The Native Voices Rising provides general operating support grants that are intended to strengthen Native-led groups that have a membership base in the community, work to develop leadership, and take collective action to win progressive social change.
Donor Name: Native Voices Rising
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/04/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Native Voices Rising (NVR) is a fiscally sponsored project of Common Counsel Foundation. Eligible organizations are rooted in a Native community, led by Native people, improve Native communities through organizing and advocacy, engage large numbers of community members to take action together, and seek to improve the policies and rules that impacts the community.
Funding Information
Native Voices Rising expects to make general support grants that will average $30,000 and range between $20,000 to $40,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Before applying to Native Voices Rising, please review the following questions to determine whether you meet Native Voices Rising funding guidelines:
- Is your organization based in and serving a Native community or population?
- Does your organization have a strong set of leaders and board members composed of 51% Native Americans who represent and are accountable to the community that is served?
- Does your organization have a leadership development or political education program for Native community members?
- Does your organization engage Native community members in determining priorities and the focus of its programs?
- Does your organization engage a significant number of community members to take collective action to promote public policy or campaign for corporate accountability to address the problems in your community? (This can be at the tribal, local, state, national, or international levels, as well as against corporate actors)
- Does your organization have IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, 7871 Designation, or a fiscal sponsor who does?
Exclusions
They are Unable to support the following:
- Organizations that are not based in the United States and its territories
- Grantmaking or re-granting institutions
- Capital campaigns, construction or renovation programs, endowments
- Scholarship funds or other aid to individuals
- Research or fellowships
- Land trusts/land acquisitions
- Government-sponsored programs or programs undertaken by tax-supported institutions
- Films, books, or other stand-alone documentation projects,
- Emergency funding.
For more information, visit NVR.
