Money Monday Newsletter! - April 1, 2025
Cama’i. Explore this week’s Money Monday Funding Opportunities newsletter from the Chugachmiut Grant Department for April 1! Discover the latest grant opportunities available. If you find a grant you’d like to pursue, please get in touch with us at grants@chugachmiut.org or (907) 562-4155.
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NOTE: Grants listed below are at least 6 weeks away from deadline to allow adequate time to prepare an application. If you see a grant you would like to pursue or want more information, email us at grants@chugachmiut.org.
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Social and Economic Development Strategies – SEDS FORECAST
Department of Health and Human Services
ESTIMATED POST DATE: January 13, 2025 (Estimated application deadline: April 15, 2025). Update: As of April 1, 2025, this application has not been released.
AWARDS: From $100,000 to $900,000,000; match required
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
This program is focused on community-driven projects designed to grow local economies, strengthen Native American families, including the preservation of Native American cultures, and decrease the high rate of current challenges caused by the lack of community-based businesses, and social and economic infrastructure in Native American communities. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana
Social and Economic Development Strategies – SEDS-AK FORECAST
Department of Health and Human Services
ESTIMATED POST DATE: January 13, 2025 (Estimated application deadline: April 14, 2025) Update: As of April 1, 2025, this application has not been released.
AWARDS: From $100,000 to $900,000,000; match required
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants under the SEDS-AK announcement are: Federally-recognized Indian tribes in Alaska, as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or non-profit village consortia; Non-profit Native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects; Incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations (including Urban Indian Organizations as defined by 25 U.S.C. § 1603)(29)); Urban Indian Centers; Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs); Incorporated non-profit Alaska Native multipurpose, community-based organizations; Non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village-specific projects; or Non-profit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the BIA. If the applicant is not a Federally recognized Alaskan Native tribal government, applicants must provide proof that a majority of the governing board of individuals are representative of the Alaskan Native community to be served. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana
This program promotes economic and social self-sufficiency for Alaska Natives and is intended to respond to the unique governmental structures and needs in Alaska. The SEDS-AK supports the principle that social and economic development is interrelated and essential for the growth of thriving Native communities. ANA is interested in supporting community-driven projects that build and strengthen core governmental capacity in the areas of administration and project management at the Alaska Native Village level.
include supporting communities through capability and capacity-building; encouraging and enabling innovation, including multi-hazard resilience or nature-based solutions including the use of native plants; promoting partnerships; enabling large, systems-based projects; maintaining flexibility; and providing consistency. See grant synopsis here.
Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity
Department of Transportation
DEADLINE: June 26, 2025
AWARDS: Not released – the estimated total program funding is $2,000,000 with six awards expected. No match. ELIGIBILITY: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Independent school districts, local governments.
Funds for this grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and demonstration activities, as well as projects and strategies to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
HEALTH
FORECAST: Tribal Behavioral Health: Substance Use Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.
DEADLINE: Not released
AWARDS: Not released – the estimated total program funding is $2,000,000 with six awards expected. No match. ELIGIBILITY: Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations.
This program focuses on substance use and overdose prevention activities by increasing protective factors through establishing an effective prevention system, addressing the relationship and interaction between suicide and substance use, while also developing the necessary infrastructure to build sustainable change. (NOTE: This is a forecast. The estimated release date for the application is May 1, 2025.) For more details, see the project synopsis here.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Partners for Fisheries Monitoring
Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center
DEADLINE: May 16, 2025
AWARDS: $25,000-$167,000; no match
ELIGIBILITY: The Office of Subsistence Management is seeking proposals to strengthen Alaska Native and rural involvement in Federal subsistence fishery management. The Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program provides funding for biologist, social scientist, outreach coordinator, and educator positions in Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations with the intent of increasing the organization’s ability to participate in Federal Subsistence Management Program. Activities might include: Providing federal fisheries officials with community feedback and knowledge; hosting science or culture camps for youth that provide opportunities for them to learn about cultural harvest practices; or providing paid internships allowing students to engage in fishery resource projects. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
Tribal Wildlife Grant Program
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
DEADLINE: June 20, 2025
AWARDS: $200,000; no match
ELIGIBILITY: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
The Tribal Wildlife Grants Program provides technical and financial assistance to federally recognized Tribes for the development and implementation of programs that benefit fish and wildlife and their habitats. Funding may be used for conserving any plant or animal species of interest to a Tribe, including those of Native American cultural or traditional importance. Activities may include, but are not limited to: planning for wildlife and habitat conservation; fish and wildlife conservation and management actions; fish and wildlife related laboratory and field research; natural history studies; habitat mapping; field surveys and population monitoring; habitat protection and enhancement; conservation education. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions
National Archives and Records Administration
DEADLINE: Nov. 5, 2025
AWARDS: Up to $125,000; no match
ELIGIBILITY: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), non-profits, state and local governments, institutions of higher education
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish online editions of historical records. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history. Projects that center the voices and document the history of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are especially welcome. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
Archival Projects
National Archives and Records Administration
DEADLINE: Nov. 5, 2025
AWARDS: Up to $150,000; no match
ELIGIBILITY: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), non-profits, state and local governments, institutions of higher education
The NHPRC seeks archival projects that will significantly improve online public discovery and use of historical records collections. The Commission encourages projects focused on collections of America’s early legal records, such as the records of colonial, territorial, county, and early statehood and tribal proceedings that document the evolution of the nation’s legal history. Collections that center the voices and document the history of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are especially welcome. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
FORECAST: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
National Endowment for the Humanities
ESTIMATED POST DATE: Oct. 8, 2025
ESTIMATED DEADLINE: Jan. 8, 2026
AWARDS: Up to $15,000; no match required
ELIGIBILITY: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), nonprofits, state and local governments, institutions of higher education
The Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. The program encourages applications from small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
FORECAST: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
National Endowment for the Humanities
ESTIMATED POST DATE: Oct. 9, 2025
ESTIMATED DEADLINE: Jan. 9, 2026
AWARDS: Up to $420,000; no match required
ELIGIBILITY: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), nonprofits, state and local governments, institutions of higher education
This program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting environmentally sustainable preventive care measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, reduce energy consumption, and strengthen institutions’ ability to anticipate and respond to disasters. For more details, see the project synopsis here.
Other
Weatherization Assistance Program
Alaska Community Development Corporation
Weatherization helps low-to-moderate-income households who own or rent eligible homes: apartments, cabins, condominiums, houses, mobile homes, and multi-family dwellings (duplexes and larger).
Thousands of qualified Alaskans have received free home weatherization to bring their homes up to safe, healthy, and energy-efficient standards. Weatherization adds years of life to buildings in Alaska’s harsh arctic climate. It also benefits energy conservation, saving homeowners on their previous heating bills. The Weatherization Assistance Program is available to renters and homeowners throughout the state. A home may be weatherized once every 15 years.
Alaska CDC accepts applications year-round. However, there always is a wait list, as most work is done during the construction season. Applying early may help expedite the process. See the application packet here.
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