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Assistance listing · 15.042

Indian School Equalization

Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 15.042, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.

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Federal agencies obligated $367M in awards under assistance listing 15.042, Indian School Equalization , in FY2025, and $2.0B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 209 of 1056 on this site.

Obligations were down 10% on FY2024 ($409M), with $405M so far in FY2026.

The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ($121M), Santa Fe Indian School, Inc. ($65M) and Chief Leschi Schools ($61M).

By place of performance, the most money went to AZ, NM and SD.

$367Mobligations, FY2025FY2025 (1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025) · obligations
$2.0Bfive-year totalFY2022–FY2026 to date · obligations
$405MFY2026 to dateFY2026 · obligations
209 of 1056rank among programs on this sitefive-year obligations
8awards of $1.0M+ since FY2022FY2022–FY2026

Obligations by fiscal year

$433M
$414M
$409M
$367M
$405M
FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Obligations under listing 15.042 by fiscal year. *FY2026 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

Compared with the largest program FY2025

MeasureThis programGrants to States for MedicaidAll assistance
Obligations, FY2025$367M$666B$4.5T
Five-year total$2.0B$3.2T$21T
Share of all assistance obligations, five years0%15.2%100%

Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025

#OrganisationObligations
1Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians$121M
2Santa Fe Indian School, Inc.$65M
3Chief Leschi Schools$61M
4Little Wound School Board, Inc$46M
5The Cherokee Boys Club, Inc.$42M
6Cibecue Community Education Board, Inc.$38M
7Sicangu Oyate Ho (voice of the Burnt Thigh People), Inc.$35M
8Hopi Junior/Senior High School Inc$35M
9Lummi Indian Business Council$33M
10Mescalero Apache School$31M
11Rock Point School, Incorporated$30M
12Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians$29M
13Department of Education Arizona$26M
14Navajo Preparatory School, Inc.$24M
15Shiprock Associated School, Inc.$23M
16Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation$22M
17Standing Rock Community Grant School$21M
18Ramah Navajo School Board Inc$21M
19Tiospa Zina Tribal School$21M
20Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Schools, Inc$20M
21Shonto Preparatory School District$19M
22Laguna Department of Education$19M
23Ch'ooshgai Community School Board of Education, Inc.$19M
24Casa Blanca Community School, Inc.$19M
25Lukachukai Community School$18M

Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards

Where the money goes

Largest awards since FY2022

RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueBegunPlaceRecord
Cherokee NationDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$9.8M29 Jul 2022OKUSAspending
Choctaw Nation of OklahomaDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$5.1M16 Aug 2022OKUSAspending
Kickapoo Nation SchoolDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$2.1M12 Aug 2022KSUSAspending
Muscogee Creek NationDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$1.7M18 Aug 2022OKUSAspending
Chickasaw NationDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationGrantProject Grant (B)$1.4M4 Aug 2022OKUSAspending
Tesuque Pueblo AdministrationDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationOther assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance$1.2M11 Jul 2024NMUSAspending
Tesuque Pueblo AdministrationDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationOther assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance$1.1M28 Jul 2023NMUSAspending
Tesuque Pueblo AdministrationDepartment of the InteriorBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian EducationOther assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance$1.1M14 Jul 2022NMUSAspending

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Questions and answers

How much is obligated under assistance listing 15.042?

$367M in FY2025 and $2.0B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.

Who receives the most under Indian School Equalization ?

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ($121M), Santa Fe Indian School, Inc. ($65M), Chief Leschi Schools ($61M), Little Wound School Board, Inc ($46M), The Cherokee Boys Club, Inc. ($42M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".

What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?

A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.