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American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc

Aihec is the collective spirit and unifying voice of our nation's tribal colleges and universities (tcus).

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$535k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$14MEducation$12MPublic Safety & Disaster$7.7MCrime & Legal$1.3MScience & Tech$1.1MHealth$948kFood & Nutrition$235kPhilanthropy$146k
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $107k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $270k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.3M
$47,607
Median grant
18
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE$535,492
NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY$534,892
FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE$466,892
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS (IAIA)$457,142
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$268,043
ECONOMIC MODELING LLC$197,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS$172,700
NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE$147,946
NEBRASKA INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$146,123
RED LAKE NATION COLLEGE$137,200
SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE$100,052
COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION$99,749
TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$91,181
LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE$80,000
DINE COLLEGE$78,224
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEBRASKA INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $146k → 20%ECONOMIC MODELING LLC: $198k → 16%FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $7.7M → 10%RED LAKE NATION COLLEGE: $137k → 11%SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE: $202k → 18%BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $140k → 26%INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS: $11.3M → 12%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $535k → 32%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS: $173k → 14%BAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $373k → 13%NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE: $148k → 12%UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $535k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: $268k → 13%CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $256k → 25%TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $237k → 26%FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1.0M → 10%SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE: $177k → 18%INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS: $469k → 12%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $521k → 32%BAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $247k → 13%UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $512k → 10%CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $195k → 25%TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $196k → 26%FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $467k → 10%SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE: $167k → 18%INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS: $429k → 12%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $511k → 32%BAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $235k → 13%UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $504k → 10%CANDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $157k → 25%TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $183k → 26%FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $457k → 10%SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE: $158k → 18%INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS: $1.5M → 12%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $490k → 32%BAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $170k → 13%CANDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $156k → 25%TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $157k → 26%FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $429k → 10%SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE: $149k → 18%INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS (IAIA): $457k → 12%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $339k → 32%CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $152k → 25%TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $139k → 26%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $190k → 32%TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $135k → 26%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $149k → 32%NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $147k → 32%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
SD
UT
NE
MD
AZ
NM
KS
OK
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38M · 42 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
7

Total granted

$38M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+262%

Still filing today

57%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $458k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $14M · revenue +145%
  • NT
    NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +113%
  • UT
    UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    7× · 2018–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • AI
    AMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $1.3M · revenue +262%
  • LC
    LAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $53k · revenue +120%
  • BT
    BLACKFEET TRIBE
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California Indian Nations College

California Indian college (cinc), is dedicated to building educational strength and will provide educational opportunities leading to degrees for American Indians and all students with indigenous backgrounds

Education
2
North Dakota Tribal College System

Advancing tribal colleges through collaboration and shared goals. ndtcs leverages the higher education experience by sharing ideas and broadening networks and alliances, toward improving students' outcomes.

Education
3
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
4
Alaska Pacific University

Apu provides a world-class, hands-on, culturally-responsive educational experience in collaboration with our students, communities, and tribal partners.

Education
5
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

To offer postsecondary education in acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine

Education
6
American Indian College Fund

The american indian college fund invests in native students and tribal college education to transform lives and communities.

Education
7
American Indian Institute

The american indian institute's mission is to perpetuate the ancient wisdom and cultural heritage of north america's native people and to promote a greater understanding of that wisdom amoung all people.

Human Services
8
North American University

North american university (nau) is a private and non-profit institution offering bachelor's and master's degrees. the university is committed to teaching excellence and being student centered. nau strives to provide an environment…

Education
9
Northwest Indian College Foundation

The northwest indian college foundation is committed to addressing the financial gap faced by students attending northwest indian college and assist them in realizing their goals and dreams.

Education
10
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
11
Trocaire College

Trocaire college, a private, career-oriented catholic college, in the spirit of the sisters of mercy, strives to empower students toward personal enrichment, dignity and self-worth through education in a variety of professions and in the…

Education
12
California Tribal College

To operate exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. these purposes include, but are not limited to, (i) development, sponsorship and operation of a college of higher education for the benefit of tribal members, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Indian College; the most unlike its peers is Native Research Network Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION: $13,638,726 · OtherINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATIONFOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $8,720,029 · OtherFOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGENAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $2,893,037 · OtherNAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYAMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINC: $1,300,000 · OtherBAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,181,452 · Other+29 more: $4,103,100 · Other+29 moreUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $1,827,203 · EducationUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL…FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,372,106 · EducationFOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND …TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,280,272 · EducationTURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNI…CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,083,383 · EducationCANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUN…INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS & ALASKA NATIVE: $502,142 · EducationINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN I…BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $445,530 · EducationSALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE INC: $415,677 · Education+12 more: $1,571,869 · Education+12 moreNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $334,609 · PhilanthropyNative Research Network Inc: $34,394 · Health
Other$31,836,344Education$8,498,182Philanthropy$334,609Health$34,394

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION: $13,638,726 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetNAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $2,893,037 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $1,827,203 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetFOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,372,106 over 4y, 22% of budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,280,272 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,083,383 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS & ALASKA NATIVE: $502,142 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $445,530 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE INC: $415,677 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION: $404,479 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $334,609 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSITTING BULL COLLEGE: $325,975 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE: $268,574 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLITTLE PRIEST TRIBAL COLLEGE: $203,857 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetFORT PECK COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $187,276 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRED LAKE NATION COLLEGE: $184,808 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS INC: $172,700 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $170,314 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBoard of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: $144,390 over 3y, 22% of budgetHaskell Foundation: $141,852 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetIlisagvik College: $123,719 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSTONE CHILD COLLEGE: $117,768 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE: $115,735 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWHITE EARTH TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $111,480 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAANIIIH NAKODA COLLEGE (FORT BELKNAP COLLEGE): $92,750 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE UNIVERSITY: $72,657 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE SCHOOL: $53,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNative Research Network Inc: $34,394 over 2y, 27% of budgetCHIEF DULL KNIFE COLLEGE: $29,204 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $17,430 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS TRUST: $8,400 over 1y, 1.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS & ALASKA NATIVE ↗
  • Who funds BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SITTING BULL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE PRIEST TRIBAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FORT PECK COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RED LAKE NATION COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS INC ↗
  • Who funds TOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ↗
  • Who funds Haskell Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Ilisagvik College ↗
  • Who funds STONE CHILD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WHITE EARTH TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AANIIIH NAKODA COLLEGE (FORT BELKNAP COLLEGE) ↗
  • Who funds LAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE UNIVERSITY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ascendium Education S…American Indian Colle…First Nations Develop…Achieving the Dream I…Theodore R and Vivian…Sovereign Equity FundNative American Agric…Northwest Area Founda…North Dakota Communit…Helen Gough Fdn TrustAssociation of Tribal…The Aspen Institute I…
Ascendium Education Solutions IncWI69.8× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · American Indian College Fund · First Nations Development Institute · Achieving the Dream Inc · Theodore R and Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation Inc · Sovereign Equity Fund · Native American Agriculture Fund · Northwest Area Foundation · North Dakota Community Foundation · Helen Gough Fdn Trust · Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums · The Aspen Institute Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Achieving the Dream Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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