Indigenous Knowledge Program

Grants to Indigenous knowledge keepers, leaders and organizations advancing community-based, culturally informed Indigenous knowledge systems in US Native communities. The foundation accepts unsolicited inquiries through its online grant portal.

Indicative award

$100k–$400k (total award)The programme page reports recent 2026 grants ranging from $100,000 to $400,000, and 2025 programme data of 34 grants totalling about $5 million with a median grant of $147,000. These are reported historic grant sizes, not a published award ceiling.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No application deadline is published. The page states the foundation is open to unsolicited inquiries via its grants portal; applicants are directed to contact the programme team.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank, Mid-career & senior

Eligibility

Focused on Indigenous-led organizations and knowledge keepers working in US Native communities. The programme page does not state a formal eligibility test; applicants submit an inquiry through the foundation's grant portal and are advised to contact programme staff first.

SSWR clusters

Topics

indigenous knowledge systems · data and knowledge sovereignty · native self-determination · community-based research

Apply at

https://www.hluce.org/programs/indigenous-knowledge/

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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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Indigenous Knowledge Program

Also on the American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Global Indigenous Populations (Indigenous Cluster) shelf