Northwest Indian College
Bellingham, WA
- UEI
- TBEKNWAKBR56
- CAGE
- 1P3M2
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Other
- Corporate family
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- Bellingham, WA J2JFU2APCCY8
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2522 Kwina Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226, USA
- Website
- nwic.edu
- Founded
- 1973
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Washington | G23AC00517 | $54,183 | |
| University Of Washington | G23AC00517 | $54,023 | |
| University Of Washington | G23AC00517 | $53,867 |
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About the company
Northwest Indian College, a Native American-owned tribal college and 1994 Land Grant Institution based in Bellingham, Washington, receives federal grants as a prime recipient across STEM education, environmental research, workforce development, and institutional operations, with no federal contracting presence. The college is designated a Minority Institution, Minority-Owned Business, and Tribal College, and operates with a subsidiary, the Northwest Indian College Foundation, also tribal-owned and minority-designated.
NWIC's federal grant footprint centers on NSF and USDA programs funding environmental science research and Indigenous workforce development. Recent representative awards include a $700,000 NSF Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) grant (CFDA 47.076) through August 2029 to build sustainable undergraduate research pathways in environmental science through academic-year internships and near-peer mentorship paired with the Salish Sea Research Center; a $350,000 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant (CFDA 10.227) through November 2027 investigating cyanotoxin effects on aquatic insects in collaboration with Michigan State University; a $3 million EPA Puget Sound Protection and Restoration grant (CFDA 66.121) running through August 2028 to place Indigenous student interns in STEM professional development; a $5.18 million Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs grant (CFDA 15.027) for FY25 institutional operations; and a $1.2 million Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant (CFDA 84.116) through August 2027 supporting Native Environmental Science Education programming. NWIC has also received smaller USDA Community Facilities grants and NSF grants in biomimetic robotics and additional STEM capacity building. The college acts as prime recipient in all named awards; sub-award activity is limited to three climate adaptation science sub-awards from the University of Washington (Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Host awards, most recent October 2025).
Customer concentration spans eleven agencies. The top five funders by award count account for 69% of recent awards: Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (6 awards), Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs School Operations (4 awards), Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities (3 awards), Department of the Interior US Geological Survey (3 awards), and National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (2 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $36.7 million. Activity has remained steady year over year—six awards in 2022, seven in 2023 and 2024, dropping to four in 2025 and two in 2026 as of the source snapshot. Eight awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing the recompete exposure window.
NWIC's capability portfolio emphasizes Indigenous student STEM workforce preparation, environmental monitoring and research infrastructure, behavioral health interventions grounded in Coast Salish culture and tradition, and tribal community facilities. Recent work includes cyanotoxin monitoring on phytoplankton and shellfish die-offs, longfin smelt habitat characterization using environmental DNA, career and technical education, drinking water certification curriculum development, and cultural education in traditional plants and medicines. The college frequently partners with research universities—University of California Santa Cruz on aquaculture and natural resources pathways, University of Washington on climate adaptation science, and Michigan State on freshwater ecosystem research—and leverages support from tribal entities including Lummi Natural Resources. Grants support place-based, culturally informed programming reflecting Coast Salish pedagogical approaches and addressing health disparities, substance abuse prevention, and economic self-determination in tribal communities.
Quick answers
Is Northwest Indian College registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Northwest Indian College's SAM.gov registration is active through April 17, 2027.
What is Northwest Indian College's most recent federal award?
Northwest Indian College's most recent federal grant award is Tsip: building sustainable undergraduate research pathways through academic-year internships and near-peer mentorship (2622822), from Division of Undergraduate Education, on August 15, 2026.
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