The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $164,833 under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222) Formula Grant to Northwest Indian College Foundation on July 12, 2022.
The grant funds will support the distribution of interest earned in 2021 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to the thirty-four 1994 Institutions designated under Title V, Part C of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. The 1994 legislation established benefits for certain tribal colleges, including annual contributions by the federal government to an endowment fund. The annual interest income from the endowment is then distributed to the individual 1994 Institutions to enhance their teaching programs in food and agricultural sciences. Northwest Indian College will receive funding as the parent institution of the nonprofit sub-awardee Northwest Indian College Foundation.