Pacific Region
Hawaii
Grantee: Holani Hana, Inc.
Project Title: Kuhohonu: Restoring the Righful Role of Native Communities as Navigator of Their Own Destinies through Community Planning and Capacity Building in East Maui, Hawai’i
Holani Hana, Inc. will increase stakeholder engagement in their strategic planning and decision-making processes while simultaneously building community capacity through an in-depth two-year community listening tour. Currently, Holani Hana recognizes many pathways to mission fulfillment, but a better understanding of what their community genuinely wants and needs is essential. By increasing stakeholder engagement and growing each communities capacity to identify, articulate, and communicate shared goals, all of East Maui will be able to engage in community-led, location-based initiatives effectively. Ultimately, this project aims to serve the local, statewide, and worldwide community through activities that foster Hawaiian cultural education.
- Location: Hana, HI
- ANA Region: Pacific
- Project Period: 9/30/2021 to 9/29/2024
- FY 2022 Award: $200,000
Eastern Region
North Carolina
Grantee: Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority
Project Title: Lighting the Way for Systemic Innovative Grants, Contracts and Inventory Management
Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority will improve the capacity and efficiency of the organization to manage supplies, contracts, and grants. This strategic plan initiative responds to the influx of donations, supplies, and funding related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent need for accountability reporting. Currently, tracking and reporting are done through a series of Excel files and databases, which do not dovetail with accounting software, causing duplication of data entry and many manual functions. Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority will improve capacity, time efficiencies, cost savings, error reductions, and increased accountability by procuring software to institutionalize inventory management, contracts management, and grants management. Ultimately, this project aims to ensure organizational sustainability by ensuring the wise use of the resources of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
- Location: Cherokee, NC
- ANA Region: Eastern Region
- Project Period: 9/30/2021 to 9/29/2024
- FY 2023 Award: $173,747
South Dakota
Grantee: Sicangu Community Development Corporation
Project Title: Sicangu Community Development Corporation Capacity Building
Sicangu Community Development Corporation (SCDS) will build its internal capacity, supporting efforts to fulfill the agency mission through expanded staff development and sustainable strategies to collect and track relevant data. SCDS has identified gaps and weaknesses in the areas of staff development and the ability to track and manage data through internal surveys and communications with staff, partners, and individuals. By implementing agency-wide training and personalized training responding to direct gaps and weaknesses in knowledge, SCDS will support technical skill growth, hone leadership and management capacity, and create an area of expertise allowing for true innovation. SCDC will also develop and implement 7G Impact Measures that align to the United Nations Sustainable Development goals to serve as a data collection backbone and contract with an external expert to build the necessary systems for tracking and managing this data.
- Location: Mission, SD
- ANA Region: Eastern Region
- Project Period: 9/30/2021 to 9/29/2024
- FY 2022 Award: $199,001
Grantee: Urban Indigenous Collective, Inc.
Project Title: UIC Capacity Building for Grants and Technology Management
Urban Indigenous Collective (UIC) will grow its organizational capacity to better serve its communities. Currently, UIC is a majority volunteer-run organization and the workload of their various program areas has become unsustainable with only volunteers. UIC’s urban Native programs are severely underfunded and understaffed. By developing and implementing a 7-year funding strategy and creating a 5-year IT strategic plan, UIC will be able to effectively manage grants and establish its business management processes to guide operations. This project aims to ensure the inclusion of Urban Natives living in Lenapehoking (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut) by indigenizing existing infrastructures and ensuring cultural humility in health and wellness services to build more equitable, inclusive, and prosperous communities.
- Location: New York, NY
- ANA Region: Eastern Region
- Project Period: 9/30/2021 to 9/29/2024
- FY 2022 Award: $195,387