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2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR STRENGTH OUR MISSION The American Indian College Fund invests in Native students and tribal college education to transform lives and communities. EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER EDUCATION TABLE OF CONTENTS How Your Donations Are Used: Fulfilling Our Mission . 2 Our Impact 2019-20 . 3 Message from the President . 4 Where Our Scholars Study . 6 Meeting Challenges in the Wake of the Pandemic . 8 Rx for Healthy Communities: Investing in Education . 10–15 California Tribe Invests in State’s Future Leaders . 16 Native Representation in Arts and Student Success Are Woven Together into Partnership with Pendleton Woolen Mills . 18 American Indian College Fund Supporters . 20 2019-20 Governing Board of Trustees . 23 Audited Financial Information . 24 1 HOW YOUR DONATIONS ARE USED: FULFILLING OUR MISSION Scholarships, Programs, and Administration Fundraising Public Education 72.08%* 4.55%* 23.37%* OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU For more than 30 years, the American Indian College Fund has been committed to transparency and accountability while serving our students, tribal colleges, and communities. We consistently receive top ratings from independent charity evaluators. EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER EDUCATION • We earned the “Best in America Seal of Excellence” from the Independent Charities of America. Of the one million charities operating in the United States, fewer than 2,000 organizations have been awarded this seal. • The College Fund meets the Standards for Charity Accountability of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance. • The College Fund received a Gold Seal of Transparency from Guidestar. • The College Fund consistently receives high ratings from Charity Navigator. For more ratings and information, please visit www.collegefund.org/aboutus. *Percentages are a five-year average functional expense. 2 OUR IMPACT 2019-20 Total Scholarships Distributed: 6,084 Students Served: 3,967 Scholarship Support in 2019-20: $9,254,000 First-Generation Scholars Served: 54.8% (2,175 of 3,967) Other Direct Student Support: $1,779,000 Program Support Distributed: $4,200,000 Top Five Student Majors: business administration, general studies, liberal arts, American Indian/Native American studies, early childhood education Total Scholarship Support Since 1989: $128,949,000 Total Student, Program, and Institutional Support Since 1989: $237,100,000 3 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends, Indigenous people have experienced inequity and injustice since the arrival of Europeans in the Americas. Today, nearly 600 years later, Indigenous people still struggle with access to our nation’s education, political, and economic systems. Yet this year has been remarkable, despite the challenges. COVID-19 revealed the deep fault lines of inequity in our country. Indian Country has been the hardest hit by the ongoing pandemic due to reserva- tions’ limited access to quality health care and safe housing, their remote EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER EDUCATION locations in food and technology deserts, and more. Yet Native people Then, on the heels of the coronavirus, came the murder of George Floyd. united to respond quickly to protect and support their communities, People nationwide—and indeed, around the world—came together to serving as role models for the rest of the nation as we worked to protect demand justice, equity, and visibility for people of color. This shined a our elders, to identify and implement protocols for safe education and spotlight on the rights of Indigenous people in a way not seen since the other gatherings, and to deliver food and other essential items to those Civil Rights Movement, the era in which tribal colleges and universities in need. And our students called upon their innate resilience to continue (TCUs) were born. their mission to earn a higher education to serve their communities. Governments, corporations, professional sports franchises, universities, and high schools nationwide are discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion. They are discussing treaty rights and cultural preservation. They are considering the psychological impact that place names, flags, team mascots, and statues have on our nation’s first inhabitants and other people of color. Indigenous people are being seen and our voices are being heard. In response to these remarkable times, the American Indian College Fund and our partners saw both the need and the opportunity to strengthen our focus on higher education. We know that education is the answer to creating a more equitable future for Native people. It is through education that students develop the skills they need to participate and maintain the principles of democracy—principles that have been ingrained in Indigenous cultures for centuries. 4 During the crisis, our conversations with our students inspired us. Their The stories in this annual report are told by our students and data. They commitment to education as a tool to better their lives for themselves, illustrate together the many ways our alliances as educators, allies, and their families, and their communities is unwavering. Yet while most supporters have upheld the promise and importance of educational college students struggled to transition to online learning, we were success for Native people, and what that means for all of our futures. alarmed to learn of the number of our scholars that were faced with Through your support we will continue to work towards our shared vision having to drop out of school due to lack of access to technology or of educational success and a brighter future for all Native people, and, for other reasons. Forty-four percent of our scholars major in science, indeed, all people. technology, engineering, health care, and education. Native communi- ties desperately need educated professionals in these fields. We knew Sincerely, we could not afford to lose a generation of skilled, educated workers in Indian Country. The College Fund quickly sprang into action to raise funds to meet our students’ emergent needs. They included the technology and tools needed to attend online classes; food, medicines, and hygiene supplies Cheryl Crazy Bull necessary to shelter in place; and more. President and CEO We also provided support to TCU faculty to help them transition their skills to distance learning environments and adapted the College Fund’s services to students and TCUs to provide online delivery while we increased personal outreach. The College Fund was able to explore impact, advocate for our students and TCUs, promote visibility, provide aid, and plan for future support because of the generosity of our supporters. This generosity is also powerfully symbolic, representing their continued belief in education as a tool to create equity, which is fundamental to a vibrant democracy and resiliency, as our supporters, too, face many of the challenges Native people and institutions are facing. 5 33c 33 WHERE OUR SCHOLARS STUDY 33b 33e 196 194 33a 195 17b 197 13 33d 198 193 120 18 12 27 166 17a 85 17 15 163 123 15a 143 24 147 10 33f 25 25c 108 162 25a 25d 145 11 9 8 6 103 102 5 160 165 121 25b 28 146 144 110 199 5a 6a 5d 124 119 118 109 16 26 35c 128 122 145 113 35b 96 26a 32 114 35 5c 164 173 97 161 171 26b 35a 34 30j 139 98 174 30d 175 170 107112 5b 136 99 30i 31a 172 115 200 34a 56 30c30 176 111 7 10489 138 168 53 84 30a 31 177 100 30f 30h 10589 81 30g 30b 30e 31b 178 19b 10689 82 20a 10189 137 190 20b 59 47 19a 19 127 201 20 62 50 55 191192 20c 87 86 167 57 126 125 68 74 187 61 189 76 67 79 70 49 75 78 91 188 80 4 65 89 88 90 51 77 46 117 22b 141 2c 60 40 2 140 48 42 2a 149 2d 22a 21 179 142 63 71 2e 22 131 152 2b 151 150 159 154 44 54 52 41 135 23 45 129 158 29 148 64 38 39 186 169 134 130 156 157 153 58 132 155 72 73 43 3 133 66 1 93 69 182 116 180 184 36 92 185 95 181 183 94 37 83 TCUs TCU Satellite Campuses Tribal Colleges and Universities Traditional Colleges and Universities EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER EDUCATION Alaska 10 Red Lake Nation College, Red Lake 23 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, 30h Porcupine 1 Ilisagvik College, Barrow 11 White Earth Tribal and Community Albuquerque 30i Rapid City Arizona College, Mahnomen North Dakota 30j Wanblee Dine College, Tsaile* 31 Sinte Gleska University, Mission** 2 Montana 24 Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Chinle 31a Lower Brule 2a 12 Aaniiih Nakoda College, Harlem Fort Totten Crownpoint, New Mexico 31b Marty 2b 13 Blackfeet Community College, Browning 25 Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, New Shiprock, New Mexico 32 Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sisseton 2c 14 Chief Dull Knife College, Lame Deer Town* Tuba City 2d 15 Fort Peck Community College, Poplar 25a Mandaree Washington 2e Window Rock Parshall 15a Wolf Point 25b 33 Northwest Indian College, Bellingham* Tohono O’odham Community College, Sells 3 16 Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency 25c Twin Buttes 33a Auburn White Shield Kansas 17 Salish Kootenai College, Pablo* 25d 33b Kingston Toppenish, Washington 26 Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates** 4 Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence* 17a 33c La Conner McLaughlin, South Dakota 17b Yakama, Washington 26a 33d Olympia Michigan Mobridge, South Dakota 18 Stone Child College, Box Elder 26b 33e Tulalip 5 Bay Mills Community College, Brimley Turtle Mountain Community College, Nebraska 27 33f Lapwai, Idaho 5a L’Anse Belcourt* Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago Wisconsin 5b Manistee 19 28 United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck* Petoskey 19a HoChunk Village 5c Oklahoma 34 College of Menominee Nation, Keshena* 19b Sioux City, Iowa 5d Sault Ste . Marie Green Bay* Nebraska Indian Community College, 29 College of the Muscogee Nation, 34a 6 Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community 20 Macy Okmulgee 35 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Baraga College, Hayward L’Anse 20a Niobrara South Dakota 6a 35a Hertel 7 Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, 20b South Sioux City Oglala Lakota College, Kyle** 30 35b Lac du Flambeau Mount Pleasant 20c Walthill Allen 30a 35c Washburn Minnesota New Mexico 30b Batesland 30c Eagle Butte 8 Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College, 21 Institute of American Indian Arts, Cloquet Santa Fe** 30d Manderson Martin * TCUs offering bachelor’s degrees.