College Fund Newsroom
Find press releases, College Fund student stories, and essential information centered around our work and Native higher education.
As the largest charity supporting Native higher education for over 35 years, the American Indian College Fund believes that Education is the Answer. We provide scholarships, resources, and programs to help Native students thrive, graduate, and lead their communities into a brighter future.
Press Releases
American Indian College Fund Faculty Advisor Serves as Fulbright Specialist
American Indian College Fund Faculty Advisor Serves as Fulbright Specialist Stephen Wall Uses Experience on Faculty Advisory Council to Aid Aboriginal Community Denver, Colo., September 10, 2026 — American Indian College Fund (College Fund) Faculty Advisory Council...
American Indian College Fund Welcomes New Cohort of Faculty Fellows
American Indian College Fund Welcomes New Cohort of Faculty Fellows Denver, Colo., August 25, 2026 — The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) is supporting six new faculty fellows with funding to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees to enhance the academic...
Recent Blogs
American Indian College Fund Faculty Advisor Serves as Fulbright Specialist
American Indian College Fund Faculty Advisor Serves as Fulbright Specialist Stephen Wall Uses Experience on Faculty Advisory Council to Aid Aboriginal Community Denver, Colo., September 10, 2026 — American Indian College Fund (College Fund) Faculty Advisory Council...
Observing Orange Shirt Day and the Dark History of Boarding Schools
Darker aspects of a nation’s history are often depicted as part of its past. Be it the United States, Canada, or any other country born of colonial conquest, we like to think that society has evolved and is detached from any atrocities that came before. Even the Civil...
College Fund and TCUs In the News
Media coverage of the American Indian College Fund — stories featuring our work, our scholars, and the tribal colleges and universities we support.
Federal budget could shutter America’s Tribal Colleges and Universities
May 14, 2026
New computer science in art degree brings worlds together at Santa Fe’s IAIA
April 13, 2026
Tribal Colleges Brace for Disruption as Oversight Shifts to Interior Department
Dec 4, 2025
Why We Must Fully Fund Tribal Colleges and Universities
Sep 11, 2025
Campaigns and Advertising
Our latest public awareness and advocacy campaigns centered on Native scholars and tribal communities. The American Indian College Fund accepts donations of advertising time and space; please direct advertising inquiries to (303) 426-8900.
Indigenous Everyday
2025-Present
Defy the Storm
2025
Move Aside
2023
Reports
Reports highlighting the impact the American Indian College Fund and Tribal Colleges and Universities have on students and tribal communities.
Annual Report
2024-2025
Audited Financial Report
2024-2025
Native Pathways
2025
Student Biographies
Stories from our students about their unique journeys through higher education and the ways they’re shaping their futures and Tribal Nations.
Sam (Cherokee)
Princeton University
Deanna (Navajo)
Haskell Indian Nations University
Amanda (Lower Brule Sioux)
Sinte Gleska University
150,600
scholars served since 1989
$208
million of scholarship support since 1989
$13
million of non-scholarship support (internships and other programs)
6,900
scholarships awarded in 2024-25
$22.2
million in scholarships for 2024-25
2,500
first year scholars in 2024-25
34
Tribal Colleges and Universities Supported
Press Kit
Annual Report
2024-2025
Impact Report
2024-2025
FAQs
2026
Financials
2013-2026
Leadership Bios
2026
Logos
2026
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