The USDA Competitive Grant Program is accepting applications for projects that fight food insecurity through developing community food projects.

Vision Maker Media is seeking public media film and television projects that are intended and appropriate for Public Media Television Broadcasting.

The National Endowment for the Arts supports exemplary arts projects in communities nationwide through grantmaking, initiatives, partnerships and events.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs has extended its deadline for funding for energy technology on tribal lands.

Clif Bar Family Foundation Small Grants Program is accepting applications to conserve wild places and open spaces, advocate for pedestrian-and bike-friendly communities and restore watersheds.

The Save America’s Treasures grant program, offered by the National Park Service, is taking applications to help preserve nationally significant historic properties and collections.

The PeopleForBikes Community Grant Program is providing funding for bicycle infrastructure projects.

NEH is accepting applications for Public Humanities Projects grants which support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences.

First Nations Development Institute is accepting grant proposals through the GATHER Food Sovereignty Grants.

The National Forest Foundation is soliciting proposals for its Matching Awards Program (MAP) to inspire personal and meaningful connections to our national forests and grasslands.

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP) is accepting applications for projects that fight food insecurity through developing community food projects that help promote the self-sufficiency of low-income communities.

NIFA's Community Food Projects (CFP) is funding two types of grants:

For more information, visit www.nifa.usda.gov. Read the abstracts of previously funded programs (including several tribal programs) at Read the Abstracts.

Vision Maker Media is seeking public media film and television projects that are intended and appropriate for Public Media Television Broadcasting, including Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) digital and streaming platforms, that represent the cultures, experiences, and perspectives of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

Reaching the general public and the global market is the ultimate goal for the dissemination of Native produced media that shares Native perspectives with the world. One of the initiatives is projects that profile Native American Tribes underrepresented in the United States and on Public Television.

For general information or inquiries, contact Vision Maker Media at visionmaker@unl.edu or (402) 472-3522.

The National Endowment for the Arts supports exemplary arts projects in communities nationwide through grantmaking, initiatives, partnerships, and events. To select your project’s discipline use the drop-down list of programs. Here are two programs that can be used for cultural heritage tourism programs:

Folk Arts: Projects for federally recognized tribes, programs whose primary focus is the reanimation, fortification and continuation of traditional lifeways for tribal communities; and projects with the primary purpose to support the transmission of tradition and the strengthening of living traditions (apprenticeship programs, mentorship programs).

Design Arts: Historic and community preservation projects that promote awareness of cultural and historic assets, or adaptive reuse of historic properties for cultural and arts uses; and, design and community planning for new arts/cultural buildings, districts, neighborhoods, public spaces, landscapes, or housing for artists or designers.

For general information or inquiries, visit the NEA website. For the Folk & Traditional Arts Division, contact Bill Mansfield at mansfieldw@arts.gov. For Design Programs, contact Courtney Spearman at spearmanc@arts.gov.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs has funding for energy technology on tribal lands to stabilize or reduce energy costs and increase energy security and resiliency for Indian Tribes and tribal members. Projects can:

For general information or inquiries, please contact OIEPP 's help desk at indianenergy@hq.doe.gov. OIEPP accepts applications for technical assistance at an ongoing basis, to apply contact ie-ta@hq.doe.gov.

Clif Bar Family Foundation supports organizations that are working to conserve wild places and open spaces, advocate for pedestrian-and bike-friendly communities and expand urban forests and restore watersheds.

The Foundation's Small Program grants are awarded for general organizational support as well as funding for specific projects. The Foundation priorities include:

Visit the Clif Bar Family Foundation website or email familyfoundation@clifbar.com.

The Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant program was established to help preserve nationally significant historic properties and collections. The SAT program is administered by the NPS in cooperation with its partners, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).The NPS manages the preservation grants and the IMLS the collections grants, once awarded. 

Properties include historic districts, buildings, sites, structures and objects. Collections include artifacts, museum collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art. Grant amounts for collections projects are a minimum of $25,000 and a maximum $500,000. For historic property projects, grant amounts are a minimum of $125,000 and a maximum of $500,000. Projects require dollar-for-dollar non-federal matching share.

Visit http://go.nps.gov/sat for more information about this grant program. For application assistance, email the National Park Service at STLPG@nps.gov or call (202) 354-2020.

The PeopleForBikes Community Grant Program supports bicycle infrastructure projects and targeted advocacy initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to ride. Grants of up to $10,000 are provided for bicycle infrastructure projects, such as:

The PeopleForBike grant application has two parts: a Letter of Interest that includes basic information about the applying organization and a contact person with an overview of the project proposed for funding. If chosen, PeopleForBikes will request a full project application.

See the PeopleForBikes website for complete program guidelines, application instructions, and examples of previously funded projects.

The National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections and support institutional resilience.

For more information, contact the Division of Preservation and Access Team

202-606-8570 or preservation@neh.gov.

First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is accepting grant proposals through the GATHER Food Sovereignty Grants. Grants will be selected for work that contributes to a vision of Native communities and food systems that are self-directed, well-resourced and supported by community policies and systems. 

For more information, contact Rana LaPine by email at rlapine@firstnations.org or call (303) 774-7836.

The National Forest Foundation is soliciting proposals for its Matching Awards Program (MAP). This national, competitive grant program provides federal funds for on-the-ground, action-oriented projects that enhance outdoor experiences, forest and ecosystem health, and engage local communities in caring for their public lands.

For additional information, contact Kerry Morse, Conservation Awards Manager, call (406) 830-3358 or email kmorse@nationalforests.org