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Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.027

Program objective

To provide grants for the operation and improvement of Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to insure continued and expanded educational opportunities for Indian students, and to allow for the improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available. No Information Available.

  2. 2017

    No Information Available.

  3. 2018

    No Information Available.

  4. 2020

    Program mission fulfilled. BIA issued approximately 12 awards in FY 2020

  5. 2021

    Indian Affairs issued 35 new awards and modifications to existing awards to 30 recipients.

  6. 2022

    Awards 75 grants to entities to complete the goals and objectives of the program.

  7. 2024

    This award funded 33 programs to assist the tribally controlled community colleges and universities.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

25 CFR, Part 41; 25 CFR, Part 276.

  1. Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act, Public Law 95-471, 25 U.S.C. 640c - 1(c); 25 U.S.C. 1815.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Native American Organizations

Additional resources