Deadline: 1-Feb-25
The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and Western Mining Action Network (WMAN) is seeking submissions for the Mining Mini-Grant Program.
They recognize that mining activity has detrimental impacts to all aspects of community and cultural wellbeing and IEN-WMAN encourages projects that strive to protect the environment, ecosystems, cultural resources, and community health from mining impacts.
Funding Information
- The IEN/WMAN Mining Mini-Grants Program offers $4,000 USD financial grant assistance to non-profit grassroots communities threatened or adversely affected by mining in the U.S. and Canada.
Eligibility Criteria
- Priority is given to Tribal/First Nations/Indigenous communities and non-profit community-based grassroots groups directly affected by mining. They strive to award at least half of the funding under this program to Indigenous-led organizations because mining has disproportionate impacts on Indigenous Peoples and their traditional lands.
- Secondarily, they will fund proposals from regional or national organizations in the U.S. and Canada working on mining-specific issues.
- Priority is given to applicants with an organizational or mining-specific program budget under $75,000 U.S.
Criteria
- Additional Grant Criteria:
- The Program funds work that directly addresses hard rock/mineral/metals mining issues, such as gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin and lead, uranium, placer, and coal mining. Legacy, closed and abandoned mine issues are included and do fit this Program. Your proposal should discuss which type of mining issue is impacting the environment or your community and how you will use these Program funds to address it.
- Requests must be Project-Specific for needs such as scientific/technical/legal assistance, organizing, education and outreach, development of materials, media development, reports, travel, mailings, interns and consultants, etc. to be fulfilled within the next twelve months on a specific mining campaign.
- Applicants may only receive one grant per twelve-month cycle.
- Everyone can apply for these mini-grants, whether you are a registered or unregistered organization, however we do not fund individuals.
- All grant awards will be issued via check and must be made payable to an organization. Checks will not be made payable to an individual.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not fund the following:
- Proposals related to oil, gas, pipelines, fracking, or tar sands issues.
- Proposals related to aggregates, quarries, gravel, sand, or cement.
- Work or organizations outside of the U.S. and Canada.
- General operating expenses including: rent, utilities, etc.
For more information, visit WMAN.