Denali Commission

Alaska-focused awards in a federal warehouse

The Denali Commission was created to fund infrastructure and development in Alaska, with a statutory emphasis on rural communities. USAspending does not mark rurality. It records awards the Commission made. $127,052,176.51 through FY2026 is that obligation stock. Energy, health-facility, and transportation projects can appear if they were issued as federal awards tagged to CGAC 513. State of Alaska or tribal funds that never become federal awards stay off the table.

One hundred seventy-eight awards is a thinner book than many project-grant agencies of similar mission type. Dividing $127,052,176.51 by 178 yields about $713,776 per award. Fewer instruments and a higher typical obligation: that is the structural fact of this CGAC, not a quality score.

Why the state table may look one-sided

A commission whose statute points at Alaska will often show most USAspending geography in Alaska. Other states can still appear when vendors, engineers, or place-of-performance fields point Outside. That is a location-field result, not a second service area.

Village names, ANCs, and tribal recipients live on award-level records. The 178-row roll-up does not list them. SpendingVault’s state path for agency 513 is the summary.

Questions

How much has the Denali Commission obligated on USAspending?

USAspending.gov shows $127,052,176.51 in Denali Commission obligations through FY2026 across 178 awards. Awarding-agency CGAC 513 is the filter. The total is federal award commitments, not a full picture of state, tribal, or local matching funds. USAspending.gov records this as awarding-agency obligations through FY2026, not cash outlays. The live table for CGAC 513 is the source for the current 178-award book.

Why is the average Denali award about $714,000?

Dividing $127,052,176.51 by 178 awards yields about $713,776. A thinner award count and a higher mean is the structure of this extract. The packet has no median and no project-type split. That figure uses only the packet totals. The extract has no median and no contract-versus-assistance split. FY2026 is the warehouse cutoff, not a single-year appropriation.

What is agency code 513?

513 is the USAspending awarding-agency CGAC identifier for the Denali Commission. SpendingVault’s /agencies/513/ path uses that code. Appalachian and Delta regional bodies use different CGACs. SpendingVault URLs under the agency path filter to that CGAC identifier. It is an accounting tag, not a quality score. Totals on this page are obligations through FY2026.

Does all Denali spending show up in Alaska?

Often most geography will, given the statute. Other states can appear when USAspending location fields point to vendors or performance sites elsewhere. The state table for agency 513 reports those fields for the 178 awards. Outlays are unpublished in this packet, so this page does not estimate cash already paid. Refresh the agency page after USAspending updates rather than treating the current stock as frozen.