Recipient of federal assistance · BELLINGHAM, WA

NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE

NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE received $9.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 22 actions, +9.9% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2022: $38.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education ($6.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$9.3M
New awards
4
Actions
22
Since FY2022
$38.9M
UEI
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Location
BELLINGHAM, WA
Colleges and universities
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.2MFY2022
  2. 6.9MFY2023
  3. 8.1MFY2024
  4. 8.5MFY2025
  5. 9.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$9.1M97%
  2. Direct payments$249.3K2.7%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.027 · Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities$6.5M70%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$900K9.7%
  3. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$500K5.4%
  4. 10.227 · 1994 Institutions Research Grants$350K3.8%
  5. 84.101 · Career and Technical Education - Grants to Native Americans and Alaska Natives$318K3.4%
  6. 10.517 · Tribal Colleges Extension Programs$273K2.9%
  7. 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$250K2.7%
  8. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$249.3K2.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$6.5M70%
    Department of the Interior
  2. National Science Foundation$900K9.7%
  3. Department of Education$818K8.8%
  4. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$623K6.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$250K2.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. National Institutes of Health$249.3K2.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. FY25 TCU$10.7M
    15.027 · Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Grant· Aug 26, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026· A25AP00232
  2. NATIVE AMERICAN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (NACTEP)$1.6M
    84.101 · Career and Technical Education - Grants to Native Americans and Alaska Natives· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 14, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· V101A210057
  3. INDIGENOUS STRENGTHS AS SOLUTIONS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS (PROJECT ISH) - ABSTRACT THE NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE (NWIC) IN PARTNERSHIP…$1.5M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 9, 2024 – Aug 20, 2026· OT2DA061143
  4. FY25 TCU FIAND R$1.4M
    15.027 · Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Grant· Mar 14, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· A25AB00152
  5. NWIC CAPACITY$1.1M
    10.517 · Tribal Colleges Extension Programs· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Sep 14, 2022 – Jul 31, 2026· 20224700338382
  6. NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE NATIVE CONNECTIONS - THE FENTANYL AND DRUG OVERDOSE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS HAS REACHED EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS IN OUR…$1M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 26, 2023 – Jul 8, 2026· H79SM088770

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $54.2K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$54.2K100%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $200K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $140K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $137.4K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $53.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $54K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $54.2K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2022–FY2026.