Project Grant 90NN0011

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded $150,000 to Mni Sota Fund, doing business as BII GII Wiin Cdlf, through the Native Initiatives federal grant program (CFDA 21.012). The Project Grant funding will support technical assistance to build the organizational capacity of certified and emerging Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) through December 2023. Key services include professional development, training, and...

This $1,000,000 Economic Development Administration (EDA) Project Grant, awarded under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program on September 6, 2022, will support planning, design, and engineering for the Sicangu Innovation Center in Mission, South Dakota. The Center will serve as a flexible, multipurpose facility to advance regional economic development for the Sicangu Lakota Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe). Upon completion, the Center will house an innovative business incubator and...

The Southeast Community Capital Corporation was awarded a $690,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Community Development Financial Institutions Program. The grant funding will support the provision of financial products, financial services, development services, loan loss reserves, and capital reserves to benefit low-income individuals and communities that lack access to affordable financial options. Activities...

This $153,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the region served by the Yankton Sioux Tribe in Charles Mix County, South Dakota. Through September 2024, the Yankton Sioux Tribe will lead a collaborative, regional planning process to create an economic roadmap under the EDA's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA...

This Project Grant award of $352,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) was awarded on September 12, 2023 to Sinte Gleska University, a tribal university located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The funding will be used by Sinte Gleska University to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents in the region. This may...

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Black Hills Community Loan Fund, Inc. to provide technical assistance to Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and emerging CDFIs through December 31, 2023. Under the Native Initiatives federal grant program (CFDA 21.012), the awardee will use the funding to build organizational capacity and serve rural and urban low-income individuals and underserved...

This federal Project Grant award of $278,216 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant supports Sinte Gleska University, a tribal college located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that deliver essential services to the local Native American population. The award, with a performance period ending on...

The Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative Expansion project will provide $675,000 in funding from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The award is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP, CFDA #10.311). The BFRDP aims to help beginning farmers and ranchers enter and improve success in farming, ranching, and managing nonindustrial private forest lands. Under this award,...

The Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded $150,000 under the Native Initiatives federal grant program (CFDA 21.012) to Niijii Capital Partners Inc. for the period of September 16, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The Project Grant funding will support technical assistance to build the organizational capacity of certified and emerging Native Community Development Financial Institutions. Technical assistance activities may include personal and...

The Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded Dakota Business Lending $125,000 under the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CFDA 21.020) Project Grant to build organizational capacity and serve target markets through September 2024. The funding will support technical assistance activities including compensation, fringe benefits, professional services, travel, training, equipment, supplies, and incorporation costs to strengthen...