Salish Kootenai College, Inc.
Ronan, MT
- UEI
- Q1G9U7V3Q8C7
- CAGE
- 0R0Y4
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- NAICS codes registered in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 58138 US-93, Ronan, MT 59864, USA
- Website
- skc.edu
- Founded
- 1977
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $50M-$100M
- 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 .
Recent federal awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computing education and transfer: computer science -a goal of the tribal colleges and universities program (tcup) is… | Division of Undergraduate Education | $750,000 | |
| Salish kootenai college (SKC), the tribal college of the confederated salish & kootenai tribes of the flathead… | Federal Highway Administration | $293,044 | |
| Microplastics are an emerging and largely invisible threat to agricultural soils, ecosystems, and human health. This… | Institute of Youth, Family, and Community | $150,000 | |
| This project will include a variety of experimental treatments to better understand white bark pine regenerative… | Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment | $170,406 | |
| American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities (part f) | Office of Postsecondary Education | $2,088,737 |
About Salish Kootenai College, Inc.
Salish Kootenai College, Inc. is a tribally owned, federally recognized 1994 Land Grant Institution and minority-serving educational organization based in Pablo, Montana, that serves the Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreille people; the college acts as a federal grant recipient (93% of recent awards as prime recipient) rather than a federal contractor, with no federal contract vehicles in its footprint.
The college's federal footprint is entirely grant-based and concentrates in educational programming, STEM workforce development, and applied research aligned with tribal land and resource stewardship. Representative prime recipient work includes a $3.56 million Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities project grant (CFDA 15.027) from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs School Operations (July 2025–June 2026) for core institutional operations and educational services; a $1,996,752 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant (CFDA 84.116) from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (November 2024–October 2028) to develop a master's program in life sciences and expand graduate resources; a $1.62 million STEM Education project grant from the National Science Foundation (April 2022–March 2028) providing scholarships to 105 low-income Native American and rural students pursuing STEM degrees across four Montana institutions; a $293,044 Highway Training and Education project grant (CFDA 20.215) from the Federal Highway Administration (May 2026–September 2028) for a two-year highway construction workforce development initiative; and a $256,348 Biomedical Research and Research Training R34 planning grant (CFDA 93.859) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (September 2025–August 2027) for foundational infrastructure and strategic planning toward establishing a Native American Research Center for Health.
Customer concentration sits heavily with education and research grantor agencies. The top customer by award count is the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (47 awards), followed by the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (29 awards), the National Science Foundation (25 awards), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education (20 awards); these four agencies account for approximately 42% of recent awards. The combined obligated dollars across all 346 awards is $301.5 million, substantially exceeding the combined potential value of $4.4 million, reflecting the college's long award history dating to 1990 and the inflation of obligated values through contract modifications and award completions over decades. The college competes exclusively in full-and-open or tribally designated federal grant programs; no set-aside contract posture applies.
Work spans STEM education and research, natural resources management, extension services, workforce development, and institutional strengthening. Recent USDA NIFA awards include a $150,000 1994 Institutions Research Grants project (CFDA 10.227) on microplastics in agricultural systems (February 2026–March 2028), a $170,406 Cooperative Forestry Research formula grant (CFDA 10.202) investigating white bark pine regeneration in partnership with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Forestry Division (October 2025–September 2027), and a $875,000 State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance grant (May 2023–April 2028) supporting tribal natural resource workforce development. The college also holds $361,404 in Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services funding (CFDA 84.042) and has received multiple NSF awards including a National Science Foundation STEM Education faculty support grant and an REU Site grant on Sustainable Land and Water Resources (May 2024–April 2029) placing undergraduate researchers at three sites including two Native American communities.
Recent sub-recipient work connects the college to Montana State University on NSF research infrastructure projects (IMERSS—Integrating Montana's Environmental Research with Smart Sensors; data science training expansion) and to the University of Colorado on groundwater research in the Middle Fork Flathead River within Glacier National Park. The college also participates as a sub-recipient under Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and Education Development Center collaborative awards focused on health training stipends and math professional development for teachers.
Activity grew from 12 awards in 2022 to 23 in 2024, then declined to 10 in 2025 and 2 awards year-to-date in 2026, reflecting an apparent tightening in new award activity in the past eighteen months. Twenty-two awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and represent recompete opportunity for the college. The college's federal footprint is concentrated in education, research capacity building, and community-centered science programming serving indigenous and rural underrepresented populations across the northwestern United States, with place of performance in Pablo, Montana and collaborative research at regional sites on the Flathead and Kalispel reservations.
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What is Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s UEI?
Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is Q1G9U7V3Q8C7.
What is Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s CAGE code?
Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s CAGE code is 0R0Y4.
What is Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s primary NAICS code?
Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s primary NAICS code is 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools).
Where is Salish Kootenai College, Inc. located?
Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s physical address in SAM.gov is 58138 US-93, Ronan, MT 59864, USA.
Is Salish Kootenai College, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through December 8, 2026.
What is Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Salish Kootenai College, Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is Computing education and transfer: computer science -a goal of the tribal colleges and universities program (tcup) is… (2622762), from Division of Undergraduate Education, on August 15, 2026.
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