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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $198,557.75 Formula Grant on August 9, 2023 to Tohono O'odham Community College (TOCC) under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222). This grant provides funding for the distribution of interest earned in 2022 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to the individual 1994 Land Grant Institutions, which include federally recognized tribal colleges and universities. As a designated 1994 Land Grant Institution, TOCC will utilize these funds to enhance its educational programs and services focused on food and agricultural sciences, in support of its mission to provide academic opportunities and workforce development across the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona.

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.