Native Food Security projects are designed to ensure consistent access and availability to an abundance of culturally relevant foods that meet the needs and preferences of Native communities.
Donor Name: First Nations Development Institute
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities must have reliable access to traditional foods that support both physical and spiritual well-being. While conventional food security focuses on the nutritional needs of individuals and households, Native Food Security extends beyond sustenance. It encompasses the physical and spiritual nourishment of families, households, tribes, clans, communities, lands, and the foods themselves to further the conditions that support Native Food Security.
Focus Areas
- Native Food Distribution – Providing Food to Community
- Infrastructure & Equipment Support:
- Sourcing & Distribution:
- Community Access & Engagement:
- Operational Capacity & Professional Development:
- Food Life Cycle – Strengthening Any Point in the Cycle
- Opportunities to Uplift in the Food Life Cycle:
- Food Origins
- Tending
- Harvesting
- Processing
- Sharing
- Consumption
- Waste to Enrichment
- Challenges to Address in the Food Life Cycle:
- Inefficiencies
- Deficiencies
- Inequities
- Disparities
- Opportunities to Uplift in the Food Life Cycle:
- Wild Food Harvesting – Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering
- Access to Place
- Hunting Training
- Wild Game Harvest Training
- Wild Fruits Gathering & Processing
- Guided Fishing Activities
- Habitat Creation & Restoration
- Educational Resources
- Transportation and Travel Support
- Equipment Provision
- Resilient Native Foodway – Response and Preparedness
- Response & Preparedness
- Habitat Restoration & Water Security
- Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
- Infrastructure & Native Food Distribution Resilience
- Traditional Knowledge & Capacity Building
- Policy & Advocacy for Food Security.
Funding Information
Total requests for project budgets within this funding opportunity can be from $10,000 up to $40,000 and must be supported with a budget included in the submitted application.
Grant Period
June 1, 2026, to June 1, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project partners must be Native-controlled organizations, working in alignment with one or more of
the project focus areas. - First Nations defines “Native-controlled” as an organization in which a majority of the Board of Directors and leadership team are Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian. Organizations that are not Native-controlled are not eligible to apply
- Types of eligible institutions include:
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