Project Grant 19052765423

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Indigenousways $100,000 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The funding will support personnel, facilities, safety supplies, and marketing expenses to enable Indigenousways' response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for community...

This Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) provides $307,734 to the Federacion POR La Autodeterminacion De LOS Pueblos Indigenas (FAPI) to support indigenous land management and territorial autonomy efforts in Paraguay through March 2024. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), FAPI will work with local Mbya Guarani groups to develop and implement a land management plan to protect against forest fires and promote territorial autonomy on their...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to A Nonprofit Corporation Indigenous Performance Productions from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The grant supports personnel expenses to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), the funding will allow Indigenous Performance Productions to provide opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education. It...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program, awarded a $190,000 project grant to Fundacion Alpasamay in Colombia. The 2-year grant, awarded on September 3, 2024, supports a pilot project to strengthen the capacity of 12 indigenous grassroots organizations and 3 indigenous governing entities in the Sibundoy Valley region to manage their ancestral lands sustainably. Fundacion Alpasamay is working with the Inga and Kamëntsa...

This $168,682 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) will support Asociacion Educacional Para El Desarrollo Integral De LOS Movimientos Comunitarios (Entre Mundos) in delivering community-based tourism and organizational development training and services. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), which aims to strengthen partnerships and support self-help efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Entre Mundos will work with community organizations in...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 project grant under its Assistance for Overseas Programs to Asociacion Proceso - Servicios Educativos. The grant will support Proceso in providing Indigenous Guarani youth in eastern Bolivia technical skills and capacity building to develop and present an agenda to the Guarani Nation's governing body on topics related to engaging youth and indigenous communities. It will also connect Guarani youth to other indigenous youth networks to...

The Red Indigena de Turismo de Mexico (RITA) received a $125,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation to support community-led tourism and sustainable natural resource management in indigenous communities in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas region through April 2023. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), RITA will engage communities to create action plans, network, and provide seed funding for tourism enterprises to help adapt to the pandemic and improve...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $274,510 Project Grant to the women-led Collagua indigenous association Artesanos Asociados Sumac Pallay Sibayo (AASUPASI) to strengthen the productive capacity of smallholder alpaca farmers and artisans in the highlands of Arequipa, Peru. The 3-year grant, which runs from August 11, 2023 to August 11, 2026, aims to further sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, share indigenous culture, generate income through textiles and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $190,000 Project Grant under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support Fundacion Treveris, a non-profit organization based in San Jose, CA. The grant will fund a 3-year initiative to create economic and educational opportunities for indigenous women and youth in the Bolivian Chaco region. The project aims to help this underserved population access the local labor market, develop small businesses, and strengthen cultural...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $280,900 project grant to Fundacion Rapaces Y Bosques De Panama (FRBP) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean program (CFDA #85.750). The grant will support FRBP's efforts from August 2021 through August 2024 to strengthen the resilience of indigenous Embera and Wounaan communities in Panama through sustainable agriculture. Specifically, FRBP will help the communities adopt agricultural practices that...