Learn about our funding areas, eligibility, and apply for a grant today.
We meet our grantees where they are and help them grow from there. As a partner and a resource, our goal is to help our grantees build capacity where they say it’s most needed.
EARLY AUGUST
Grant Cycle
Opens
EARLY SEPTEMBER
Application
Due
MID-SEPTEMBER
Application
Review
OCTOBER
Board Approval
of Grant Awards
EARLY NOVEMBER
Grant Award
Announcement
LATE NOVEMBER
Grant Agreements Signed & Awards Disbursed
Our Four Priority Areas We Fund

Protection of Water
Recognizing the cultural importance of water for tribes across the Colorado Plateau, we support groups stewarding this life-giving resource.

Protection of Sacred Places & Endangered Landscapes
Our lands are part of us, inseparable from our cultures and communities. We support groups integrating tribal voices into landscape management and safeguarding sacred places.

Preservation of Language
We support language preservation because tribal languages – the vessels through which ancestral knowledge is passed to future generations – are threatened with extinction.

Sustainable, Community-based Agriculture
Native foods and traditional farming are essential to the Colorado Plateau’s tribes. We support organizations that are reclaiming sustainable, community-based agriculture.
Eligibility
Does your organization or project qualify
for a Capacity Building Grant from CPF?
Who We Fund
CPF supports native majority-led Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations, Tribal governments with IRS 7871 status, and organizations with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor within the tribal nations on the Colorado Plateau.
What We Fund
CPF supports proposals in the range of $1,000-$25,000 to build local capacity and long-term sustainability of your organization addressing at least one of the four priority areas: Protection of water, Protection of sacred places and endangered landscapes, Preservation of language, Sustainable, community-based agriculture.
What We Do Not Fund
- Hosted fundraising events
- Individuals (organizations only)
- Non-Native majority led organizations
- Businesses
Frequently Asked Questions
RAPID RESPONSE GRANTS
Colorado Plateau Foundation’s rapid response grants support Native-led organizations responding to critical and urgent needs and unforeseen opportunities in the Colorado Plateau region. The grants provide up to $10,000, can be applied for at any time, and are separate from CPF’s annual grant cycle.
Meet Our Grantees
Village of Walpi
Village of Walpi About The Village of Walpi believes in traditional and contemporary values that promotes the welfare, growth, and sustenance of its people, while [...]
Healing Mountain Coalition
Healing Mountain Coalition About The Healing Mountain Coalition is a group of White Mountain Apache community members that bring experience and insight from a variety [...]

C4 Ever Green
C4 Ever Green About In 2022, C 4Ever Green was created as a 501(c)3 at the encouragement of community members. The organization addresses waste-burning and [...]
Albuquerque Public Schools
Albuquerque Public Schools About Albuquerque Public Schools develops enhanced and supportive Indigenous educational opportunities for American Indian/Alaska Native students by increasing knowledge of Native values [...]