Often times we work with clients to help define a project they have been thinking about as a means to locate and secure funding to make projects a reality. In this regard we have a dedication to tracking down funding as well as establishing connections within our networks to create access to knowledge, funding, technical assistance or other resources. We work at multiple layers of local, state, federal, tribal, non-profit, corporate, volunteer, philanthropic, grassroots and more.
featured grant-writing project
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Imagine Durant is a partnership for envisioning the future of Durant through creating community dialogues; focusing on health, education, the environment, the economy, culture and community of Durant, followed by a phased plan of action. Imagine Durant will re-envision the community of Durant by focusing on partnership, civic engagement and the alignment of goals and vision shared by the different voices of the community.
Imagine Durant is a community based initiative for creating a unified vision for the future, and the strategies to make it happen. Blue Star worked side by side with the Imagine Durant non-profit located in Durant, OK as well as Integral Cities on community engagement; data gathering & research; logic model and prioritization; stakeholder management; assisted with grant-writing and organizational capacity-building; project narratives and reports; task orders. Various stakeholders engaged include the City of Durant, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, First United Bank, Landmark Bank, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant Area Chamber of Commerce, Durant Industrial Authority, Three Valley Museum, Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, Durant Public Schools, Durant Boys & Girls Club, and many others. |
This project provides a powerful data set and compass for the future of the City of Durant for many years to come. This framework can be used to then undertake more robust strategic planning and budgeting exercises to make tangible improvements as the years go by.
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Additional Grant Writing Projects
2016 Design / Visual Arts Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Purpose: A/E services for culturally appropriate housing for Lakota families and elders in Mission, SD. Planning and community engagement for an Arts District in Durant, OK.
Amount: $50,000 (South Dakota) + $50,000 (Oklahoma)
2013, 2014, 2015 Enterprise Capacity Building Grant, Enterprise Community Partners
Purpose: A/E services for veterans supportive housing; community survey; visit best practices for green community development
Amount: $50,000 each year
2013 Indian Community Development Block Grant, HUD Office of Native American Programs
Purpose: A/E design and construction of energy efficient affordable housing prototypes
Amount: $900,000
2012 Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency – Call for Infrastructure and Development Proposals
Purpose: Engineering design and construction of Phase I Infrastructure for the Wakinyan Opa Regenerative Community
Amount: $1,290,514
2012 Administration for Native Americans SEDS Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Native Americans, Social and Economic Strategies
Purpose: Design, master planning, and for the Wakinyan Opa Regenerative Community and Empowerment Center
Amount: $799,598
2011 Rural Innovation Fund Grant, HUD Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development CPD
Purpose: Tipi Un Woape (Houses of Hope) project intended to address the problems of concentrated rural housing distress and community poverty. Used $2M dollars of HUD RIF money and $1M of local match money to design and build 16 low rent houses
Amount: $3,000,000
2010-11 Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Construction in Indian Country Small Grant Program, HUD Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
Purpose: Sustainable, affordable and culturally appropriate housing research, design and demonstration home project as the foundation for an ongoing academic service-learning program. Develop a comprehensive case study to help inform the future tribal housing choices
Amount: $124,995
2011 Native American Business Development Institute Grant, BIA Indian Energy and Economic Development Office
Purpose: Feasibility Study for a Tribal Office Park on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of SD
Amount: $295,000
2011 Enterprise Capacity Building Grant, Enterprise Community Partners
Purpose: Attend Supportive Housing Academy, conduct market study, update website
Amount: $25,000
2011 HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant, HUD-EPA-DOT Sustainable Communities Partnership, HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
Purpose: 3-year regional sustainable communities planning project in the Flint Hills Eco-Region of KS/OK
Amount: $1,980,000
2010 HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant, HUD-EPA-DOT Sustainable Communities Partnership, HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
Purpose: 2-year sustainable communities planning project on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of SD
Amount: $996,100
2016 Design / Visual Arts Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Purpose: A/E services for culturally appropriate housing for Lakota families and elders in Mission, SD. Planning and community engagement for an Arts District in Durant, OK.
Amount: $50,000 (South Dakota) + $50,000 (Oklahoma)
2013, 2014, 2015 Enterprise Capacity Building Grant, Enterprise Community Partners
Purpose: A/E services for veterans supportive housing; community survey; visit best practices for green community development
Amount: $50,000 each year
2013 Indian Community Development Block Grant, HUD Office of Native American Programs
Purpose: A/E design and construction of energy efficient affordable housing prototypes
Amount: $900,000
2012 Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency – Call for Infrastructure and Development Proposals
Purpose: Engineering design and construction of Phase I Infrastructure for the Wakinyan Opa Regenerative Community
Amount: $1,290,514
2012 Administration for Native Americans SEDS Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Native Americans, Social and Economic Strategies
Purpose: Design, master planning, and for the Wakinyan Opa Regenerative Community and Empowerment Center
Amount: $799,598
2011 Rural Innovation Fund Grant, HUD Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development CPD
Purpose: Tipi Un Woape (Houses of Hope) project intended to address the problems of concentrated rural housing distress and community poverty. Used $2M dollars of HUD RIF money and $1M of local match money to design and build 16 low rent houses
Amount: $3,000,000
2010-11 Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Construction in Indian Country Small Grant Program, HUD Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
Purpose: Sustainable, affordable and culturally appropriate housing research, design and demonstration home project as the foundation for an ongoing academic service-learning program. Develop a comprehensive case study to help inform the future tribal housing choices
Amount: $124,995
2011 Native American Business Development Institute Grant, BIA Indian Energy and Economic Development Office
Purpose: Feasibility Study for a Tribal Office Park on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of SD
Amount: $295,000
2011 Enterprise Capacity Building Grant, Enterprise Community Partners
Purpose: Attend Supportive Housing Academy, conduct market study, update website
Amount: $25,000
2011 HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant, HUD-EPA-DOT Sustainable Communities Partnership, HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
Purpose: 3-year regional sustainable communities planning project in the Flint Hills Eco-Region of KS/OK
Amount: $1,980,000
2010 HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant, HUD-EPA-DOT Sustainable Communities Partnership, HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
Purpose: 2-year sustainable communities planning project on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of SD
Amount: $996,100
Blue Star Integrative Studio provides Technical/Training Assistance through the following entities:
- National American Indian Housing Council
- Enterprise Community Partners
- FirstPic
- Minnesota Housing Partnership
