Red Cloud Indian School, Inc.

Red Cloud Indian School, Inc., doing business as Holy Rosary Mission, is a federally recognized Native American-owned nonprofit organization and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity based in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting education, community development, cultural preservation, and emergency service delivery on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The organization does not hold federal contracts or seats on contract vehicles; all recent federal work is grant-funded.

Red Cloud Indian School's capability portfolio centers on community-based programming anchored in Lakota language, culture, and place-based education. Recent grant work includes a $771,792 AmeriCorps State and National award (CFDA 94.006) from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management for the 2025–2026 program year, funding recruitment, training, and management of AmeriCorps members delivering full-time and part-time service across education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, disaster response, and public health priority areas, with a completion date of July 31, 2028; a $172,042 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants award (CFDA 10.855) from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service issued September 23, 2025, supporting distance learning and telemedicine infrastructure for the Lakota community, completing September 23, 2027; and a fiscal year 2026 Institute of Museum and Library Services project grant awarded September 1, 2026, funding the Chatku Arts Center's cultural landscaping, interpretive signage, and storytelling features to enhance campus-based Indigenous narrative programming and cultural tourism, completing August 31, 2027.

The organization's customer concentration is dispersed across thirteen distinct federal agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 64% of awards, led by the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (13 awards), the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management (5 awards), the National Endowment for the Arts (4 awards), the Corporation for National and Community Service (4 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (3 awards). Grant-work volume has accelerated in recent years—one award in 2024 to four in 2025—with three awards reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and facing renewal. Red Cloud Indian School also receives sub-awards from the South Dakota Department of Education under 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Homeland Security Grant programs, positioning the organization as both a direct federal grant recipient and a sub-recipient under state-administering agencies.