Grant Opportunities

Grant opportunities provided to NATHPO from you, our community, partners, and other Tribal & cultural resource organizations and firms.

Please provide information on our Contact Page and we will post to this page as they are approved.

PROTECTING NATIVE PLACES GRANT PROGRAM

NATHPO, with support from the Mellon Foundation, is once again funding Protecting Native Places (PNP) to assist Member THPOs in preserving Indigenous culture and the environment. Our ongoing partnership enables us to offer PNP grants for 2026.

NATHPO and our partners recognize that Tribal historic preservation and resource management have long been underfunded and too often carried out without meaningful Native involvement. Through this grant, we aim to help change that. PNP supports THPOs in carrying out the work that matters most to you, from responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act to the many other essential efforts you lead. Our goal is to help protect cultural sites by providing funding THPOs' need for the work you determine is most important.

2026: Protecting Native Places Application Information (click here)

The Details

Amount: $1,000,000 will be awarded as $40,000 grants. This is on a 1st come, 1st served basis (only one application per Tribe). We will only accept twenty-five applications.

Eligibility: NATHPO Full Members with paid dues are eligible for 2026 Protecting Native Places. Back-to-back awards are not permitted this year. If you have questions about membership status or invoicing, please contact Accounting@nathpo.org with ‘Membership Question’ as the subject.

Timeline: Application submittal opens July 13, 2026. Application submittal closes July 31, 2026, OR after we accept 25 applications whichever comes first. Notification of award on or before: August 31, 2026. Grants will be disbursed on or before September 18, 2026. The period of performance will be one year after you receive the funds.

- To inquire about the status of your NATHPO membership or to join, please contact Finance Director Amy Garcia at Accounting@NATHPO.org or see Membership page for details.

- To apply, simply answer the questions in the google form and upload or email the required documents (Project budget, Tribal W9, THPO & Finance contact info form).

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2025: We hit the application limit in record time!

May 22, 2025, NATHPO's Protecting Native Places program hit its 25-application limit after launching earlier in the month. This is the quickest NATHPO has reached the maximum number of applications in the four-year history of the program.

Many thanks to all of the THPOs who have applied for Protecting Native Places Grants in 2025, as well as the applicants and recipients in years past who made this program the success story it has become.

2025 Application -- CLOSED

Please click here to learn about 2025's recipients.

Please click here to learn about 2024's recipients.

Watch the recording of our Grants-stravaganza webinar on our YouTube channel.

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