First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) in Longmont, Colorado, has announced grants totaling more than $2.4 million to 25 Native-led nonprofit organizations and Tribal governments in support of climate- and clean energy-related efforts that focus on resiliency and racial equity.

First Nations awarded 10 grants totaling $1 million in support of workforce development projects that address the effects of climate change in Native communities and 11 grants totaling just over $1 million to catalyze projects focused on climate resiliency and implementing climate change plans that amplify traditional ecological knowledge. In addition, four grants were awarded to fund the planning and hosting of regional climate resiliency conversations among Native communities, Native-led organizations, and Tribal governments.

The grants from First Nations’ Racial Equity Justice 40 project are funded through the support of several community partners as well as $1 million from the Bezos Earth Fund—part of a larger $5 million grant made to First Nations in December 2021—and are aligned with the federal government’s Justice40 initiative to deliver at least 40 percent of the overall benefits from federal investments in climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities.

For a complete list of recipients, see the First Nations website.

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