The Alaska Children’s Trust is now seeking applications for its Alaska Native Culture Grants.
Donor Name: Alaska Children’s Trust
State: Alaska
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/22/2024
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Promoting protective factors can also be fun! From traditional foods cooking classes to Alaska Native dance groups, organizations across Alaska are finding exciting ways to promote mental wellbeing, strengthen youths’ cultural connectedness, and build healthy relationships.
This is especially important today. Alaska’s high school students report rising levels of sadness and hopelessness, and Alaska’s teen suicide rate is increasing. There is also a growing racial/ethnic disparity in the data; American Indian/Alaska Native youth experience mental health challenges at disproportionate rates.
To promote mental wellbeing and increase protective factors for youth, the Alaska Children’s Trust will provide up to $1,000 to support work that engages Alaska Native youth in cultural activities. This could include (but is not limited to) activities that:
- Engage youth in subsistence activities;
- Teach traditional arts and crafts;
- Promote Native language learning;
- Expose youth to Native history, spiritual beliefs, and cultural values.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are accepted from qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, or equivalent organizations located in the state of Alaska. Equivalent organizations may include tribes, local or state governments, schools, or regional educational attendance areas. Individuals, for-profit, 501(c)(4) or (c)(6) organizations, non-Alaska based organizations, and federal government agencies are not eligible for competitive grants. Applicants with outstanding and past due grant requirements are ineligible for funding.
For more information, visit ACT.
