Hydaburg Cooperative Assoc

What Hydaburg Cooperative Assoc does

Hydaburg Cooperative Association (HCA) is a tribal government organization headquartered in Hydaburg, Alaska, serving the Haida tribal community of approximately 350-400 residents on Prince of Wales Island. The organization operates as the primary administrative body for the Hydaburg Haida tribe, with a stated mission of preserving Haida culture and language while fostering healthy families and creating economic development opportunities. HCA delivers services across multiple departments: Administration, Transportation, Human Services, Housing, Environmental, Education, and a retail Mini Mart.

HCA has no technology products, proprietary platforms, or commercial software offerings. Its operational technology stack consists of standard governmental and nonprofit administrative tooling, with no disclosed AI/ML, data, or digital product components. The organization's most material capital asset is the Haida Wild Seafoods seafood processing facility — an approximately 8,000 square foot renovated cold storage building jointly owned with the City of Hydaburg, providing spot prawn and salmon processing, custom smoking, canning, a buying station, ice supply, and retail space.

The business model is a hybrid of grant-funded tribal governance and modest commercial activity. Revenue streams include federal grant funding (notably a $1.3 million EDA Public Works grant in 2014 and ongoing EPA Brownfields Section 128a funding since 2011), retail sales through the Mini Mart convenience store, and seafood processing transactions through the Haida Wild Seafoods joint venture. Pricing is not commercially disclosed because services to tribal members are community-focused rather than market-priced. Customer base is effectively concentrated on a single small community — Hydaburg Haida tribal members and a narrow set of local fishing operators.

Name

Hydaburg Cooperative Assoc

Legal name

Hydaburg Cooperative Association

Website

https://hydaburgtribe.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hydaburg Cooperative Association is a tribal government organization in Hydaburg, Alaska that administers housing, transportation, human services, environmental, and education programs for the Haida tribal community, supplemented by a Mini Mart and the Haida Wild Seafoods joint-venture processing facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tribal Government Services

NAICS

American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments (92115), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Household Waste (HHW) Collection Events & Programs (EUAIAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection & Program Operations (BPALAFAL), Multi-Stakeholder Grocery Cooperatives (CRAHALAD)

Keywords

• Tribal government services
• Community services
• Cultural preservation
• Seafood processing
• Environmental remediation

Headquarters

HQ city

Hydaburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Brownfields Program Funding: Environmental program funded through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Section 128a, addressing contaminated site concerns and conducting environmental assessments.
2. Economic Development Grants: Received $1.3 million Public Works and Economic Development Facility grant from U.S. Economic Development Administration for seafood processing facility development.
3. Mini Mart Retail Operations: Retail sales through Mini Mart convenience store operated by HCA staff.
4. Haida Wild Seafoods Joint Venture: Seafood processing plant jointly owned with City of Hydaburg, processing spot prawns and salmon, providing custom smoking, canning, processing services, and retail sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hydaburg Cooperative Association (HCA) is a tribal cooperative association that provides community and government services to Haida tribal members through departments including Housing, Transportation, Human Services, Education, Environmental (Brownfields Program), and a Food Program. It also operates the Mini Mart convenience store and co-owns Haida Wild Seafoods, a seafood processing joint venture with the City of Hydaburg that offers custom smoking, canning, processing services, retail sales, ice supply, and a buying station for spot prawns and salmon.

Product overview

Hydaburg Cooperative Association (HCA) is a tribal government organization, not a technology products company. It provides community and governmental services including tribal administration, transportation, housing, human services, environmental programs (Brownfields), education, and food programs. Its economic development initiatives include Haida Wild Seafoods, a seafood processing plant joint venture with the City of Hydaburg. No technology product portfolio exists in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Housing Department Services Tribal housing services and programs for community members in Hydaburg, Alaska.
• Transportation Department Services Tribal transit and transportation services for community members in Hydaburg, including transit driver operations.
• Human Services Department Human services and family support programs for tribal community members, including the Food Program.
• Education Department and Museum Education programs and the Haida Education Museum focused on Haida cultural and language preservation.
• Environmental Department (Brownfields Program) Environmental site assessments and remediation of potentially contaminated sites in the Hydaburg area, including the Bokan Mountain/Ross Adams Uranium Mine site, funded through EPA Section 128a.
• Haida Wild Seafoods (Joint Venture) Seafood processing plant jointly owned by HCA and the City of Hydaburg, processing spot prawns and salmon and providing custom smoking, canning, processing services, a buying station, ice supply, and retail sales.
• Mini Mart (Retail Store) Convenience store retail operations operated by HCA staff, serving the Hydaburg community.
• Enhanced Tribal Cards Enhanced Tribal Cards program providing tribal identification cards to community members.
• Food Program Food Program providing food assistance to tribal community members.
• NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Services NAGPRA services supporting the protection and repatriation of Native American cultural items and remains.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expected to support several fishing related private sector businesses and individuals with significant economic impact on local economy

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• City of HydaburgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2014Joint ownership partnership for 'Haida Wild Seafoods' seafood processing facility. Both HCA and City of Hydaburg co-own the newly formed company, with the facility housed in a renovated cold storage building owned by the City. Partnership aims to develop sustainable and profitable seafood processing operations supporting local economy.

Scale indicators1 record

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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