Cherokee Nation — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

Cherokee Nation has received 46 federal grant awards totaling $688M across 34 assistance programs and 11 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

46awards

$688Mtotal funding

$599.8Mlargest award

$15Mavg award

34programs

🏆 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 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.812

up to $1.1M Deadline: Sep 24, 2026 Open
BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.812

up to $1M Deadline: Sep 24, 2026 Open
BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Family-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.812

up to $1M Deadline: Sep 24, 2026 Open
Application Instructions for the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Imminent Threat (IT) Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development CFDA 14.862

up to $1.5M Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 Open
U.S. Department of Justice FY26 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Notice of Funding Opportunity
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.731

up to $5.6M Deadline: Oct 15, 2026 Open
Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages
Department of Housing and Urban Development CFDA 14.862

up to $2M Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Open
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
DOC NIST ERA CFDA 11.029

Deadline: Nov 17, 2026 Open
Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program (IHBG-COMP) for FY 2026
Department of Housing and Urban Development CFDA 14.867

up to $7.5M Deadline: Dec 16, 2026 Open

Federal programs Cherokee Nation has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received (34 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
Epidemiology ProgramCFDA 93.231 $5.2M
Indian Community Development Block Grant ProgramCFDA 14.862 $4M
Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative AgreementCFDA 93.772 $3.8M
Indian Health Service, Health Management Development ProgramCFDA 93.228 $3.8M
WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants / WIA National Emergency GrantsCFDA 17.277 $3.6M
Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative ProgramsCFDA 93.946 $2.8M
Second Chance Act Reentry InitiativeCFDA 16.812 $2.5M
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home VisitingCFDA 93.872 $2.5M
Native American Community Research, Demonstration, and Pilot ProjectsCFDA 93.340 $2M
Distance Learning and Telemedicine GrantsCFDA 10.855 $2M
Rural Business Development GrantCFDA 10.351 $1.8M
National and State Tobacco Control ProgramCFDA 93.387 $1.8M

Top awarding agencies

Department of Housing and Urban Development$603.8M
Department of Commerce$29.7M
Department of Health and Human Services$27.1M
Department of Homeland Security$8M
Department of Agriculture$5.4M
Department of Justice$5.3M
Department of Labor$3.6M
Department of the Interior$2.4M
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.5M
Department of Education$839K
Department of the Treasury$287K

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 14 awards · $52M Muscogee Creek Nation 30 awards · $401.1M Osage Nation 19 awards · $109.3M Comanche Nation 9 awards · $11.8M Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma 8 awards · $29.7M Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 44 awards · $136.8M

Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has Cherokee Nation received?

Cherokee Nation has received 46 federal grant awards totaling $688M, 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 Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services 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.