Lisa Murkowski
08/05/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/05/2026 10:39
Murkowski Announces Release of $41.3 Million for Alaska Native Education Program Grants
08.05.26
Murkowski Announces Release of $41.3 Million for Alaska Native Education Program Grants
Washington, DC-U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that the U.S. Department of Education (USED) has obligated $41.3 million in continuation awards through the Alaska Native Education Program (ANEP), providing long-awaited funding for 26 Alaska grantees. The continuation awards were expected to be released on July 1 but were delayed until Senator Murkowski engaged directly with the Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon last week to expedite the awards.
"Last week, I raised this issue with Secretary McMahon, and I'm pleased she agreed to expedite the obligation of the funds for the Alaska Native Education Program grants that Congress appropriated earlier this year," said Senator Murkowski. "ANEP helps Alaska Native Tribes, Tribal organizations, eligible schools, and other organizations meet the needs of Alaska Native students in wide variety of ways. Grants provide, for example, culturally relevant curriculum, tutoring and other academic supports, indigenous language revitalization, workforce development opportunities, teacher professional development, postsecondary planning and support, and success, early childhood education, and afterschool programming. I will continue to champion this program and work with the Department to ensure this funding is administered more expeditiously going forward."
The $41.3 million in continuation funding will fully support all 2024 and 2025 ANEP grantees. Grantees awarded funding in 2024 will receive the third and final year of their three-year grant period, while 2025 grantees will receive the second year of funding under their three-year awards.
|
Applicant Name |
Amount ($) |
|
Bering Strait School District |
$1,410,851.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$1,882,656.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$2,510,974.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$3,050,816.00 |
|
Northwest Arctic Borough School District |
$1,229,831.00 |
|
Lower Yukon School District |
$1,360,604.00 |
|
Bristol Bay Foundation |
$1,484,529.00 |
|
Bristol Bay Foundation |
$1,448,211.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$1,949,549.00 |
|
Goldbelt Heritage Foundation |
$960,885.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$2,105,010.00 |
|
Ilisagvik College |
$1,000,000.00 |
|
Cook Inlet Tribal Council |
$1,122,189.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$2,687,375.00 |
|
EXCEL Alaska, Inc. dba Alaska EXCEL |
$1,500,000.00 |
|
Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc. |
$1,438,415.00 |
|
Northwest Arctic Borough School District |
$938,925.00 |
|
Hydaburg City School District |
$1,432,240.00 |
|
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. |
$1,499,686.00 |
|
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. |
$1,497,478.00 |
|
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
$2,341,969.00 |
|
Knik Tribe |
$1,473,545.00 |
|
Doyon Foundation |
$902,006.00 |
|
Goldbelt Heritage Foundation |
$1,393,768.00 |
|
LEARNING POINT ALASKA INC |
$1,241,329.00 |
|
Native Village of Napakiak |
$1,462,806.00 |
|
Total |
$41,325,647.00 |
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