The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $265,220 to Ilisagvik College on September 23, 2025, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The award funds development of an essential community facility project in Utqiagvik, Alaska, serving the Alaska Native community in the North Slope region. Performance and place of performance conclude on September 23, 2027. Ilisagvik College, a nonprofit 1994 Land Grant tribal college, will manage the project. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program provides affordable funding to nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes for essential community facilities in rural areas that provide orderly community development and do not include private, commercial, or business undertakings.