Grantmaking Efforts Reach Numerous Communities

First Nations has two current grant opportunities for tribes and Native American organizations, both with an application deadline of February 17, 2017. One is for project grants of up to $35,000 for efforts that aim to strengthen local food-system control, increase access to healthy foods, and decrease food insecurity in Native communities, while the other is for grants of up to $15,000 to conduct Food Sovereignty Assessments. The full Requests for Proposals can be found here:

 Project Grants

 Food Sovereignty Assessment Grants

Meanwhile, First Nations’ Grantmaking Department has been busy providing critical funding to numerous projects across Indian Country. Here’s a roundup of some of those efforts:

http://indiangiver.firstnations.org/nl170102-07/