This project is designed to help strengthen California-based Indigenous stewardship and protection of ancestral lands.
As part of the project and made possible through the support of the Elizabeth R. & William J. Patterson Foundation, the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, First Nations awarded grants averaging $35,000 to 12 California-based tribes or tribally controlled nonprofit organizations. The grant period for this funding opportunity is 18 months, beginning March 1, 2022, and ending Aug. 31, 2023.