Pictured here: Members of 2025 IMAGINE Grantees, Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps and Hopitutuqaiki, The Hopi School

2026 HEEF IMAGINE Grant Cycle: OPEN

The Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) aims to support educational projects that are geared toward serving Hopi communities. Since 2004, the HEEF has funded over 20 programs through grants based on the idea that they are Innovative, Motivating, Accessible, Grassroots, Inspiring, Non-Profit, and benefit Everyone within Hopi communities, also known as the "IMAGINE Grant."

We have been able to assist over 20 different programs since 2004, and have allowed a creative idea to become a working project that can have a lasting impact in the Hopi community. Desired characteristics of IMAGINE Grants programs include cultural relevance, grassroots capacity building, effectiveness, transferability, and sustainability. Past grantees have focused on the following as examples: Hopi language, Hopi culture, agricultural practices, youth programs, elderly programs, sacred site preservation, etc.

We are seeking programs/organizations that provide educational activities and programs that fit our vision for the future of our sinom (people). Investment in education allows every Hopi the opportunity to live the Hopi way of life, in the way they choose, in strong, self-sufficient, culturally rich communities.

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Program/Project Requirements: 

  • Be completed by December 31, 2027

  • Ensure the safety and well-being of all participants and staff/volunteers participating in the program or project.  This includes ensuring that appropriate fingerprint/background checks will be completed on all adults working with minors prior to the program start date.

  • Ensure that most of the program/project participants are members of the Hopi Tribe

  • Ensure structure and accountability.

  • Applicants must also demonstrate they possess the administrative and fiscal capacity to meet the proposed program goals & objectives, as well as to appropriately manage the funds. 

  • If awarded, the grantee must submit a final program report within one month after the date the program officially ends. If a final report is not submitted, the program/project will be ineligible to apply for future IMAGINE Grants.

    Types of Programs Not Eligible for Funding:

  • Examples of programs and activities that are not considered for funding include, but are not limited to:

    • Sports team trips

    • School class trips, construction projects

    • Support for an individual to participate in a camp, conference, event, etc.

      Deadline to apply:

    • Online OR hard copy applications must be received by November 23, 2026 @ 5 pm (AZ/MST). Hard copy applications are available upon request.

      For any further questions, contact Alexandra Hoyungowa, Executive Director:

      Phone: 928-734-2275 Email: heef@hopieducationfund.org