Native Entities Grant Program
Funds digital-equity capacity and competitive projects for Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities and Native Hawaiian organisations, with a required cost share.
The Digital Equity Act of 2021 set aside two funding streams specifically for Native communities, and NTIA runs both through one application process to cut the paperwork in half.
Eligibility is a closed list: an Indian Tribe, an Alaska Native entity, or a Native Hawaiian organisation, or a partnership between those entities. Nothing outside that list — no ordinary nonprofit, university or company…
Digital-equity capacity and competitive grant funding authorised under the Digital Equity Act of 2021, open only to Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organisations, or partnerships between them, with a required but unpublished cost share.
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