Grant Applications are open for 2015 till 31 October
The First People World Wide Keepers of the Earth grants supports projects that empower Indigenous communities. Applicants can be grassroots/local organization or group representing an Indigenous-led project.
The largest possible grant award is US$20,000. The first time grant seekers will be granted amount from $500 to $5,000 while the applicants who has already been awarded this grant earlier are more likely to be approved for a larger grant for their next project.
Past Grant Recipients
- 2013 Grants of US$32,600 (four grants of US$7,500, US$17,200, US$2,900 and US$5,000) to A World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity (AWISH)-Sierra Leone
- 2013 Grants of $4,281 to Bundu Tuhan Native Residential Committee for the project ‘Community Day and pilgrimage to Mt. Kinabalu, a sacred place to the Dusun people’ in Malaysia
- Grants of $32,925 (three grants of $9,925, $16,000 and $7,000) to Ogiek Peoples Development Program for the project ‘preventing eviction of the Ogiek people from their lands, conservation of the Mau Forest in the Great Rift Valley, organizing Ogiek communities’ in Kenya.
Eligibility Criteria
- Keepers of the Earth grants are open to Indigenous-led grassroots organizations, groups, societies, associations, consortiums, Tribes, or First Nations.
- Applicant must have an organizational bank account or access to a fiscal sponsor.
- Applicant’s budget proposal must fall within the budget as proposed by the foundation.
Application Procedure
- The foundation accepts applications for Keepers of the Earth grants between January 1st and October 31st only.
- Applicants can apply online or can submit a video application.
- Applicants are required to mention the name of the organization with proposed budget and its not-for-profit certification (IRS letter, registration certificate).
- It can take up to eight weeks for First Peoples to complete a review of your application.
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