Hinds Community College

Hinds Community College, a historically black college and minority-serving institution based in Raymond, Mississippi, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering workforce development, student support services, STEM education programming, and airport infrastructure improvements across six campuses spanning five Mississippi counties. The institution acts as a prime recipient on 88 federal grants (75% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient on 30 grants (25%) flowing through Mississippi state agencies, with no federal contract prime or sub awards in the current portfolio.

The college's grant portfolio centers on three capability areas. Student support and higher-education strengthening dominate by award count: the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education funds 41 awards spanning TRIO programs (Upward Bound, Talent Search, Student Support Services under CFDA 84.042), Higher Education Institutional Aid (CFDA 84.031), and STEM-UP Academy implementation (a National Science Foundation HBCU initiative under CFDA 47.076 addressing persistence in STEM fields, particularly mathematics). The Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture funds 29 awards—a recurring stream of Child Nutrition Program reimbursements flowing through the Mississippi Department of Education (CNP-CIL and CNP-Block sub-awards) plus a $1.2 million Community Project Funding award (CFDA 17.289) and a $2.847 million Community Project Funding award (CFDA 17.289) both from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration for workforce development and community enhancement across three-year periods (July 2025 through June 2028). Airport infrastructure rounds out the portfolio: the Federal Aviation Administration's Southern Region has awarded fourteen grants totaling roughly $2.6 million for runway and taxiway construction, rehabilitation, and lighting reconstruction at Raymond-Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport and Raymond-Hinds Airport, with completion dates extending through 2029 and 2030. Notable examples include a $1.063 million Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.106) awarded June 30, 2025, for three-hangar aircraft storage construction; a $545,640 grant (CFDA 20.106) awarded June 24, 2025, for runway and taxiway resurfacing; and a $147,049 grant awarded March 2, 2026, for final-phase hangar construction (CFDA 20.117).

The college also holds grants in specialized institutional development: a $519,000 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant (CFDA 84.116) supporting aviation program technology enhancement; a $313,960 National Science Foundation STEM Education targeted infusion project (CFDA 47.076) on mathematics pathways; a $353,000 National Archives and Records Administration grant (CFDA 89.003) for historical records digitization and public access; and an Office of the National Drug Control Policy grant (awarded August 2024) supporting substance-abuse prevention and mental-health counseling expansion across all Hinds campuses.

Customer concentration tracks heavily toward education and agriculture functions. The Office of Postsecondary Education leads by award count (41 awards), followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (29 awards, dominated by recurring Child Nutrition sub-awards) and the Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region (14 awards). These three account for 86% of recent awards. The combined potential value across all 118 awards in the source data is $27 thousand, with obligated dollars reaching $302.5 million—a signal that most awards carry multi-year obligations well above their current potential-value markers, typical of federal grants with annual reappointment cycles and rollover funding.

Activity has remained episodic: twelve awards in 2022, a drop to six in 2023, a spike to 27 in 2024, then ten in 2025 and one in early 2026. Seventeen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the college to recompete pressure on TRIO programs, STEM initiatives, and airport infrastructure work. Hinds Community College District Public Improvement Corporation serves as the parent entity; the college itself holds the UEI MR6DMEM9SLH1 and operates as a state-controlled institution of higher learning under Mississippi governance. Sub-recipient relationships flow through the Mississippi Department of Education (Child Nutrition Program pass-throughs) and the Mississippi Department of Human Services (SNAP Employment & Training sub-awards), with no named private-sector or defense-contractor subteams in the source data.