The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Administration for Native Americans (ANA), is accepting applications for the Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance Program.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the 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: 3 Years
Details:
This program provides funding for projects to support assessments of the status of the native languages in an established community, as well as the planning, designing, restoration, and implementing of native language curriculum and education projects to support a community’s language preservation goals. Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally-recognized and non-federally recognized), Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American Pacific Islanders.
This program allows for a broad array of Native language-related projects, including:
- Establishing a language program.
- Improving an existing language program.
- Developing language instruction and activities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $900,000
- Award Floor: $100,000.
Grant Period
Project and budget periods can be 12 months, 24 months, or 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- 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.