GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Grant awards of $50,000 for one year are provided to individual artists, artist cooperatives, or small nonprofits who are deeply engaged with their communities to inspire and develop radical, alternative visions for the future and who are emphasizing solution building for Indigenous/Racial Justice.
This includes Artists, Creatives, Culture-bearers, Storytellers of any genre who are at any stage of their work life, but must have momentum, be visionary, and on a journey within a movement; have demonstrated experience in producing or co-designing community art projects; experience in managing funds, including any tax obligations; and a willingness to participate in broader community dialogue or participatory research.
Indigenous Leaders working in their communities are provided with support to defend, develop or decolonize through two-year fellowships, providing investment in their leadership, personal and professional growth and development.
While we will not have an open call for the Community Self-Determination grant program in 2025, NDN will continue to offer intentional power-building opportunities and resources to current and previous grantee-partners that we have had the honor of resourcing since 2019.
All grant seekers are welcome to utilize the Power Building Library to support your efforts to Defend, Develop and Decolonize.
Updates regarding future open calls for the Community Self-Determination grant program will be announced on our Community Self-Determination grant page.
Frontline organizers and movements are supported in their work to defend, develop and decolonize.Ā Modest urgent response grants are provided to groups and individuals most impacted by local challenges, ensuring that resources and decision-making ability lies with those most affected by the results and most equipped to solve immediate challenges.
The NDN Collective Abundance Fund provides wealth building grants to Indigenous people who reside within the tri-state region of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The programĀ supports the re-building of generational wealth, while beginning to address the wealth gap among Indigenous individuals and families. We see this work as a way to advance the dismantling of white supremacy thinking andĀ exploitative and extractive economic systems that have not worked for our People.Ā This includes centering this work around a redefinition of wealth from our Indigenous perspective, rather than the western definition of wealth that is rooted in capitalism which promotes the accumulation of money and material possessions often without regard to the protection of people and Mother Earth.