Funding Amount

$100,000 per year (two-year commitment)

Deadline

May 3, 2026

26 days left

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Self-Determination Grant

Overview: Community Self-Determination Grants support community-based and community-driven sustainable solutions in NDN Collective's core strategies to Defend, Develop and Decolonize.

Geographic Scope: Tribes, First Nations, Inuit, Metis and Indigenous-led nonprofit organizations across the post-colonial borders of the continental U.S., Canada, Mexico, Islands of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Focus Areas:

  • Protecting land and water

  • Developing sustainable food systems

  • Revitalizing Indigenous languages and lifeways

  • Community-driven sustainable solutions

  • Defense, development, and decolonization of Indigenous Peoples and the planet
  • Eligibility:

  • Tribes

  • First Nations

  • Inuit

  • Metis

  • Indigenous-led nonprofit organizations

  • National organizations eligible but NDN prioritizes community-based efforts
  • Funding Amount:

  • $100,000 per year with two-year commitments

  • Maximum grant award: $200,000 over two years

  • $4 million in funding available

  • Flexible, multi-year funding including general operating support, power and capacity building, capital and holistic support
  • Contact: NDN Collective, 408 Knollwood Dr., Rapid City, SD 57701, Phone: (605) 791-3999

    Background: Second year of open application period announced April 4, 2023.

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    1. Complete Initial Application (accessed on the Community Self-Determination Grant page on NDN Collective website)
    2. Submit Initial Application by 5pm CST on deadline date

    Deadline: Initial Applications due by 5pm CST on Wednesday, May 3, 2023

    Materials Required: Initial Application form (details not specified in provided content)

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    native-americansnonprofitsenvironmentagriculture

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