Grassroots Communities Mining Mini-Grant Program

Type: 
Funding
Grant Deadline: 
12/31/2023
Organization: 
Indigenous Environmental Network, Western Mining Action Network
Description: 

Rolling Deadline. The IEN/WMAN Mining Mini-Grants Program offers financial grant assistance to communities threatened or adversely affected by mining in the U.S. and Canada. We recognize that mining activity often has detrimental impacts to all aspects of community and cultural well-being and IEN/WMAN encourages projects that strive to protect the environment, ecosystems, cultural resources, and community health from mining impacts. IEN is accepting applications on a rolling basis, with deadlines of Feb 1, June 1, and Oct 1. Go to WMAN's website where you will find the new application form to fill in. 

Category: 
mining, community health, public health, cultural well-being, adaptation
Funding Amount: 
$4,000
Eligibility: 
Priority is given to community-based grassroots groups and Tribal/First Nations directly affected by mining.
Contact Information: 
Contact WMAN’s Indigenous Caucus Coordinator, Sayokla Williams sayokla@wman-info.org or IEN’s Keep it in the Ground Mining Organizer, Talia Boyd talia@ienearth.org