Yéigo Action Grant
Location: National
Type: Grant / Fellowship / Award
Categories:
Any discipline
Deadline: 05/10/2025
No entry fee required
Open to artists nationally
Paid opportunity
The Yéigo Action Grant provides support for the growing landscape of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a professional development opportunity or towards a hardship that is hindering their creative practice.
This program offers grants between $100 and $5,000 for individual Native artists and culture bearers. First Peoples Fund (FPF) finds it essential to support artists in their times of need, especially when their work is impacted by sudden hardship. This grant’s name incorporates the Diné word yéigo, often used as a phrase of encouragement that can mean “keep going” or “don’t give up.”
While some requests related to a current artistic project may be eligible, please note that Yéigo Action Grants are not intended to assist with funding new artist projects or to provide general support for an existing project.
Eligibility:
– Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application.
– Applicants must be enrolled members of, or provide proof of lineal descendancy from, a U.S. federally recognized or U.S. state-recognized tribe or be able to provide proof of ancestry as an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian.
– Applicant must be a practicing artist.
– Must not have previously received a Yéigo Action Grant.
Deadline:
The 10th of every month, starting with September 10, 2024, for the first round of grant awards. Determinations will be made every month, with the first announcement of grantees announced at the end of September 2024 through May 2025 (+/-).