The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation is seeking applications for its 2025 Wabanaki Grants.
Donor Name: Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
State: Maine
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation seeks to be a good partner to Wabanaki Tribes and Wabanaki-led and -serving community organizations by supporting work on community priorities through grants, capacity-building and technical assistance, convening, shared learning, and impact investment.
Priorities
- Generally, they will support work that is focused on:
- Sovereignty, self-governance and self-determination
- Collective well-being
- Community culture and community building
- Indigenous leadership and resourcing across communities
- Funding criteria:
- The organization is led by majority Wabanaki and indigenous people (staff and board) and/or is serving Wabanaki Communities
- Most of the work of the organization is focused on and/or serving Wabanaki people, communities, and interests
- All work takes place in what is now Maine.
Funding Information
- 2025 Available Funding: $1,800,000.
- Generally, grant funding levels in this focus area are:
- Individual organizations/efforts: $10,000 to $50,000 (per year)
- Increased funding amounts may be available to organizations that work on priority areas across all Tribes and/or communities
- Collaborations/efforts involving multiple organizations/groups: up to $200,000 (per year)
- Occasionally, organizations may apply for both organizational and collaborative funds
- Transformational opportunities: variable funding levels
- The purpose and intended impact of transformational efforts is to address critical community priorities and create sustainable, systemic changes.
- Individual organizations/efforts: $10,000 to $50,000 (per year)
Grant Period
Generally, funding is limited to one to two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be eligible to receive tax-deductible donations as outlined in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. This includes: 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt organizations; public schools; public agencies working for the State of Maine; Indian tribal governments (and their political subdivisions) recognized by the Department of the Interior
- The Sewall Foundation accepts applications from organizations and groups who work through a fiscal sponsor. A fiscally sponsored organization does not need to be a legal entity, but it must have a signed fiscal sponsorship agreement with a 501c3 nonprofit organization. If you are an organization that is fiscally sponsored, please answer the application questions as they pertain to the applicant organization or collaborative, not the fiscal sponsor.
- The Sewall Foundation has funded 501(C)(4) organizations in the past for specific nonpartisan and charitable work, however it requires additional considerations and expenditure responsibility. They ask that any 501(c)(4) organization contact program staff to explore potential grant support. Organizations with 501(C)(4) status should not start or submit a grant application before speaking with program staff.
- The Sewall Foundation does not provide grant funding to private for-profit enterprises, cooperatives, or individuals.
- Eligible organizations may apply regardless of their funding history with Sewall Foundation.
For more information, visit EBSF.
