October 16, 2015

Dear Friends,

Honor the Earth is excited to invite your organization to submit a grant proposal for con-sideration at our Board Meeting, December 12th 2015. The deadline for submittal is December 1 2015, 5PM CT. Our priority area of focus is in the protection and revital-ization of sacred ways, rivers, and places. We are passionate in supporting the opposi-tion to extreme extraction and the transition to an Indigenous economy. At this time, our funding is limited to indigenous-led organizations only.

Our application process is simple. Please complete in doc format only and include cover sheet (see below) narrative, budget, IRS 501c3 letter of determination (of your organization or your fiscal agent). Narratives should be limited to 5 pages maximum and should include:

· Organizational background· Project goals and objectives, and a plan for how they will be realized· Project timeline· Demonstration of the projects potential impact in building resilience in Native com-

munities

For more detailed information on the application process please see our website at http://www.honorearth.org/grants_app. Please ensure your IRS letter is attached as we are unable to process your application without this information.

For any questions and application submittal you can contact us at grants@honorearth.org or by phone, 218-375-3200. We look forward to hearing from you,

We also want you to know that the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company has a November l deadline for their grants. We encourage you to look at this, if you are doing youth or so-cial service work. For more information, see their website at https://www.sfntcfoundation.org/instructions.aspx

Miigwech

______________________________________Winona LaDukeExecutive DirectorHonor the Earth

HONOR THE EARTHGRANT APPLICATION COVER SHEET

* This cover sheet is used for board correspondence; please carefully and completely fill out the information that applies to your organization *

Date of Applica-tion:

Funding Cycle: Spring Fall

Program Area: Building Resilience Youth (Check this box if your project is youth-led or youth-focused)

Name of Organiza-tion:

Native Youth-led Organization (y/n):

Phone Number: Fax Number:

Address:

City: State:

Zip: Country:

Name of Reserva-tion:

Email: Web URL:

Main contact for organization :

Contact per-son:Title: PresidentContact person phone:

Contact person e-mail:

Secondary contact for organization:

Contact per-son:

Title:

Contact person phone:

Contact person e-mail:

Financial information:

General Support or Project Sup-port (please specify name of project)?Amount requested (HTE Range: $1,000 to $5,00):

Total Organization Bud-get:

Total Project Bud-get:

Project Summary:Please briefly describe your project/organization and state how Honor the Earth funds would be used (3-10 sen-tences):

Fiscal Agent Organization (if applicable):

Fiscal Agent Name:

Contact person:       Title:      

Phone Number:       Fax Number:      

Address:      

City:       State:      

Zip:       Country:      

Name of Reservation:      

Email:       Web URL:      

If not a 501(c)(3) and you do not have a fiscal agent please contact our office for ideas about where you can get a fiscal agent.