Funding History

This section provides a brief history of DOE funding for tribal energy projects. To learn about funding in a particular year, choose from the column at left.

From 2002 to 2008, DOE's Tribal Energy Program funded 93 tribal energy projects totaling $16.5 million (see chart below). These federal funds were leveraged by $6.4 million in cost share contributed by the tribes. Of available funds, 88% was awarded directly to tribes to pursue their projects.

Bar chart showing tribal energy project funding for the past 6 years. 2002: 14 awards, $3,078,000 from DOE, $761,000 cost-shared by tribes. 2003: 24 awards, $4,375,000 from DOE, $1,114,000 cost-shared by tribes. 2004: 7 awards, $892,000 from DOE, $181,000 cost-shared by tribes. 2005: 20 awards, $2,593,000 from DOE, $945,000 cost-shared by tribes. 2006: 11 awards, $1,487,000 from DOE, $556,000 cost-shared by tribes. 2007: 15 awards, $1,726,000 from DOE, $539,000 cost-shared by tribes. 2008: 2 awards, $2,299,000 from DOE, $2,299,000 cost-shared by tribes.

Note that the federal government's fiscal (financial) year starts on October 1 in the preceding calendar year. Thus, fiscal year 2006 (FY 2006) is the period from October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006.

For an alphabetical listing of projects by tribe, see Projects on Tribal Lands.