Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) Call for Project Concepts (GRANT)

Cultural Survival is pleased to announce the Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) Call for Project Concepts. The KOEF is a small grants fund that supports Indigenous values-based community development. These grants have supported Indigenous-led projects on the leading edge of solutions to the most pressing issues for Indigenous Peoples.

Through the KOEF, Cultural Survival provides grants ranging between $500 and $5,000 to Indigenous-led organizations and traditional governments.

Grants can support projects focused on a vast array of development activities. Of particular interest  are projects focused on the following topics and their intersections: Free, Prior, Informed Consent, self-governance, the rights of leadership of Indigenous women, economic sovereignty, land rights, environmental and biodiversity protection, Indigenous language and knowledge retention, movement-building, equitable distribution of resources, and Indigenous participation in international, national, regional and local spaces. Applications will be viewed with an eye toward innovation, Indigenous values woven into the design of the project, and projects addressing real-time development needs. The connection between Indigenous values and the proposed project should be clearly articulated.

The primary purpose of the Keepers of the Earth Fund is to empower grassroots Indigenous communities in establishing their rights and retaining their traditional values.

We seek to fund projects that are collective in nature, working in collaboration with others for the benefit of the larger community. We encourage partnerships and networking, capacity building for results, and strategic approaches to Indigenous development.

Project Concepts will be accepted until June 7, 2019

Guidelines:

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SUBMITTING YOUR PROJECT CONCEPTS

We are currently accepting applications between May 6th and June 7th 2019. We accept project concepts in written, video, or audio formats in English, Spanish, Diidxazá, K’iche, Pocomam, Sunuwar, Hindi, Nepali, or Russian.  Please limit submissions to 2-pages written or three-minutes of audio or video. The project concept should respond to all the questions listed in the Project Concept Format below. Submit by email at koef@cs.org, by the end of the day on June 7th 2019.
 

PROJECT CONCEPT FORMAT

Please respond to the following questions:

1. Who are you, and what is your role in the proposed project?

2. Which Indigenous Peoples, Tribe, Nation, or culture does the project serve, and where will the project take place?

3. What do you want to do, how long will it take, and how much does it cost?

4. Who is currently supporting this work? (describe support from community members, funders, collaborators, or other stakeholders)

From the Project Concepts we receive, the strongest candidates will be invited to submit full project proposals.

Questions? Email us at koef@cs.org; or by phone at +1 (617) 441-5400 extension 75.