Deadline: 25-May-21
The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) is seeking applications for its 2021 Grants Program which is divided into two unique application processes:
- 2021 RFA-General
- 2021 RFA-Youth
Funding Areas
Applicants for targeted funding may apply for one or more areas listed below:
- General Focus: Business Assistance, Agricultural Education, Technical Support and Advocacy
- General Focus: Loan Capital, Re-granting Capital & Technical Assistance/Business Assistance (CDFIs only)
- Special Focus: Agriculture Infrastructure (Tribes only)
- Special Focus: Beginning Farmer and Rancher
- Special Focus: Climate Resilience and Conservation
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible grant recipients are:
- 501(c)(3) organizations and nonprofit organizations with a Fiscal Sponsor
- Educational organizations
- Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Native CDFIs
- Tribal governments (state and federally recognized) and their instrumentalities
- Organizations applying for 501(c)(3) status, but who have not yet received that designation, may apply using a Fiscal Sponsor.
- Instrumentalities of Tribes (of state or federally recognized Tribes) can mean any number of things such as Tribal departments of agriculture, food authorities or even food processing or food marketing entities. Tribal governments have the latitude to determine which entities are instrumentalities of their governments; NAAF only needs proper documentation as to that status. If an organization has eligible status as an educational institution or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, for instance, but wishes to be considered as an instrumentality of a Tribal government, the organization must secure and submit an authorizing document from their Tribal government to that specific effect. A statement from an organization other than a Tribal government will not suffice for this purpose.
- Applicants must prove their eligibility. Examples of eligibility documentation include IRS determination letters, Tribal resolutions and charters, articles of incorporation and US Treasury letters. IRS letters assigning an EIN are not sufficient proof of eligibility.
For more information, visit https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/grants/2021-rfa-2/