The Administration for Children and Families, through the Administration for Native Americans, has announced the Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance – Esther Martinez Immersion program (EMI).
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Esther Martinez Immersion (EMI) program provides funding for community-based projects that ensure continuing vitality of Native languages through immersion-based instruction.
EMI projects must meet the requirements for either a Native American language nest or a Native American language survival school, both of which are immersive, site-based educational programs for children.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $900,000
- Award Floor: $100,000.
Grant Period
Project periods can be 36 months, 48 months, or 60 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
- These types of organizations may apply based on 42 USC2991b(a) and 45 CFR 1336.33:
- Federally recognized Indian tribes, as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
- Incorporated non-federally recognized tribes.
- Incorporated state-recognized Indian tribes.
- Consortia of Indian tribes.
- Incorporated, nonprofit multipurpose, community-based Indian organizations (including Urban Indian Organizations as defined by 25 USC 1603(29)); Urban Indian Centers.
- Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs).
- Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia.
- Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects.
- Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multipurpose, community-based organizations.
- Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village-specific projects.
- Nonprofit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the BIA.
- Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians.
- National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives.
- Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native peoples from Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Tribal Colleges and Universities; and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that serve Native American Pacific Islanders.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
