Distribution of interest earned in 2022 from the 1994 endowment fund to the individual 1994 institutions

This $105,851 Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222) provides for the distribution of interest earned in 2022 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to the individual 1994 Land Grant Institutions, which are a group of 34 designated tribal colleges and universities. The funding supports strengthening the teaching programs in food and agricultural sciences at these minority-serving higher education institutions, which serve tribal communities across the United States. The awardee, Stone Child College Corp doing business as Stone Child Community College, is a 1994 Land Grant College and Tribal College located in Box Elder, Montana that provides higher education services to the local Native American tribal community.

Title v part c of the improving americas schools act of 1994 public law 103-382 (october 20 1994) cited as "equity in educational land-grant status act of 1994" provides that certain tribal colleges designated as "1994 institutions" receive various benefits. These include contributions by the federal government to an endowment fund the interest income from which is distributed to the 1994 institutions.