Red Lake Nation College
Red Lake, MN
- UEI
- NE6EMW8KAZN6
- CAGE
- 7KRW4
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 23750 MN-1, Red Lake, MN 56671, USA
- Website
- rlnc.edu
- 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.
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About the company
Red Lake Nation College, a tribally owned, minority-owned 1994 Land Grant tribal college located in Red Lake, Minnesota, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from eleven federal agencies and operates entirely within federal grant programs rather than contract vehicles. The college serves primarily Native American students from the Red Lake Nation and combines STEM education with preservation of Ojibwe language and cultural traditions.
Red Lake Nation College's award portfolio concentrates heavily on two customer agencies. The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture leads with 14 awards, while the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education follows with 9 awards; these two agencies account for 52% of the college's 44 total awards. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities has issued 6 awards, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs School Operations has issued 5 awards, and the National Science Foundation has issued 3 awards, with the top five agencies covering 84% of all awards.
Recent grant work demonstrates the college's dual focus on institutional capacity and STEM infrastructure. The Department of Education awarded Red Lake Nation College $4.315 million in October 2025 under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to strengthen management, fiscal operations, and academic quality through institutional capacity building running through September 2027. The same program provided an additional $1.484 million under Part F (American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities) in October 2025. The National Science Foundation awarded $250,000 in July 2026 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to upgrade cyberinfrastructure security, network infrastructure, and cybersecurity systems across the college's two campuses and train staff and student interns in equipment maintenance and security practices. An earlier NSF award from February 2024 provided support for "ICE-TI: A Decolonized Approach to an AAS in Social and Behavioral Sciences" (TCUP, ultimate completion January 2029), developing curriculum grounded in Ojibwe language and culture. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $265,220 in September 2025 under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) for essential community facility infrastructure in Red Lake.
The college also receives annual formula grants under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, including distributions from the 1994 Endowment Fund administered by the National Institute of Youth, Family, and Community. In July 2025, the Department of the Interior School Operations awarded $2.1 million under the Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities program (CFDA 15.027) to support operational and institutional improvement. Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity. The college's combined obligated dollars across all awards total $51.5 million, with activity peaking at seven awards in 2022 and averaging 4-6 annually in recent years.
Quick answers
Is Red Lake Nation College registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Red Lake Nation College's SAM.gov registration is active through September 2, 2027.
What is Red Lake Nation College's most recent federal award?
Red Lake Nation College's most recent federal grant award is Chai: increasing cyberinfrastructure security at red lake nation college (2554865), from Division of Undergraduate Education, on July 1, 2026.
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