Yéego Action Grant
This grant is provided by First Peoples Fund
Grant Amount
$100 to $2,500Open date
Grant Frequency
Monthly
About This Grant
The Yéego Action Grant supports Native artists and culture bearers facing a specific professional opportunity or a hardship hindering their creative practice, offering encouragement to “keep going.”
Applications are reviewed and grants awarded monthly, subject to available funds.
How You Can Use the Funds
- Assistance with signing up for a specific art opportunity (market entry fees, workshop fees, etc.)
- Support for an artist attending a residency, seminar, or any other professional development opportunity (travel, lodging, meals, etc).
- Emergency disaster relief (fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc).
- Repair of damaged equipment or tools.
- Unanticipated transportation needs for work or professional travel (vehicle repair, car rental, bus pass, rideshare, etc.)
- Unanticipated medical expenses that impact an artist’s ability to work and create.
- Sudden, unexpected expenses for a current project (such as replacing damaged supplies, needing to find a new venue, etc).
Documents Required
- Proof of tribal affiliation
- Three recent artwork examples with brief descriptions
- Legal name and completed required fields.
- Applications are submitted via Submittable.
- Optional: artist website/social link, supporting website (e.g., event page, news article), and supporting document (e.g., invoice, repair quote, travel budget).
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application.
- Must be a U.S. based resident.
- Applicants must be an enrolled member 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.
- Applicant has never been awarded a Yéego Action Grant before.
- Each artist must submit an individual application; group or multiple-artist requests will not be considered.