Deadline: 22-Jul-25
The Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) Program promotes the social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native American Pacific Islanders from American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) provides project-specific funding and not ongoing program funding.
Goal
- The goal of the SEDS program is to support projects that focus on one or more of the following three interrelated concepts, which form a foundation for self-sufficiency for Native American communities:
- Social development: To support local access to, control of, and coordination with, programs and services that safeguard the health, well-being, and culture of Native peoples.
- Economic development: To foster the development of stable, diversified local economies and economic activities that provide jobs and opportunities in Native American communities.
- Governance: To help tribes and Alaska Native Village governments build capacity that results in local control of their resources.
Focus
- The focus is funding community-driven projects to:
- Grow local economies.
- Support community-based businesses.
- Strengthen Native American families.
- Preserve Native American cultures.
- Increase social development and infrastructure in Native American communities.
Funding Information
- Expected total program funding: $18,000,000
- Minimum award amount (award floor): $100,000
- Maximum award amount is dependent on the project and budget period:
- 12-month project has a $300,000 ceiling.
- 24-month project has a $600,000 ceiling.
- 36-month project has a $900,000 ceiling.
Eligibility Criteria
- These types of organizations may apply:
- Federally recognized Indian tribes, as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
- Incorporated non-federally recognized tribes.
- Incorporated state-recognized Indian tribes.
- Consortia of Indian tribes.
- Incorporated, nonprofit multipurpose, community-based Indian organizations (including Urban Indian Organizations)
- Urban Indian Centers.
- Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs).
- Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia.
- Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects.
- Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multipurpose, community-based organizations.
- Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village specific projects.
- Nonprofit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the BIA.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.