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

This award provides $317,032.92 in formula grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222) to Dine College, a 1994 Land Grant Institution, on August 9, 2023. The funding will support the distribution of interest earned in 2022 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to eligible 1994 Institutions. This program aims to enhance educational opportunities and strengthen teaching programs in food and agricultural sciences at 34 designated tribal colleges and universities across the United States.

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.