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Passamaquoddy Tribe
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USAspending records $63M in award obligations to Passamaquoddy Tribe (Perry, ME) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $13M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 28% on FY2025 ($18M).
Passamaquoddy Tribe ranks 30 of 197 listed organisations located in ME by five-year obligations, and 7,981 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior and Environmental Protection Agency and 1 other agency: 6 awards worth $21M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,319,761 | under $1.0M | $11,319,761 | — |
| FY2024 | $20,467,441 | under $1.0M | $20,467,441 | +81% |
| FY2025 | $18,367,527 | under $1.0M | $18,367,527 | -10% |
| FY2026 | $13,186,479 | under $1.0M | $13,186,479 | -28% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in ME | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $63M | $17B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $13M | $4.7B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $63M | $17B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 7,981 of 30,989 | 1 of 197 in ME | 1 |
Largest in state: Health and Human Services, Maine Department of. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | 2 | $14M | 66% |
| 2 | Department of the Interior | 1 | $3.3M | 16% |
| 3 | Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $2.9M | 14% |
| 4 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $1.0M | 5% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Washington County, ME $18M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $12M | 18 Aug 2024 | ME | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education | GrantBlock Grant (a) | 15.156 Tribal Climate Resilience | $3.3M | 11 Sep 2025 | ME | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $2.0M | 21 Mar 2023 | ME | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.509 Science to Achieve Results (star) Research Program | $1.6M | 4 Sep 2024 | ME | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 66.818 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements | $1.3M | 30 Aug 2023 | ME | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentOffice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes | GrantProject Grant (B) | 14.900 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program | $1.0M | 23 Jan 2025 | ME | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $12M, Department of Commerce, 18 Aug 2024: PURPOSE: THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE AT PLEASANT POINT WILL BE AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION TO WORK TO INCREASE FISH PASSAGE AT THE WOODLAND DAM ON THE SKUTIK
- $3.3M, Department of the Interior, 11 Sep 2025: TRIBAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE
- $2.0M, Department of Commerce, 21 Mar 2023: THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE (PLEASANT POINT RESERVATION) WILL BE AWARDED UP TO $1,999,695 OVER THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE ASSESSMENTS TO IDENTIFY PREFERRED APPROACHES
- $1.6M, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Sep 2024: DESCRIPTION:THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ASSESS LOCAL WATERSHEDS AND FOOD SOURCES IN THE PESKOTOMUHKATI (PASSMAQUODDY) HOMELANDS FOR PFAS ACCUMULATION. T
- $1.3M, Environmental Protection Agency, 30 Aug 2023: DESCRIPTION:BROWNFIELDS ARE REAL PROPERTY, THE EXPANSION, DEVELOPMENT OR REUSE OF WHICH MAY BE COMPLICATED BY THE PRESENCE OR POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF A HAZARDOUS
- $1.0M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 23 Jan 2025: PURPOSE: THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION (LHR) GRANT PROGRAM IS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX PROTECTED FROM LEAD POISONING BY A
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Passamaquoddy Tribe receive?
$63M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $11M; FY2024: $20M; FY2025: $18M; FY2026: $13M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Passamaquoddy Tribe?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Commerce ($14M), Department of the Interior ($3.3M), Environmental Protection Agency ($2.9M) and Department of Housing and Urban Development ($1.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Habitat Conservation (11.463), Tribal Climate Resilience (15.156) and Science to Achieve Results (star) Research Program (66.509).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: ME ($21M).
Is Passamaquoddy Tribe a large federal recipient?
It ranks 7,981 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 30 of 197 located in ME. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.