Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

2023 State and National Native Nations Grants and Planning Competition

Type

Funding

Organization

Americorps

Description

Dealine passed. Most recent deadline: April 5, 2023. Through the 2023 notice of funding opportunity, AmeriCorps seeks to prioritize the investment of national service resources into disaster services like COVID-19 response, economic opportunities, education, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous language, civic and social engagement, healthy futures and veterans and military families. Opportunities include three-year operating grants which engage AmeriCorps members in time-limited-service commitments and one-year planning grants to develop programs that implement evidence-based solutions to community needs.

Funding Amount

Varies

Matching Funds

Geography

National

Eligibility

Federally recognized Tribes; Tribal organizations that are controlled, authorized, or chartered by Federally recognized Tribes are also eligible to apply

Website

https://americorps.gov/funding-opportunity/fy-2023-americorps-state-national-na…

Contact Information

AmeriCorpsGrants@cns.gov. Regional contact for West (AK, AS, CA, GU, HI, MP, NV, OR, WA): Becky Curtis at rcurtis@cns.gov and Raga Nadella at rnadella@cns.gov

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.