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RFP for 2021 Native Youth and Culture Fund

Sponsors:
First Nations Development Institute
Amount:
$25,000
External Deadline:
08/19/21
Opportunity Information:

The First Nations Development Institute Native Youth and Culture Fund (NYCF) seeks to partner with tribes, Native nonprofit organizations, and Native community groups working in rural and reservation-based communities and seeking ways to preserve, strengthen and/or renew Native cultures and traditions among youth. This year, the fund seeks proposals from Native-led nonprofits and organizations that are focused on providing youth with opportunities that help perpetuate traditional ecological knowledge, spirituality, and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge systems, resulting in compassion, respect, dignity, reverence for nature, and care for each other and the Earth.

The First Nations Development Institute is looking to assist programs focused 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 ecological knowledge systems, practices, and/or beliefs; increasing youth leadership and their capacity to lead through integrated educational or mentoring programs; and 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.

This funding is available as general operating support and may be used to build organizational/programmatic capacity, increase sustainability, or for specific youth project-focused activities. First Nations expects to award approximately thirty grants of between $5,000 and $25,000 for one year.

To be eligible, applicants must be located in the United States or U.S. Territories and must be Native-controlled nonprofit organizations or Native-controlled community organizations. First Nations considers “Native-controlled” to mean that the majority (more than 50 percent) 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. Urban groups that serve only off-reservation tribal members are unlikely to be funded, as this program is primarily for rural and reservation-based communities.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the First Nations Development Institute website.

ASU Information:

Submissions to this sponsor/donor are managed by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Please contact your unit-assigned ASUF Director of Development or Research Advancement Specialist at your earliest convenience to ensure ASU's strategic coordination and management of funding applications.

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