Title 25 › Chapter 20— TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE › Subchapter II— TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT PROGRAM › § 1832
The Secretary must set up a program that gives endowment grants to tribally controlled colleges or universities that already get certain federal help. A school can get a grant in more than one year, but it cannot get a grant for a year if it already got a different federal endowment grant for that same year. No grant is made unless the school signs an agreement with the Secretary. The agreement must create and protect a trust fund, require deposits of the federal money, a school match equal to half of each federal contribution, and any earnings, and say how the money will be invested. Trust fund: a fund set up by the school or a tax-exempt foundation to produce income for the school and it may include real estate. The money must earn at least the usual interest for similar accounts. If the school withdraws its own capital, the federal share equal to twice that withdrawal must be returned to the Secretary to be given to other schools. The earnings cannot benefit any private person, and the agreement must include recordkeeping and audit rules to protect the United States and the program’s purpose.
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25 U.S.C. § 1832
Title 25 — Indians
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Apr 5, 2026
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