Inter-Tribal Environmental Council

What Inter-Tribal Environmental Council does

The Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) is a non-profit inter-tribal environmental services consortium formally established in 1993 under an MOU with EPA Region VI, with Cherokee Nation serving as the administrative agent responsible for receiving and administering federal grants on behalf of member tribes. ITEC provides multi-media environmental technical support, training, and program services to 46 member tribes across Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana — covering air quality, hazardous waste, underground storage tanks, pesticides, brownfields, and Superfund site management. Its core technology footprint consists of a Cherokee Nation Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network of four stations (three fixed and one mobile rotating between Region 6 tribes), GIS-based digitized tribal landbases with emission inventories, and compiled proprietary databases covering tribal oil and gas locations, criteria air pollutants and HAPs, illegal dumps, landfills, transfer stations, UST monitoring wells, and watershed data.

ITEC's operating model is grant-funded, with revenue derived from EPA Region 6 grant programs including the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP), Clean Air grants, Training grants, and program-specific funding for UST, Pesticides, Brownfields, and Superfund work. Services are delivered directly to member tribes at no direct cost through on-site technical visits, an annual ITEC Conference in the Tulsa, OK area, a Tribal Environmental Summit in the Dallas, TX area, semi-annual EPA Region 6 Tribal Caucus/RTOC meetings, and a training catalog that includes 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher, Open Dump Assessment, Sampling Methods, Radon, Indoor Air, Stream Assessment, and Phase I Assessments. The organization also maintains model legal environmental codes and Tribal Environmental Agreement templates for distribution to member tribes, plus a quarterly newsletter and YouTube channel for ongoing member engagement.

Go-to-market is community-led and consortium-based rather than commercial: members join the ITEC network to access shared technical capacity that individual tribal governments cannot independently sustain, and ITEC secures funding through Cherokee Nation's standing federal relationship with EPA Region VI. Cumulative program impact includes evaluation of 380+ potentially hazardous waste sites under the Superfund Program and active technical management assistance at five Superfund sites (Tar Creek, Wilcox Oil Refinery, Hudson Refinery, Oklahoma Refining Company, Henryetta Iron and Metal). The 2006 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award in the Community Action category remains a notable institutional recognition.

Name

Inter-Tribal Environmental Council

Legal name

Inter-Tribal Environmental Council

Website

https://itecmembers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) is a non-profit inter-tribal consortium, administered by Cherokee Nation under a 1993 MOU with EPA Region VI, that delivers multi-media environmental technical support, training, and grant-funded program services to 46 member tribes across Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tahlequah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EPA Region 6 Grants: Primary funding from EPA Region 6 through various grant programs including Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP), Training Grants, Clean Air grants, and other environmental program grants. Cherokee Nation serves as the administering agent for grants awarded to ITEC member tribes.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) provides multi-media environmental technical support, training, and program services to its 46 member tribes across Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana, operating under an MOU with U.S. EPA Region 6. Core offerings are organized into six service programs — General Assistance Program (GAP), Clean Air Program, Superfund Program, Brownfields Response Program (IBRP), Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Program, and Pesticides Program — delivered through on-site technical assistance, training, ambient air monitoring, environmental site assessments, and emergency response, all funded through EPA grants administered by Cherokee Nation.

Product overview

The Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) is an environmental services organization, not a software product company. ITEC provides a consortium of environmental service programs for its 46 member tribes across Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana. The core programs include the Brownfields Response Program (IBRP), Clean Air Program, General Assistance Program (GAP), Pesticides Program, Superfund Program, and Underground Storage Tanks Program (USTs). These programs are coordinated through organizational events including the annual ITEC Conference and Tribal Environmental Summit, and governed through the Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC). The organization operates as an extension of the Cherokee Nation Environmental Programs Office, serving as an administrative agent for EPA Region 6 tribal environmental grants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Assistance Program (GAP) Core multi-media capacity-building program providing ITEC member tribes with technical assistance to assess, evaluate, and develop plans to address environmental and public health issues across air, water, waste, and land.
• Clean Air Program Ambient air quality monitoring program operating a network of four monitoring stations (three fixed on Cherokee Nation lands, one mobile rotating between Region 6 tribes) monitoring criteria pollutants, mercury, and passive ammonia; participates in EPA CASTNET, IMPROVE, MDN, MLN, and AMoN national programs.
• Superfund Program Evaluates and provides technical management assistance for abandoned hazardous waste sites under CERCLA that impact tribal lands and populations; has evaluated 380+ potentially hazardous waste sites and provides active management assistance for sites including Tar Creek, Hudson Refinery, Wilcox Oil Refinery, Oklahoma Refining Company, and Henryetta Iron and Metal.
• Brownfields Response Program (IBRP) Provides environmental site assessments and cleanups for properties with perceived or actual contamination, helping ITEC member tribes redevelop brownfield properties on or near tribal lands.
• Underground Storage Tanks Program (USTs) Assists ITEC member tribes that own or operate underground storage tanks in achieving EPA UST compliance requirements through technical assistance and training delivered by Environmental Specialists.
• Pesticides Program Builds tribal capacity to establish, implement, and maintain pesticides programs through education, outreach, and technical assistance for member tribes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 380 potentially hazardous waste sites evaluated under Superfund Program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EPA Region 6 Tribal Caucus/RTOCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) coordinates tribal environmental programs across EPA Region 6. ITEC participates in semi-annual RTOC meetings (July and April) for regional coordination and budget planning.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona: A consortium of 21 Arizona tribes providing shared governmental services including environmental programs, health, and human services. Comparable to ITEC because it operates the same inter-tribal consortium model delivering environmental technical assistance funded through federal grants.
• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission: An inter-tribal commission coordinating fisheries management, habitat protection, and environmental services for 20 Western Washington tribes. Comparable to ITEC because it applies the same consortium model to deliver technical services funded through federal partnerships to member tribal governments.
• National Indian Health Board: A national organization representing tribal governments on public health policy and providing technical assistance on health program administration. Comparable to ITEC because it operates the same federal-grant-funded inter-tribal service delivery model for member tribes across multiple program areas.
• Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission: An inter-tribal natural resource management commission serving 11 Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Comparable to ITEC in governance structure (inter-tribal consortium administering shared programs under federal authority) though operating in natural resource management rather than EPA environmental programs.
• National Tribal Air Association: A national inter-tribal organization providing air quality policy advocacy, technical assistance, and training to tribal environmental programs. Comparable because it serves the same ultimate customer base (tribal governments) on overlapping environmental subject matter (criteria pollutants, federal air programs).

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: A global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial environmental services division supporting EPA, state, and tribal clients on remediation, compliance, and air quality. Comparable to ITEC because it competes for the federal environmental services contracts that fund ITEC's program delivery.
• ICF International: A major environmental and energy consulting firm with federal, tribal, and state clients. Comparable to ITEC because it competes for the same pool of EPA and federal environmental technical assistance contracts that fund tribal environmental work, though at significantly larger scale.
• Tetra Tech: A global consulting and engineering firm with a large environmental services practice serving federal, tribal, and commercial clients on water, air, and remediation issues. Comparable to ITEC because it pursues the same EPA-funded environmental services work for tribal and government clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC42GM_3wppOEPkgFEUj_CgQ

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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