To perpetuate and promote the unique artistic and cultural traditions of Alaska Native peoples, The CIRI Foundation has developed the A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Art & Culture Grant.
Donor Name: The CIRI Foundation
State: Alaska
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2023
Details:
A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Art & Culture Grant
The heritage of Alaska’s indigenous people – Yup’ik, Inupiat, Aleut/Alutiiq, Athabascan, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian – is rich in diversity and represents traditions that span more than 12,000 years of history. In order to perpetuate and promote the artistic and cultural traditions of Alaska Native peoples, The CIRI Foundation developed the A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Art & Culture (JWM) grant.
Goals
The goals of The Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters grant program are as follows:
- Promote intergenerational transference of knowledge of Alaska Native artistic and cultural practices
- Support Alaska Native artists
Eligibility Criteria
A Journey to What Matters Project Grant applications may be submitted to The CIRI Foundation by:
- Nonprofit organizations that have received an IRS determination of Section 501(c)(3) status and classification as public charity, including but not limited to cultural centers and museums, but not including any non-functionally integrated Type III supporting organization;
- Tribal organizations that appear in the current Federal Register list of Native entities within the State of Alaska that are federally recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs;
- Qualified nonprofit or tribal organizations as described above as sponsors of Alaska Native individuals who are selected solely by the applicant organization using objective and, nondiscriminatory criteria;
- Governmental educational institutions such as public schools, including state institutions of higher learning.
Grant Guidelines
All applications for A Journey to What Matters must comply with the following guidelines:
- The A Journey to What Matters Grant shall further The Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Art & Culture Goals
- All organizations applying must satisfy the eligibility criteria above. Individuals are not eligible to apply for or receive grants, but an eligible organization may apply as a sponsor for an individual (as described under Eligibility) where the organization is solely responsible for the financial administration of the grant and for the selection and oversight of the individual
- Grantee programs must directly impact or involve Alaska Native people and communities
- The grantee organization must report on the Project’s programmatic progress and financial expenditures of the grant as specified in the Project Grant Agreement
- Preference will be given to grant proposals that demonstrate the ability to obtain at least a one-to-one funding match
- Grantees should plan to complete their Project within 12 months of the Project start date unless the Project is a multi-year grant
- The CIRI Foundation may consider a Project more than once if there is a significantly different component described in repeat applications
- Grantees are requested to administer the “Artist Pre and Post-Program Evaluation Survey” to all lead artists who participate in a JWM-funded Project
- All Project activities that are funded through the JWM program must take place within the state of Alaska.
For more information, visit The CIRI Foundation.
