The Weaving Kinship Grant Program offers grants to ten Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), community development, cultural arts, or language revitalization organizations.
Donor Name: First Peoples Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Weaving Kinship Grant Program provides the resources necessary to uplift Native artists and strengthen the arts within their communities. The program aims to enhance the Indigenous Arts Ecology (IAE) by drawing on ancestral wisdom and knowledge, while nurturing innovation and creating opportunities for future generations of artists. In addition to funding, the Weaving Kinship grant program will collaborate with grantee partners to identify non-financial support that will strengthen their programs and promote long-term sustainability.
Funding Information
$75,000 (Program Support).
Grant Period
September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native-led Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), community development, arts, cultural arts, or language revitalization organizations)
- Lead applicants of a collective must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application
- Applicants must reside and be based within the U.S.
- Applicants residing outside the U.S. are ineligible to apply.
- Applicants must be an enrolled member of, or provide proof of lineal descent from, a U.S. federally-recognized or U.S. state-recognized tribe, or be able to provide proof of ancestry as an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian.
- Applicants may not be enrolled in any academic, degree-conferring program
- Previous and current Native Arts Ecology Building (NAEB) grantees are not eligible. This program is designed for organizations not yet supported by First Peoples Fund.
For more information, visit First Peoples Fund.
