Opportunity Overview
Open now. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe Gaming Revenue Sharing Funds Program distributes a portion of the Tribe’s gaming-revenue contribution for Arizona projects and government services benefiting the general public. The program expressly identifies Health Care, Public Safety, Education, Social Services, Transportation, Recreation, Economic Development, and cultural/environmental protection as programmatic areas.
Deadline
The 2026 second-distribution application deadline is September 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The Tribe’s current program page states that materials must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the posted deadline date and identifies the second-cycle deadline as the last day of September. No time zone is stated in the published program materials, so applicants should confirm timing with the Treasurer’s Office before final submission.
Funding and Eligibility
The public program materials do not publish a minimum award, maximum award, or fixed amount available for the 2026 second distribution. Applicants state the amount requested in the application, and Tribal Council may partially fund requests.
The Tribe will consider applications from Arizona cities, towns and counties, public schools, and organizations with certified 501(c)(3) status. All grant awards are made to Arizona cities, towns or counties. A nonprofit applicant must establish a relationship with a city, town or county that will receive the award and serve as the pass-through. State agencies/departments, out-of-state organizations, other gaming tribes, individuals, sponsorships, indirect or administrative costs, and projects solely benefiting the Pascua Yaqui Tribe are excluded.
Application Requirements and Eligible Project Costs
The application requires organization and contact information, requested amount, population served, program goals, measurable results and indicators of success, current funding sources, programmatic area, project purpose and problem statement, target population, expected impact, whether the initiative is new or continuing, project timeframe, and whether any part of the project will be contracted out and, if so, whether a competitive bidding process will be used. Required supporting material includes a cover letter from a senior elected official or senior officer/executive, a supporting letter from the governing city/town/county body, and a detailed budget. Letters of support, photographs and multimedia are optional.
The published rules do not state a mandatory match or cost-share requirement. They do exclude indirect and administrative costs. Because the application specifically asks applicants to disclose contracted portions of the project and the use of competitive bidding, a vendor or technology component may be possible when it is a legitimate direct project cost, but allowability should be confirmed with the Treasurer’s Office before budgeting.
Submission and Contacts
Applications may be hand delivered to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Administration Building, 7474 S. Camino De Oeste, Tucson, Arizona 85757, Attention Office of the Council Treasurer, or submitted by email to Office_Of_The_Treasurer@pascuayaqui-nsn.gov. Verbal requests are not accepted. Questions may be directed to the Office of the Council Treasurer at 520-883-5010 or the Treasurer’s Administrative Support Specialist at 520-883-5001.
Reporting and Cycle Restrictions
Awardees must report to Tribal Council within one year of funding with quantitative and qualitative results, the initial projected budget, a detailed expenditure report, and relevant project media. Only one application per year is permitted, and agencies are generally funded only once per calendar year from the 12% funds. An application not selected in the first cycle automatically rolls to the second cycle during the same calendar year.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. This is a verified, currently open Arizona funding source with an explicit health-care programmatic area and broad governmental/nonprofit/public-school eligibility, but the public materials do not publish a 2026 funding ceiling or award range and require governmental pass-through for nonprofits.
N9+ Fit: 52/100 conditional. A connected remote-exam, telehealth, mobile-care, or public-health access component can be legitimate only when it is part of a qualifying health-care or public-safety project, treated as a direct project cost, and accepted by the Tribe and the governmental applicant. The application expressly asks about contracted project components and competitive bidding, but the published rules do not specifically pre-approve remote-exam technology. QC Healthcare Fit: 5/100 conditional. No physician-staffing requirement is established. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100. The defensible route is through an eligible Arizona governmental/public-school applicant or a qualifying nonprofit with a governmental pass-through, not Dr. Miltie as direct grantee.
Provisional Arizona applicant: Cochise County Health & Social Services — Opportunity Score 88/100. Cochise County is a directly eligible county entity and operates public-health clinical and community-health services, including immunizations, school-age sports physicals, reproductive health, infectious-disease services, home visiting and chronic-disease education. Any specific application, requested amount, vendor role, and confirmation that the County has not already used its one annual application remain applicant decisions and must not be assumed.
Next Action
Confirm whether the selected Arizona applicant has already submitted or rolled forward a 2026 application, identify a project that squarely fits an eligible programmatic area, secure the required governing-body support, verify direct-cost and contracting treatment with the Treasurer’s Office, and submit a complete application by the published deadline.
Official sources: Pascua Yaqui Tribe Gaming Revenue Sharing Funds Program and the Tribe’s published Gaming Revenue Sharing Funds Policies and Procedures.