The Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, doing business as Nuweetooun School, received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration's National Historical Publications and Records program (CFDA 89.003). The funding supports the museum's efforts to preserve and publish documentary sources on U.S. history, with a focus on preserving and sharing indigenous culture, arts, and history of tribal communities in southern New England. The museum, which is a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $300,000 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to The Susan Laflesche Picotte Center, a non-profit organization in Nebraska. The grant, awarded on June 25, 2024, with a completion date of June 25, 2026, supports the Center's efforts to preserve and promote the history and culture of Native American tribes. Specifically, the funding enables the Center to provide training, technical assistance, and...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Development Grant program awarded a $199,500 grant to the Lummi Community Development Financial Institution, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to provide technical assistance and training to Native American entrepreneurs and small businesses in rural communities. The grant will support the delivery of business development services, access to affordable lending capital, and facilitation of community development initiatives over the 2-year...
This $500,000 Project Grant, awarded on December 1, 2024, by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966), will provide funding to the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum (doing business as Nuweetooun School) for collections conservation and storage. The museum, a minority-owned non-profit organization located in Exeter, Rhode Island, is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history, culture, and heritage of...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $323,358 Project Grant to the non-profit The Susan Laflesche Picotte Center on June 23, 2023 under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The grant funding enables the Center to provide services that promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industry, and related employment to improve the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,110 Project Grant to the Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute, a tribally owned, minority-owned, and Native American-owned non-profit organization. The grant is funded through the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351), which aims to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities. The grant will support the...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded Native Promise Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351) on September 22, 2022. The two-year grant will support Native Promise Inc.'s delivery of technical assistance and related services to rural small businesses and entrepreneurs in Arizona to promote sustainable economic development. The Rural Business Development Grant program aims to facilitate the growth of small businesses...
This $205,246 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351) was provided to Nebraska Indian Community College, a 1994 Land Grant tribal community college in Nebraska. The funding supports the college's efforts to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industry, and related employment in rural tribal communities. Through this grant, Nebraska Indian...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $137,006 Project Grant to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians through the Rural Business Development Grant program. The grant will support the tribe's efforts to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the creation of small businesses in rural communities through July 2024. Specifically, the funding will enable the provision of technical assistance, training and other services to help emerging private...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service, through the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program (CFDA 10.351), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Native Promise Inc. on September 18, 2023. This 2-year grant will fund initiatives to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the growth of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities in Arizona. Typical funded activities include technical assistance, business counseling, market research,...