2025 Request for Applications- Youth & General Applications

Posted by Native American Agriculture Fund

Type: Funding
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025

The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) announces its seventh year of grantmaking. Starting on March 1, 2025, and closing on May 1, 2025, the fund will open a pool of $10 million.

“Tribal sovereignty, food sovereignty, and economic development are deeply interconnected for Indigenous and rural communities. As sovereign nations with inherent rights to self-governance, Tribal Nations have the authority to shape their food systems in a way that supports local and regional economies and maintains cultural connections to food and land,” says NAAF CEO Toni Stanger-McLaughlin. “The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) supports these efforts by investing in Tribal agriculture and grant projects that directly impact Native farmers and ranchers working daily to strengthen economies and feed our communities. NAAF grant funding is open to all eligible entities that support Native agriculture — the Request for Applications is open from March 1 through May 1, and we encourage all eligible entities to apply.”

Per Trust Agreement Section 8, eligible grant recipients are:

• 501(c)(3) organizations and nonprofit organizations with a Fiscal Sponsor
• Educational organizations
• Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Native CDFIs
• Tribal governments (state and federally recognized) and their instrumentalities

NAAF will also host a series of webinars to support the grant application process on the following four (4) dates. The webinars will provide an overview of the application process and then transition to a question-and-answer period. All webinar recordings will be posted and archived on the NAAF website. The dates for each webinar are found below, and registration is required to participate. The webinars will offer technical assistance to applicants and provide clarification concerning applicant eligibility or focus areas for applications during this grant cycle.