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Max Funding
Up to $15K
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Due Date
Oct 16, 2026
Application Type
Full Application
FUNDER DETAILS
FUNDER TYPE
Private
FUNDING FREQUENCY
Annual Grant
FUNDING DURATION
One-Year Grant
USE OF FUNDS
Programs/Projects
RESTRICTIONS
Restricted
ELIGIBILITY
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Nonprofits with an Affiliate Sponsor, ✅ Native American Tribes/Nations
PROGRAM AREAS
Grassroots Organizations, Advocacy, Community Development, Environment, Social Justice
LOCATIONS
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Washington DC, Puerto Rico
Community Action Fund Intent
This grant supports Indigenous frontline, grassroots, community-based groups and organizations, Tribes, communities and villages, and individuals leading non-violent direct action or movement-building work in their effort to DEFEND Indigenous People’s rights, and protect their land, air, water, and natural resources.
CAF is meant to support frontline direct action and climate change response efforts that are already happening with or without NDN Collective’s support. CAF grant does not fund long-term ongoing projects nor operational costs for organizations and companies.
The grant specifically funds:
non-violent direct action
community organizing
movement-building work
climate/environmental defense efforts
urgent frontline response activities
About The Grant
Requirements
Indigenous-led frontline, grassroots, and community-based groups and organizations, including non-profit organizations, U.S.-based Tribes, tribal non-profit entities or tribal programs, Alaska Native Villages or their non-profit entities, First Nations or Inuit and Métis communities, groups and organizations based in Canada, Indigenous communities, groups and organizations based in Mexico, and Individual Indigenous people leading direct action or movement building work.
Applicants must be based in the post-colonial borders of the US, Canada, Mexico, including the related Island Nations of Hawai’i, Borikén/Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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FOUNDATION NAME
NDN Collective
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FUNDER TYPE
Private
CONTACT
Email: programofficer@ndncollective.org
Phone: (605) 791-3999