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs Cherokee Nation has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

BJA FY 2026 Invited to Apply- Medicaid and Corrections Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.812

up to $800K Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Closing soon
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.043

up to $2.5M Deadline: Oct 29, 2026 Open
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention CFDA 16.585

up to $1M Deadline: Oct 29, 2026 Open
BJA FY 2026 Adult Treatment Court Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.585

up to $2.5M Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.812

up to $1M Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
BJA FY 2026 National Center for Veterans Justice
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.043

up to $4M Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity CFDA 21.031

Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
OJJDP FY 2026 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention CFDA 16.812

up to $750K Deadline: Nov 2, 2026 Open

Federal programs Cherokee Nation has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (45 programs in total).

Indian Housing Block GrantsCFDA 14.867 $599.8M
Tribal Broadband Connectivity ProgramCFDA 11.029 $29.7M
Next Generation Warning System Grant ProgramCFDA 97.138 $8M
Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF)CFDA 93.899 $6M
Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial and Tribal OrganizationsCFDA 93.898 $4.7M
Native American ProgramsCFDA 93.612 $4.7M
Indian Health Service, Health Management Development ProgramCFDA 93.228 $4.2M
Indian Community Development Block Grant ProgramCFDA 14.862 $4M
Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative AgreementCFDA 93.772 $3.8M
Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative ProgramsCFDA 93.946 $3.8M
WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants / WIA National Emergency GrantsCFDA 17.277 $3.6M
Epidemiology ProgramCFDA 93.231 $3.3M
Second Chance Act Reentry InitiativeCFDA 16.812 $2.5M
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home VisitingCFDA 93.872 $2.5M
Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant ProgramCFDA 64.055 $2.2M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Housing and Urban Development$603.8M
Department of Health and Human Services$45.6M
Department of Commerce$29.7M
Department of Homeland Security$8M
Department of Justice$8M
Department of Agriculture$5.4M
Department of Labor$3.6M
Department of the Interior$2.4M
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.2M
Department of the Treasury$1.3M
Department of Education$1.2M

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: OK.

Similar grant recipients

Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 17 awards · $53.9M Osage Nation 23 awards · $111.7M Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma 13 awards · $9.7M Chickasaw Nation 47 awards · $347.3M Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 61 awards · $147.2M Penobscot Indian Nation 11 awards · $10.2M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Cherokee Nation received?

Cherokee Nation has received 62 federal grant awards totaling $711.3M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund Cherokee Nation?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce and others.

Can Cherokee Nation apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs Cherokee Nation has previously been funded under. See the open grants section above.

Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards, aggregated by Grantoria. Historical record of awards received; not an endorsement or a guarantee of future funding.