The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded White Earth Tribal and Community College $265,220 on September 19, 2025, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The award funds development of an essential community facility in Mahnomen, Minnesota, serving the White Earth Ojibwe Nation and surrounding rural communities. The grant carries a period of performance through September 19, 2027. As a federally recognized 1994 Land Grant College and tribally owned nonprofit, White Earth Tribal and Community College provides higher education to Native American and underrepresented populations with a focus on strengthening academic quality and institutional operations. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program supports affordable funding for essential community facilities in rural areas developed by nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes. Essential community facilities provide services necessary for orderly community development and exclude private, commercial, or business undertakings.