Distribution of interest earned in 2023 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 $137,265.95 Formula Grant under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222) to Little Big Horn Community College on September 27, 2024. This program provides annual formula-based grants to designated Land Grant Institutions, such as tribal colleges and universities, to strengthen their teaching programs in food and agricultural sciences. The funding supports curriculum development, faculty preparation, and instructional delivery systems tailored to the educational needs of Native American communities. As a tribal college serving the Crow Indian Reservation, Little Big Horn Community College will utilize this grant to enhance its academic programming and services in these targeted areas.

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.