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ANA Grant Writing Tips Page
ANA provides
competitive financial assistance to eligible Tribes and Native
American non-profit organizations in support of locally determined
and designed projects that address community needs and goals. ANA
does not fund duplicative projects within the same community. ANA
does not fund projects that lead to litigation against the United
States Government.
ANA publishes
program announcements designating funds available, program areas of
focus, review criteria and the method of application on
Grants.gov. ANA provides 12, 24, 36, and 60 month grants.
ANA project funding is considered short-term seed funding. All ANA
community grant projects need to be complete by the end of the
project period, or supported by alternative funds.
Grant Writing
Quick Help:
Formatting Requirements
Impact Indicators
Scoring Criterion
Program Areas of Interest
Proof of Non-Profit Status
Non-Profit Survey
Indirect Cost Agreements
Guide to Successful Projects and
Applications
Grant Awards – Current ANA Grants by
State
Formatting Requirements
- Original and copies of the
application must be unbound
- All pages must be numbered
consecutively starting with the Table of Contents
- All applications must be
labeled with a section heading
- Paper size shall be 8.5 x
11 and single sided
- A ½ inch
top/bottom/left/right margin is the minimum allowed
- Font must be Times New
Roman and cannot be smaller than 12 point
- Exceptions to the appendix
page limit include third party agreements and business plans (if
applicable)
A complete
application consists of three parts:
- Part I – Federal Forms and
Other Required Documents (no page limits)
- Part II – Application
Review Criteria (40 page limit, exceptions to page limit are the
OWP, budget and budget justification)
- Part III – Appendix (20
page limit)
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Impact Indicators
Each applicant must
submit five impact indicators to support the applicant’s project.
Two of the five are standard and required across all ANA programs.
An applicant must also submit three additional indicators. These
three impact indicators may be selected from the lists below, or
they may be developed for a specific proposed project, or the
applicant may submit a combination of both the ANA suggested
indicators and project specific indicators.
Environmental
Required
standard indicators:
- Number of partnerships
formed
- Amount of dollars leveraged
beyond the required non-federal share match
Suggested ANA
indicators:
- The number of environmental
regulations, codes or ordinances created
- The number of people to
successfully complete a workshop/training
- The number of
workshops/trainings provided
- Types of capacity building
systems created and implemented to support environmental program
functions
- Identification of tribal or
village government regulations, codes or ordinances that were
enacted and adopted
- The number of regulations,
codes or ordinances successfully enforced
- Number of infrastructure
and administrative systems, including policies and procedures
developed and implemented.
Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance: Category I - Assessment
Grants
Required standard indicators:
- Number of partnerships
formed
- Amount of dollars leveraged
beyond the required non-federal share match
Suggested ANA
indicators:
- Number of surveys completed
- Percent and number of
community members assessed
- The rate of language loss
or gain
- The number of elders
consulted
- Number of language experts
consulted
- Number of community goals
developed to preserve the Native language
- Number of infrastructure
and administrative systems, including policies and procedures
developed and implemented.
Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance: Category II - Design and/or
Implementation Grants
Required standard
indicators:
- Number of partnerships
formed
- Amount of dollars leveraged
beyond the required non-federal share match
Suggested ANA
indicators:
- The number of people
involved in establishment or operation or project
- Number of training classes
or workshops held to teach language
- Number and type of
materials developed
- Number of media products
developed
- Number of translations
achieved
- Number of individuals who
increased in ability to speak the language
- Number of participants who
achieve fluency
- Number of settings the
language is spoken in
- Number of infrastructure
and administrative systems, including policies and procedures
developed and implemented
Social
and Economic Development Strategies
Required standard indicators:
- Number of partnerships
formed
- Amount of dollars leveraged
beyond the required non-federal share match
Suggested ANA
indicators:
- Number of infrastructures
and administrative systems, including policies and procedures
developed and implemented
- Number of codes or
ordinances developed and implemented
- Number of people to
successfully complete a workshop/training
- Number of children, youth,
families or elders assisted or participating
- Number of volunteer hours
- Number of faith based and
community-based partnerships
- Number of jobs created
- Number of community-based
small businesses established or expanded
- Identification of tribal or
village government business, industry, energy, or financial
codes or ordinances that were adopted or enacted
- Number of micro-businesses
started
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Scoring Criterion
There are now six
criteria that applicants must address in their applications. Please
read the program announcements to ensure that you include the
correct components required for each criterion. There are also new
point values assigned to each criterion.
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Program Areas of Interest
Program Areas of
Interest have been established for each competition and can be found
in the program announcements. Applicants are encouraged to develop
projects that fall within these areas of interest.
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Proof of Non-Profit Status
A non-profit
organization applying for an ANA grant must provide proof of
non-profit status by submitting any of the following:
- A reference to the
applicant organization’s listing in the Internal Revenue
Service’s (IRS) most recent list of tax-exempt organizations
- A copy of the currently
valid IRS tax exemption certificate
- A statement from a State
taxing body, State Attorney General, or other appropriate State
official certifying that the applicant organization has a
non-profit status and none of the net earnings accrue to any
private shareholders of individuals
- A certified copy of the
organization’s certificate of incorporation or similar document
that clearly establishes non-profit status
- Any of the items in the
subparagraphs immediately above for a State or national parent
organization and a statement signed by the parent organization
that he applicant organization is a local non-profit affiliate
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Non-Profit Survey
Private, non-profit
organizations are encouraged to submit with their applications the
survey of non-profit organizations.
Click here to download the survey.
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Indirect Cost Agreements
If an applicant
has a negotiated indirect cost agreement and intends to include it
in the budget, the applicant must submit any of the following:
- An approved agreement that
covers the proposed budget period
- A statement on letterhead
from the cognizant agency which states that they have received
the indirect cost agreement proposal and that the current rate
is extended until the new rate is approved
- The cognizant agency can
issue a memo to the applicant stating they have the indirect
cost proposal and it is pending review. Applicants choosing this
option should know that if considered for funding, the costs
will be disallowed unless the applicant submits an approved rate
or revised the budget to make the expenses direct costs.
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The ANA Guide to Successful Projects and Applications
ANA Grant Awards – Current ANA Grants by State
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