The Legal Foundation of Washington’s (LFW) Native American & Tribal Communities Grant is designed to build and strengthen the capacity of civil legal aid services for Native and Tribal communities in Washington State. LFW has partnered with Native and woman-led consulting firm, Kauffman and Associates, to create a culturally responsive and community-driven grant opportunity that includes an application review panel of community experts and on-going technical assistance.
We aim to:

• Expand civil legal aid programming for Native communities;
• Invest in Indigenous models and approaches to civil justice;
• Build long-lasting legal aid infrastructure, partnerships, and support for Native and Tribal communities; and
• Elevate promising legal aid strategies through collaborative learning.

Proposals must be focused on civil legal aid for Native American clients in Washington State. We welcome a wide array of approaches to serving the diverse civil legal needs of Native American and Tribal communities, including, but not limited to: Tribal-based legal services; collaborative initiatives between legal aid and community-based entities; programming focused on urban populations; and rural legal aid projects.