Native American Contractors Association

What Native American Contractors Association does

The Native American Contractors Association (NACA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 2003 and headquartered at 224 2nd Street SE, Washington, D.C., near Capitol Hill. Its stated mission is to protect the federal contracting rights of Native entity-owned businesses. NACA serves three membership verticals: Tribal Enterprises, Alaska Native Corporations (under ANCSA contracting preferences), and Native Hawaiian Organizations. The organization operates with a three-person executive bench — Executive Director Quinton Carroll, Legislative Director Josh Jackson, and Senior Advisor Lillian Sparks-Robinson — and functions as a member-governed body led by a Board of Directors drawn from member entities.

NACA's core product is a tiered membership program bundled with advocacy services, training, and communications. Advocacy offerings include lobbying, one-on-one meetings with Congressional staff and federal agencies, judicial advocacy, and promotion of the 8(a) program for Native contractors. Training and support consists of in-house federal contracting expertise, onsite and virtual trainings, seminars, webinars, and access to Capitol Hill-adjacent meeting facilities plus a member business referral system. Communications products include a monthly newsletter, blog, up-to-the-minute legislative updates, and press releases. The event portfolio is anchored by the annual Policy Summit (e.g., "Navigating Tomorrow: 2026 NACA Policy Summit") and the Emerging Leaders Summit, which together serve as the primary member acquisition and engagement venues.

NACA generates revenue through two streams: annual membership dues scaled to each member's prior-year federal contracting revenue (specific tiers not publicly disclosed), and event registration fees ($400 for NACA members, $600 for non-member early registration by January 1, 2026, $700 for standard/onsite non-member registration). Distribution is direct-to-member with no third-party channels; growth is community-led, driven by advocacy wins, word-of-mouth within the Native contracting community, and legislative/regulatory changes that affect federal contracting rights. There is no technology platform, no AI/ML capability, no app, no API, and no disclosed funding rounds.

Name

Native American Contractors Association

Legal name

Native American Contractors Association

Website

https://nativecontractors.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Non-profit trade association founded in 2003 that protects federal contracting rights for Native entity-owned businesses, serving Tribal Enterprises, Alaska Native Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations through advocacy, training, annual conferences, and policy engagement from its Washington, D.C. headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues are based on the previous year's federal contracting revenue. Members include Tribal Enterprises, Alaska Native Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue generated from annual conference registrations. Pricing varies by membership status: NACA Members at $400, Non-Members Early Registration at $600 (deadline January 1st, 2026), and Non-Members at $700 for standard/on-site registration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Native American Contractors Association (NACA) is a non-profit membership trade association founded in 2003 that advocates on behalf of Native entity-owned businesses—tribal enterprises, Alaska Native Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations—in the federal contracting marketplace. It delivers advocacy, training, networking events, and policy communications to its members.

Product overview

The Native American Contractors Association (NACA) is a membership-based advocacy organization offering a unified suite of services centered on advocacy, training, communications, and events. The core offerings include the Membership Program providing access to advocacy services (lobbying, Congressional meetings, judicial advocacy), training and support services (federal contracting expertise, webinars, business referrals), and communications updates (newsletter, blog, legislative updates). NACA also hosts major events including the Annual Conference (Policy Summit) and Emerging Leaders Summit, which serve as platforms for policy discussions and professional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• National Council of Nonprofits: The network of nonprofit associations across the U.S., providing operational and policy guidance to membership-based nonprofits—comparable organizational model to NACA (small-staff, dues-funded, advocacy-driven trade association) though operating across all nonprofit sectors rather than Native contracting.

Broad incumbents

• National Indian Gaming Association: Trade association for tribal gaming operators and entities, advocating on federal issues affecting tribal gaming enterprises—including overlapping interests in federal contracting policy and tribal economic self-determination that intersect with NACA's mission.
• National Congress of American Indians: The oldest and largest American Indian advocacy organization in the U.S., representing tribal governments on broad policy issues including contracting, sovereignty, and economic development—overlapping with NACA's federal contracting advocacy mission but serving a much wider tribal government constituency.
• Alaska Federation of Natives: The largest statewide Native organization in Alaska, representing Alaska Native corporations, tribes, and communities on federal policy issues including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and contracting—directly relevant to one of NACA's three core member segments.

Direct peers

• First Nations Financial Project: Operates programs that connect Native-owned businesses and tribal enterprises with federal contracting and capital resources—directly adjacent to NACA's mission of expanding federal contracting access for Native entity-owned businesses.
• National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development: A nonprofit focused on American Indian economic development and federal contracting opportunities for tribal enterprises—closely aligned with NACA's mission of advancing Native American business interests in federal procurement, including similar training, events, and advocacy programming.
• Native American Finance Officers Association: A professional association for Native American finance and tribal economic development professionals, offering training, conferences, and advocacy on federal funding, contracting, and tribal finance—closely parallel to NACA's training, conference, and advocacy model for Native contracting entities.

Regional players

• National Council of Urban Indian Health: Advocates on behalf of urban Indian health organizations and related Native-serving entities on federal policy, including contracting and funding—parallel advocacy model to NACA but focused on urban Indian health rather than federal procurement broadly.
• National Indian Health Board: Advocates for American Indian/Alaska Native health policy and Indian Health Service funding—shares the membership-based D.C.-based advocacy and convening model with NACA but is sector-specific to health rather than federal contracting broadly.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Native8a

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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