Areas
of Need Introduction | Capital
Needs | Annual
Needs | Endowment
Needs
ANNUAL NEEDS
IAIA’s Annual Fund: Goal $540,000
Gifts to IAIA’s Annual Fund support innovative academic projects,
cultural events, emergency financial aid, and much more, all of which
ensure a thriving and dynamic learning environment for our students.
Unrestricted support provides the Institute with the flexibility to assign
funds to the areas in which they are needed most.
These gifts help us to fulfill our core educational mission, and provide
support to critical areas not funded by grants from public and private
agencies, which often restrict funding to specific uses.
IAIA’s CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
program is another source of unrestricted funds that provides support
for unique programming opportunities in the academic and cultural arenas.
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IAIA SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Goal $300,000
More than 3,800 Native Students from across the United States, students
who represent approximately 90% of the 562 federally-recognized Tribes
in this nation, have graduated from the Institute. (Click
here to download representative map [2.4MB PDF file].) Although rich
in talent, energy and creative spirit, 90-95% of IAIA students traditionally
will have unmet financial needs. The majority come from economically impoverished
reservations located in rural, isolated communities. Their family income
levels are predominately below federal poverty standards and scholarships
and financial aid are crucial for continuation of their study. By supporting
the IAIA Scholarship Fund, you will help educate the next generation of
contemporary Indian artists, and preserve the rich cultural heritage of
America’s first peoples.
Tuition and fees for a full-time, on-campus IAIA student are $5,268
per semester: Tuition $1,200; Room and Board $2,268; Books and Supplies
$925, Transportation $275; and personal/miscellaneous $600. Off-campus
student needs are higher due to the cost of housing and other living expenses
in Santa Fe.
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| Randy’L He-dow
Teton, Shoshone-Bannock-Cree, Class of 1996 |
"It became my dream to pursue higher education in the professional
field of Museum work as a means to preserve, record and share the culture
of my people. Growing up on the Shoshone-Bannock reservation in Ft. Hall,
Idaho, I saw first-hand how important it was to preserve our culture for
future generations. Receiving scholarship support to attend IAIA for a degree
in Museum Studies made my dream a reality. In May of 1996, I graduated from
IAIA with an associate of fine art degree in Museum Studies and went on
to receive my bachelor of fine art degree from the University of New Mexico.
Today, I work with my Tribe, the Shoshone-Bannock, where I am learning about
tribal economic development as it impacts not only the quality of life for
my people, but the state of Idaho and the larger world community.
I hope that you will consider making a dream come true for those that are
now walking the path at IAIA that I once walked by making a contribution
to the IAIA Scholarship Fund. Whether it’s in the classroom,
the studio, the performing arts, or the library, IAIA students, faculty
and alumni share high ideals and a powerful commitment to make a difference
in the world by ensuring a deeper cultural understanding of America’s
first peoples, and by conributing economically to our communities, and to
the larger world community."
— Randy’L He-dow Teton
To help students meet these financial costs each academic year, the IAIA
Scholarship Fund provides two types of financial support:
1) Need-Based Scholarships: $500 in scholarship support per semester
to students enrolled in a federally recognized tribe.
2) Merit Scholarships: $500 per semester to students who have an
accumulative 3.0 grade point average, $750 per semester for a 3.5 grade
point average, and $1,000 per semester for a 4.0 grade point average.
In addition to the IAIA Scholarship Fund, students also supplement their
financial aid through the Federal Pell Grant Program and Tribal scholarship
awards.
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