Deadline: 10-Nov-22
The First Nations Development Institute is pleased to announce this 2022 Request for Proposals (RFP) from Native-led nonprofits and organizations that are focused on providing youth opportunities that support the perpetuation of traditional knowledge, spirituality and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge systems.
First Nations believes that Native youth represent the future of Native communities, and that their health and well-being determine the future health and well-being of a community overall. By investing in youth and giving them a sense of place and tradition in the community, a community ensures that it will have bright and capable future leaders.
Priorities
Specifically, the Institute is seeking programs that focus on one or more of these four priority areas:
- Preserving, strengthening or renewing cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs and values.
- Engaging both youth and elders in activities that demonstrate methods for documenting traditional knowledge systems, practices and/or beliefs.
- Increasing youth leadership and their capacity to lead through integrated educational or mentoring programs.
- Increasing access to and sharing of cultural customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern), as a means of reviving or preserving tribal language, arts, history or other culturally relevant topics.
Funding Information
- This funding is available as general operating support and can be used to build organizational/programmatic capacity or increase sustainability, or for specific youth project-focused activities.
- First Nations expects to award approximately 15-18 grants of between $5,000 and $20,000 for one-year general operating funding.
- Total requests for project budgets within this funding opportunity should not exceed $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
All entities that apply must be located in the United States or U.S. Territories and must be Nativecontrolled nonprofit organizations or Native-controlled community organizations. First Nations considers “Native-controlled” to mean that the majority (more than 50%) of the organization’s Board of Directors is tribally affiliated. Native community organizations may submit applications through a sponsoring organization if the sponsor has 501(c)(3) status, and can provide written authorization confirming its willingness to act as the fiscal sponsor. Examples of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:
- Federal- and State-Recognized Tribal Governments.
- Native-Controlled 501(c)(3) Nonprofits.
- Native-Controlled Community Organizations with fiscal sponsorship.
- Native § 7871 Organizations. Grants under this project will not be made to public schools.
For more information, visit First Nations Development Institute.
For more information, visit https://www.firstnations.org/rfps/native-youth-and-culture-fund-grant-opportunity-2/