The First Nations Development Institute is accepting applications for projects that aim to grow capacity and programming to employ and sustain efforts that restore Native species through traditional knowledge and community involvement.
Donor Name: First Nations Development Institute
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/16/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Restoring Our Relatives project will invest in the reciprocal relationships, traditional knowledge, and stewardship that cultivate biodiversity and healthy ecosystems through the protection and restoration of Native species that will, in turn, protect the lands, waters, and ecosystems for generations to come. Some examples of protecting and stewarding Native species include:
- Bringing back rivercane to prevent erosion and support traditional basket weaving
- Bringing back beaver to retore wetlands and meadows that provide medicinal and subsistence plants
- Bringing back buffalo to revitalize native grasslands that are critical to tribal food systems and ceremony
- Bringing back shellfish beds for subsistence and to prevent costal erosion.
Focus Areas
Grant opportunities are focused within six key areas:
- Achieving Native Financial Empowerment
- Investing in Native Youth
- Strengthening Tribal & Community Institutions
- Advancing Household & Community Asset-Building Strategies
- Nourishing Native Foods & Health
- Stewarding Native Lands.
Funding Information
First Nations expects to award up to 15 grants between $25,000 to $50,000 to eligible Tribes and Native-led organizations.
Grant Period
The grant period for this funding opportunity is August 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Tribes, Tribal §7871 entities, Native-controlled nonprofits, and Native-controlled community organizations located in the United States or U.S. territories are eligible to apply. First Nations defines “Native-controlled” as an organization in which a majority of the Board of Directors and leadership team (more than 50%) are Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian.
- Types of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:
- Federal- and State-Recognized Tribal Governments and Departments
- Native-controlled 501(c)(3) nonprofits
- Native-controlled community organizations with fiscal sponsorship
- Native §7871 Organizations.
For more information, visit FNDI.
