For the 2020–2021 grant cycle, we gave out $583,561 in funds to eight urban Native organizations for chronic disease prevention. Grantees all have programming focusing on chronic disease in Indian Country, ranging from obesity to respiratory cancer. The 2020–2021 awardees are:
- NATIVE HEALTH;
- The American Indian Community House;
- The Minneapolis American Indian Center;
- The Native American Health Center, Inc.;
- The Native American Youth and Family Center;
- The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic;
- The Pine Hill Health Network; and
- The Sacramento Native American Health Center, Inc.
Our Sage grants, in Year 2 of our grant cycle, were awarded to urban Native health and human service organizations and urban Indian organizations which have programming focused on Indigenous approaches to obesity and commercial tobacco use and cessation. These awardees received grants of up to $95,000 for their programming efforts.
Our Sweetgrass grants focused on building public health programs related to chronic respiratory disease prevention and management in Year 4 of our grant cycle. Chronic respiratory diseases include, but are not limited to, respiratory cancers (tracheal, lung, bronchial, larynx, etc.), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma. These awardees receive grants of $10,000 for their programming efforts.
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Meet Our 2019–2020 Grantees!
Learn more about our four grantees from the 2019–2020 funding cycle.