Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Development Grant Program – Fiscal Year 2024/2025 | P24AS00434

Opportunity Information: Apply for P24AS00434

The Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Development Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 (Funding Opportunity Number P24AS00434) is a discretionary grant administered by the National Park Service (NPS) to support efforts that strengthen, develop, and sustain Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian culture and arts. The program is framed as a development-oriented opportunity, with NPS signaling a clear interest in expanding participation and helping build out this grant area, particularly by encouraging applicants that may be new to federal funding.

Funding for this opportunity comes from Public Law 118-42, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, which provides a total of $1,500,000 for FY 2024/2025. The opportunity is positioned to broaden access, specifically highlighting that private organizations such as Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) that do not hold 501(c)(3) status are intended to be able to apply. This emphasis suggests the program is designed not only for established nonprofits, but also for community-rooted entities that may not fit traditional charitable status categories yet still play a central role in cultural transmission and arts practice.

The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is listed as Arts under CFDA 15.071. The published award ceiling is $750,000, meaning individual awards can be up to that amount, depending on project scope and program decisions. While the total appropriation is stated as $1.5 million, the notice does not clearly state how many awards will be made (the expected awards field is left blank), so applicants should plan with the assumption that NPS may fund a small number of larger projects, a larger number of smaller projects, or a mix, depending on the proposals received and agency priorities.

Eligibility is broad and includes several organization types that are commonly involved in cultural and arts work in Indigenous communities. Eligible applicants include Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, and an “others” category, which typically indicates NPS may accept additional applicant types as defined in the full notice and federal assistance rules. The explicit reference to nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status and NHOs without 501(c)(3) status is a notable access point for groups that are active in culture-bearing and arts leadership but are not structured as IRS-recognized charities.

Key dates included in the listing indicate the opportunity was created on July 29, 2024, and the original application closing date is September 30, 2024. In practical terms, that window sets a relatively short runway for applicants to shape project narratives, partner letters, budgets, and required federal forms, so interested entities would typically need to move quickly, especially those newer to federal grants.

Overall, this NPS grant opportunity is best understood as a federally funded investment in Indigenous cultural and artistic vitality in Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities, with an intentional outreach element to bring in newer applicants and organizations that may not have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The largest single award can be as high as $750,000, and the total funding pool is $1.5 million, making it potentially significant for projects aimed at cultural preservation, continuation, and arts development, particularly those led by or deeply rooted in the communities the program is intended to benefit.

• The National Park Service in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Development Grant Program – Fiscal Year 2024/2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.071.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-29.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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