Native Voices Rising Grants

Native Voices Rising (NVR) offers grants to empower Native-led grassroots organizations in the U.S. With over $16 million awarded since inception, NVR focuses on enhancing lives through collective action and advocacy. Eligible organizations must be Native-led and engage community members in policy improvement efforts. NVR supports initiatives addressing environmental justice, health, and youth involvement, with a commitment to fostering leadership and social change within Native communities.

Native Voices Rising (NVR)
Since our inception, Native Voices Rising has awarded over $16 million in grants to more than 380 Native-led grassroots organizations. These grants have empowered initiatives that enhance the lives of tens of thousands of Native community members across Indian Country. Our grant partners have been at the forefront of addressing critical issues, from championing environmental and climate justice to advancing health and healing and fostering youth and intergenerational involvement.
Guidelines
Native Voices Rising (NVR) is a fiscally sponsored project of Common Counsel Foundation. Native Voices Rising provides general operating support grants that are intended to strengthen Native-led groups that have a membership base in the community, work to develop leadership, and take collective action to win progressive social change.
Eligible organizations are rooted in a Native community, led by Native people, improve Native communities through organizing and advocacy, engage large numbers of community members to take action together, and seek to improve the policies and rules that impact the community.

Eligibility

Before applying to Native Voices Rising, please review the following questions to determine whether you meet our funding guidelines:Is your organization based in and serving a Native community or population?Does your organization have a strong set of leaders and board members composed of 51% Native Americans who represent and are accountable to the community that is served?Does your organization have a leadership development or political education program for Native community members?Does your organization engage Native community members in determining priorities and the focus of its programs?Does your organization engage a significant number of community members to take collective action to promote public policy or campaign for corporate accountability to address the problems in your community? (This can be at the tribal, local, state, national, or international levels, as well as against corporate actors)Does your organization have IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, 7871 Designation, or a fiscal sponsor who does?

Ineligibility

We are UNABLE to support the following:Organizations that are not based in the United States and its territoriesGrantmaking or re-granting institutions
Capital campaigns, construction or renovation programs, endowments
Scholarship funds or other aid to individualsResearch or fellowships
Land trusts/land acquisitions
Government sponsored programs or programs undertaken by tax-supported institutions