The Northland Foundation’s Maada’ookiing Grant Program is designed to support community members to strengthen culture and community without having to apply on behalf of a formal nonprofit organization or Tribal entity.
Donor Name: Northland Foundation
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $2,500
Details:
Maada’ookiing is Indigenous-led investment into Indigenous solutions through grassroots grant making to individuals.
Indigenous people are actively resilient and rich in creative solutions that strengthen and sustain Indigenous community. This grant opportunity is an innovative approach to support the ongoing community work happening at the grassroots level outside of formally organized institutions and organizations.
Focus Areas
- Supporting Indigenous Youth
- Strengthening Use of Indigenous Language
- Creating Access to Indigenous Language (digital apps, dictionaries, video, and other creative projects)
- Sharing Indigenous Culture/Spiritual Practices and Activities
- Sustaining Tribal Civic Engagement, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination (including non-partisan Get Out the Vote or civic education)
- Shifting the Narrative and Increasing Visibility of Contemporary Indigenous Community
- Promoting Indigenous Leadership and Entrepreneurship Skills and Experiences (projects that provide training, networking, and education opportunities)
- Engaging in Indigenous Grassroots Organizing (projects that strengthen community well-being and/or respond to Indigenous community issues).
Funding Information
Applicants may request a grant of up to $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals or small groups who are citizens, descendants, or have kinship ties or affiliation to Indigenous communities for projects or activities within the geographic service area. In recognition of Indigenous identity and community identity, eligibility is defined to be inclusive of the broad relationships of belonging.
- Area where the project is happening must be within:
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (District I)
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (District II)
- Minnesota counties of Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and/or St. Louis.
Costs that Grants will Cover
- Materials and supplies, including technology, needed to carry out grant activities
- Food for program participants
- Space rental
- Honorarium for Indigenous knowledge-holders who assist the project (elders, spiritual leaders, etc.)
- Compensation for program organizers.
For more information, visit Northland Foundation.