Distribution of interest earned in 2023 from the 1994 endowment fund to the individual 1994 institutions

This Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222) provides $395,587.15 to Dine College, a tribal land-grant institution serving the Navajo Nation in Tsaile, Arizona. The award date is September 27, 2024.

The grant supports educational opportunities and programming at Dine College, with a focus on strengthening teaching in food and agricultural sciences to meet the targeted needs of the Navajo community. This includes curriculum development, faculty preparation, and instructional delivery systems in academic areas relevant to Indigenous educational requirements. The funding is distributed annually from an endowment fund established in 1994 to enhance educational initiatives at 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.