Grant Details

Eligibility Details

Eligible applicants are:

Indian Tribal Governments, including tribal consortia 

• The governing body of an Indian Tribe, or 
• A Tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Alaska Native Village or regional or village corporation (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.)), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians (34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(43)) 

Tribal Organizations 

• The governing body of any Indian Tribe, 
• Any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body of a Tribe or Tribes to be served, or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its activities, or 
• Any Tribal nonprofit organization (34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(45)) 

Territorial Organizations 

• A territorial organization” is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking within a United States Territory, which includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

Tribal Nonprofit Organizations 

• A victim services provider that has as its primary purpose to assist Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and staff and leadership of the organization must include persons with a demonstrated history of assisting American Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(44)) 

Publicly funded organizations, not acting in a governmental capacity, such as law schools 

Private nonprofit entities 

Faith-Based and Community Organizations 

Faith-Based and community organizations, including culturally specific organizations, Tribal organizations, and population-specific organizations, that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this program (see Partnership with Faith-Based and Other Neighborhood  Organizations and the Application Companion Guide for more information).  

Deadline Details

Deadline to submit SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov was January 28, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. Full applications were to be submitted to JustGrants by January 30, 2025, 8:59 PM EST. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.

Applicants were strongly encouraged to submit a non-binding Letter of Intent to [email protected] by January 3, 2025. Applicants that do not submit a Letter of Intent can still apply.

Award Details

Up to $33,000,000 is available in FY2025 for 46 awards. This program will make awards in the range up to $900,000. Funding levels under this program for FY 2025 are:

1. New and continuation applications proposing to focus 100 percent of activities on sexual assault and 80 percent or more of activities on legal services for non-intimate partner sexual assault may request up to $900,000. 
2. New and continuation applications not meeting the criteria in number 1 above may request up to $750,000. 
3. Non-competitive applications may request up to $600,000. 

OVW has the discretion to make awards for greater or lesser amounts than requested and to negotiate the scope of work and budget with applicants before making an award or after an award is made but prior to access to funds.  

The award period is 36 months for new and continuation applications and 24 months for non competitive applications. Budgets, including the total estimated funding” on the SF-424, must reflect 36 or 24 months of project activity. OVW anticipates that the award period will start on October 1,  2025. This program has no matching or cost-sharing requirement.