Brief Description: As tribes and Native communities seek to develop a strong foundation for economic development activities and strategies, they must also identify the array of available sources of funding, financing and/or customers/clients that will support the enterprises and projects that will ultimately implement portions of these strategies. The first installment in this 3-part training series will provide a non-exhaustive list of funding sources and the eligible uses and combinations of these sources as well as provide training on how to advance economic development through external borrowing/financing of activities (as opposed to purely grant-funded approaches) including how to identify appropriate funding, develop a funding roadmap, and organize an internal team tasked with carrying out financing plans.

Part 1:

• Economic Development Resources and Funding Sources (local, state, federal, tribal, and philanthropic grants and loans); Grant Application Best Practices