Deadline: 2-Dec-24
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples is inviting applications for the Land, Water and Climate Program.
The Land, Water, and Climate Program recognizes and supports Indigenous Peoples’ traditional relationships and responsibilities to land, community, and spirit.
Land, Water, and Climate supports Indigenous Peoples’ traditional land and water stewardship and life systems practices; protects the integrity of sacred places, and the continuity of Life. It supports actions for land defense and water protection; advances Indigenous Peoples’ right of Free, Prior and Informed Consent; advocacy and direct-action strategies against Ecocide and Aquacide; supports frontline, education, and policy initiatives protecting sacred sites; and the development of community-led renewable energies, and climate change initiatives and adaptation projects rooted in cultural values.
The Land, Water, and Climate Program implements its work through the following pathways for ecological justice to assure the sacred birthright of future generations:
- Sacred Places and Sacred Relationships
- Climate Action for Future Generations
- Land Back – Water Back
- Renewable Energies
Funding Information
- Grant Award Range: Up to $50,000 (average grant award: $20,000 – $30,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- All applications must be submitted by Indigenous Peoples. Eligible applicants:
- Emerge from, are led by, and grounded in, the Indigenous Peoples served and who are most impacted by the issues, methods, and outcomes.
- Nurture and center the culture, language, traditional knowledge systems, and healthy lifeways of the Indigenous Peoples involved in the project.
- Have 80% or more Indigenous Peoples leadership at the Board of Directors or other decision-making entity, and have an Indigenous Executive Director or Project leaders, and Indigenous Peoples engaged throughout all aspects of the organization.
- Are a non-profit with 501(c)3 tax exempt status, a federally-recognized tribal nation project, have a fiscal sponsor or are a SGF Affiliate Project. If fiscally sponsored, the Seventh Generation Fund prioritizes applicants with Native or People of Color fiscal sponsoring organizations.
- Prioritizing community-based projects with budgets of <$500,000.
- Are in good standing with the Seventh Generation Fund without reports due or outstanding issues.
- Seventh Generation Fund annually raises funds to grant out and has limited funds to distribute throughout different regions of the Indigenous World across the four program pathways. Native Peoples’ organizations and projects are eligible to apply for one grant per calendar year.
- If you are currently receiving grant support from the Seventh Generation Fund, please complete all previous grant reporting requirements before reapplying.
- They do not support: non-Native organizations, scholarships, or religious missionizing efforts.
For more information, visit Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples.