Northwest Indian College received a $196,500 grant from the USDA. The college was one of twenty-two  tribal colleges in nine states to receive funding through the USDA Rural Development Tribal College Initiative grant program.

The funding will be used to begin Phase III of building on the Northwest Indian College Campus. Phase III consists of: Engineering, Clearing, Common Utilities, Water Distribution Systems, Sanitary Sewer Systems, Storm Water Retention, Water Quality Control Systems, Roadway Construction, Lighting, and Sidewalks.

Previously the Northwest Indian College had received a $300,000 to construct a new child care facility on its campus in 2006. It received two additional grants in 2007 from the Child Care Initiative to support this facility which is intended to have a positive impact on student recruitment and retention as more than 60% of its student body are female. Of that group 85% are single mothers.