ANA Fast Facts
ANA promotes the goal of economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and the peoples of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
ANA is the only Federal agency providing grants, training and technical assistance to all Native Americans including:
- 562 federally recognized Tribes
- Incorporated non-federally recognized Tribes
- American Indian and Alaska Native Organizations
- Native Hawaiian Non-profit Organizations
- Native populations throughout the Pacific basin
Project Funding Fast Facts:
- ANA administers approximately 220 projects annually, and turns over approximately one-third (1/3) of its grant portfolio every year.
- All ANA grantees are required to provide a 20% non-federal match.
- In FY 2007, ANA had a demand for project funding in excess of $79 million. Out of 378 applications, 25% received funding.
- In FY 2007, ANA awarded 96 new competitive grants totaling $15,639,085, and 108 continuation grants totaling $22,085,235.
- The breakdown of FY 2007 new grants is as follows: 57 Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), 2 Healthy Marriage, 3 SEDS Alaska, 26 Language, 1 Environmental Mitigation, and 7 Environmental Regulatory.
- In FY 2007, the average ANA grant amount was $162,907.
- The location breakdown of FY 2007 is as follows: 17% in Alaska, 12% in the Pacific Basin, and 71% in the lower 48 States.
- 132 Peer Panel Reviewers evaluated 313 FY 2007 ANA applications.
- In partnership with the Indian Health Service, ANA has trained over 600 youth and adults in Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and First-Responder Activities.