Annual Report 2018
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Corey Still, (United Keetoowah Band) is an AIGCS/Gates Millennium Scholarship recipient pursuing a Ph.D. in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Oklahoma.
2018 Geographical Scope Student Home & College States HOME STATES 278-204 99-67 52-25 19-5 4-1 0
COLLEGE STATES 242-107 69-45 38-20 18-5 4-1 0
2018 Number of Students Served
Undergraduate
0
Graduate
Women: 483
Women: 395
Men: 399
Men: 216
100
200
300
400
500
600
Total Undergraduate: 882
700
800
05
0
100
150
200
250
Total Graduate: 611
300
350
400
Total Students: 1493 Represented Tribes
Academic Institutions
204
392
Individual Tribes
Institutions
2018 Financial Overview Sources of AIGC/AIGCS Funds
Revenue: How AIGC/AIGCS Funds Are Generated Corporate
$587,090
4%
Federal
$3,082,776
21%
Foundations
$10,463,878
72%
Individual
$276,120
2%
Investment income
$137,314
1%
Tribal
$10,000
0.10%
$14,557,178*
100%
TOTAL *DEFERRED REVENUE
$6,255,642
Foundations
72%
Federal
21%
Corporate
4%
Individual
2%
Investments
1%
Tribal
0.10%
Use of AIGC/AIGCS Funds
Expenses: How AIGC/AIGCS Funds Are Spent Scholarships
$13,011,103
87%
Administrative Expenses
$800,869
5%
Outreach Programs
$556,947
4%
Management Programs
$408,205
3%
Fundraising
$126,426
1%
$14,903,550
100%
TOTAL
Scholarships
87%
Administrative Expenses
5%
Outreach & Programs
4%
Management Programs
3%
Fundraising
1%
FY18 Program Highlight
AIGC Launches Students of the Year Award
Pictured (l. to r.) Joshua Lucio, Sara LaBarge, Rebecca St. Germaine, Brook Thompson, Angelique Albert, Ernie Stevens, Jr.
Brook Thompson (undergraduate) and Dr. Rebecca St Germaine (graduate) were selected as the inaugural winners of AIGC’s Students of the Year Award. Created as an annual award to spotlight AIGC’s elite scholars, the Students of the Year awardees are selected from the undergraduate and graduate Students of the Month recipients.
Committee on Indian Affairs in 2018. In addition, Brook grew up with traditional brush dance, weaving small baskets, beading, gathering traditional foods, and learning Yurok. Brook hopes to improve her tribe’s sustainability and infrastructure through her degree in civil engineering. She also plans to receive her Ph.D. in civil engineering and sit on her tribal council.
Students of the Year awardees are honored with a plaque and an Eighth Generation wool blanket in conjunction with a celebration during the National Indian Gaming Association Tradeshow and Convention. Students also receive a $500 honorarium.
Dr. Rebecca St. Germaine, a citizen of the Wisconsin Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe Nation, is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She is a contributing author in various publications in pharmaceutical outcomes research. Dr. St. Germaine draws from her tribal background to better understand the cultural health beliefs of other indigenous nations to provide continuing education to medical staff that train in cultural competencies. In addition, she serves as the Indian Health Board Chairwoman. Dr. St. Germaine’s desire is to continue to improve recognition of cultural health belief constructs for rural populations in underserved areas.
“We are thrilled to have such an impressive alumni presence across Indian Country. Brook and Rebecca are the epitome of why AIGC was established: to empower leaders in all sectors across this country,” said Angelique Albert, Executive Director of AIGC. Brook Thompson, a citizen of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California, is currently a civil engineering major at Portland State University. Brook interned in Washington D.C. at the Senate
AIGC would like to thank the following strategic partners: Accenture American Indian Business Leaders AMERIND Risk Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bureau of Indian Education Hispanic Scholarship Fund Salish Kootenai College San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community United Negro College Fund Wells Fargo