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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Native Youth, Community Development, Culture, Youth Development
Deadline: June 5, 2024
“In 2002, First Nations launched the Native Youth and Culture Fund (NYCF) to support tribes and Native American-led organizations that work with Native youth through programs that provide learning, leadership building, and intergenerational mentoring. In 2024, through this Fund, two-year grants ranging from $20,000 to $60,000 will be awarded to Native youth programs and projects that focus on increasing youth leadership and providing opportunities for intergenerational transfer of knowledge.
- 10 to 12 grants of up to $60,000 will be awarded to structured day and/or overnight camp programs that focus on recreational, cultural, educational, language, Native youth leadership and intergenerational mentoring activities. (If you are applying as a camp program you must indicate this within the application.)
- 4 to 8 grants of up to $60,000 will be awarded to programs supporting Native youth by California-based tribes or California tribally controlled non-profit organizations. These grants are made possible through our California Tribal Fund (CTF). The CTF was created to support California-based, California-Native-led nonprofits and tribal programs in controlling and protecting their food systems, water, languages, traditional ecological knowledge, and land.
- 10 to 12 grants of up to $60,000 will be awarded to programs supporting Native youth that demonstrate alignment with one or more of the program priorities (see below).
Native Youth and Culture Fund Priorities:
All proposals must demonstrate their project or program will carry out one or more of the following:
- Provide structured day or overnight camp activities. Camps are defined as structured day or overnight programs that focus on recreational, cultural, educational, youth leadership, and intergenerational mentoring activities.
- Focus on preserving, strengthening, or renewing cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values of Native youth.
- Engage youth and elders in activities that demonstrate methods for documenting traditional knowledge systems, practices, and/or beliefs.
- Increase youth leadership and their capacity to lead through intergenerational educational or mentoring programs.
- Increase youth access to and sharing of cultural customs and beliefs and traditional Native art forms using appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern), as a means of reviving or preserving tribal language, arts, history, or other culturally relevant topics.”
Funder: First Nations Development Institute
Eligibility: “Tribes, Native-controlled nonprofits, and Native-controlled community organizations using a fiscal sponsor, located in the United States or U.S. territories are eligible to apply. First Nations considers “Native-controlled” to mean that the majority (51% or more) of the organization’s Board of Directors is tribally affiliated. Types of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to: (1) Federal- and State-Recognized Tribal Governments and Departments; (2) Native-controlled 501(c)(3) nonprofits; (3) Native-controlled community organizations with fiscal sponsorship; (4) Native §7871 organizations.”
Amount: Up to $60,000
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