First Nations Development Institute Funding for Organizations

Nontraditional Participatory grantmaking

The standing portal where a Native-controlled national regranter posts its rotating RFPs for tribes, Native nonprofits, and Native individuals, covering topics from food sovereignty to land access and Native-led capacity building.

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)No amounts published; each RFP carries its own funding level. The organization reports 4,405 grants totalling over $110.6 million through 2025.

Timing

Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.At time of checking the organizations page said to check back for future opportunities and directed prospects to the mailing list. RFPs open and close on rolling, topic-specific cycles with technical assistance calls announced inside each RFP.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

First Nations funds tribes, Native nonprofit organizations, and Native individuals; each RFP sets its own criteria. A university is not the intended applicant, so the practical route for a researcher is as a partner to a tribal or Native nonprofit applicant, or via the separate individual-funding stream.

SSWR clusters

Topics

native-led capacity building · food sovereignty · land access · tribal economic conditions

Apply at

https://www.firstnations.org/grantmaking/funding-for-organizations/

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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First Nations Development Institute Funding for Organizations

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