The Native American Agriculture Fund seeks applications that align with a variety of programmatic areas.
Donor Name: Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $200,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
NAAF is directed to fund grant projects for a total of twenty (20) years until the year 2038, and in so doing hopes to make a significant impact ble across as many Native communities as possible. To do so, and to address the needs of Native farmers and ranchers while meeting the requirements of the NAAF Trust Agreement, ongoing input from eligible entities and Native farmers and ranchers is extremely valuable.
Factors that will be considered in assessing applications for funding include:
- The scope and nature of services previously provided to Native farmers and ranchers, and those services you plan to provide with award funds;
- How your requested award amount fits within the overall budget for your organization;
- How your work integrates community accountability and Native leadership;
- Steps you will take to ensure the funds will be used for the purposes stated in the award proposal;
- Whether your organization is based in a Native community that you are serving and whether you are in service to Native farmers and ranchers in that community;
- Whether, if your organization is not Native-led, you have a dedicated Native programming effort;
- Whether your organization has a strong set of leaders and board members who are representative of the community and are accountable to the Native community served;
Targeted Projects
A total of $11,000,000 is being made available for 2023 funding. Identify which type(s) of funding your entity is eligible to receive, then identify which specific focus area(s) your project(s) will focus on. All funding entity types may apply for youth funding.
For General Focus
For 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organizations
- General Focus: Business Assistance, Agricultural Education, Technical Support and/or Advocacy Services
- Special Focus: Inflation Assistance & Supply Chain Relief; Tribal Departments of Agriculture, and/or Market Access
- Available Pool: $2,000,000
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $150,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $200,000
For Educational Organizations
- General Focus: Business Assistance, Agricultural Education, Technical Support and/or Advocacy Services
- Special Focus: Agricultural Infrastructure (TCU’s only), Market Access
- Available Pool: $2,000,000
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $150,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $200,000
For CDFIs
- General Focus: Loan Capital, Re-granting Capital & Technical Assistance/Business Assistance
- Special Focus: Inflation Assistance & Supply Chain Relief, Market Access
- Available Pool: $4,000,000
For Tribal Governments and Instrumentalities
- General Focus: Business Assistance, Agricultural Education, Technical Support and/or Advocacy Services
- Special Focus: Agricultural Infrastructure; Inflation Assistance & Supply Chain Relief, Tribal Departments of Agriculture
- Available Pool: $2,000,000
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $150,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $200,000
Special Focus Areas
- Special Focus: Agriculture Infrastructure
- Eligible Entities: Tribes and Tribal Colleges
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $50,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $100,000
- Special Focus: Inflation Assistance & Supply Chain Relief
- Eligible Entities: 501(c)(3)s, CDFIs, Tribes
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $50,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $200,000
- Special Focus: Market Access
- Eligible Entities: 501(c)(3)s, CDFIs, Edu Orgs, Tribes
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $50,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $100,000
- Special Focus: Tribal Departments of Agriculture
- Eligible Entities: 501(c)(3)s, Tribes o
- Minimum Request Per Focus: $50,000
- Maximum Request Per Focus: $100,000
For Youth Programming
Eligible Entities: All types of eligible entities may apply
- Available Pool: $1,000,000
- Minimum Request: $20,000
- Maximum Request: $200,000
Projects can include:
- hands-on food production
- support for 4-H, FFA or other youth groups in the community or school
- youth-led community projects
- youth ag councils
- scholarships, including those that allow Native youth to participate in agriculture training or leadership programs outside their own community or connect with other Native youth in agriculture programs
- online youth agriculture and food related activities
- national disruption response activities impacting food and agriculture production
Project Duration
Funds may be used for projects that are between 12, 18, or up to 24 months (2 years) in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
As required by the Trust Agreement, eligible applicants include:
- Nonprofit organizations with IRS Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, or if such status has not yet been achieved, such organizations may apply for funding through a Fiscal Sponsor that has received such 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status;
- Educational organizations described in Section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code;
- Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), including Certified Native CDFIs and Emerging Native CDFIs, provided however that such CDFI is a taxexempt organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
- An instrumentality of a state or federally recognized Tribe, including a non-profit organization chartered under the Tribal law of a state or federally recognized Tribe, that furnishes assistance designed to further Native American farming or ranching activities, provided, however that 1) the use of any grant funds by such grant recipient shall be restricted exclusively to charitable and educational purposes; 2) the grant recipient shall annually provide NAAF with audited financial statements and reports as required by NAAF; 3) if the grant recipient is a governmental entity, it shall agree to a limited waiver of sovereign immunity with respect to NAAF’s right to enforce the terms of the grant (i.e. the amount of funding awarded); and 4) if the grant recipient agrees to comply with all expenditure responsibility requirements designed by NAAF.
For more information, visit NAAF.
