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Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
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| Hopa Mountain invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders who are working to improve education, ecological health, and economic development in their hometowns. |
Economic Development First Nations Development Institute Through a three-pronged strategy of Educating Grassroots Practitioners, Advocating Systemic Change, and Capitalizing Indian Communities, First Nations Development Institute is working to restore Native control and culturally-compatible stewardship of the assets they own - be they land, human potential, cultural heritage, or natural resources - and to establish new assets for ensuring the long-term vitality of Native communities. www.firstnations.org Native American Community Development Corporation NACDC’s mission is to effectively address issues that inhibit the flow of financial capital to tribal and Native American projects and businesses www.nacdc.org Oweesta Oweesta helps build strong Native institutions and programs through professional services designed to build local capacity and provide powerful tools for Native community development. Our primary programs and services are:
Rural Community Innovations Provides technical assistance to rural and tribal communities to develop private sector economies that help alleviate persistent poverty. http://www.rci-usa.org/index.htm Funding Administration for Native Americans ANA promotes the goal of economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders. To achieve the goal of self-sufficiency, ANA projects are planned, designed, and implemented by Native American community members to address the particular needs of their society. ANA subscribes to the philosophy that sustainable change must originate within the community. www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana Ben & Jerry
ChangeMakers
Charlotte Martin Foundation Funding for cultural, educational, and athletic projects for youth and in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska from $5,000-$25,000. www.charlottemartin.org Chinook Fund
Christensen Fund
Common Counsel Foundation There are several separate family foundations within Common Counsel – Each one provides different types of grants for different amounts. Visit their website for details.
Educational Foundation of America
First Nations Development Institute This foundation manages several ‘funds’ including: Eagle Staff Fund, Native Youth & Culture Fund, Little Eagle Staff Fund, Native American Hunger Program, Sustainable Forestry Fund and the Kookyangw Fund. Each fund has its own guidelines and some do not accept unsolicited applications. See their website for details. www.firstnations.org First People’s Fund Money and training for Native artists. Their vision is “to communicate to the world the roots and philosophy of Indigenous artistic expression and its relationship to the collective spirit of First Peoples.” www.firstpeoplesfund.org Funding Exchange
Honor the Earth
Lannan Foundation Through their Indigenous Communities Program, they support Traditional Culture/Education, Language Preservation, Environmental Protection, Legal Rights & Special Projects. Their website describes each program area & gives examples of projects funded. $10,000 - $50,000 and up to $500,000. www.lannan.org Northwest Area Foundation
Oxfam America
Public Welfare Foundation Program areas include Community Development, the Environment, Human Rights/Global Security, Youth, Health & Special Opportunities.
RESIST, Inc.
SEVA Foundation
Social Justice Fund Social Justice Fund NW is a member-funded foundation that supports the creation of a just society through fundraising, grantmaking, and member involvement. The foundation provides essential resources to organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to strengthen grassroots efforts in the broad-based movement for progressive, systemic social change. Funds up to $25,000; extra points for rural initiatives! Threshold Foundation Threshold is a progressive foundation and a community of individuals united through wealth, who mobilize money, people and power to create a more just, joyful and sustainable world
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation Education, Health & Human Services, Community Service, Arts & Culture with particular emphasis on those organizations and programs that provide a direct service to economically and socially disadvantaged youth and their families, at-risk or troubled youth, and individuals with special needs. www.dpwfoundation.org MJ Murdock Charitable Trust The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust seeks to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to non-profit organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways. Funds education, arts & culture, and health & human services. Funds up to $400,000. www.murdock-trust.org Paul G. Allen Family Foundations Funding up to $575,000 in the Pacific Northwest for:
Nonprofit Organizations The Center for Community Change Helping low-income people, especially people of color, build powerful, effective organizations through which they can change their communities and public policies for the better. www.communitychange.org Compass Point A consulting, research, and training organization providing nonprofits with management tools, strategies, and resources to lead change in their communities. With offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, we work with community-based nonprofits in executive transition, planning, boards of directors, finance systems and business planning, fundraising, and technology. www.compasspoint.org Guidestar Connecting people with nonprofit information. www.guidestar.org Index of Native American Nonprofit Resources www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAnonprof.html Montana Nonprofit Association http://www.mtnonprofit.org/ Potlatch Fund A grantmaking foundation and leadership development organization serving Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Western Montana. Their mission is to inspire the Native tradition of giving in Northwest Indian Country to promote economic development, natural resource protection, education, cultural preservation, civic participation, and the overall health of Native people and their communities. www.potlatchfund.org Tech Soup Stock Bringing technology donations to nonprofits. www.techsoup.org/stock/default.asp Other Corporation for National & Community Service Source for Americorps and VISTA volunteers. National service helps your organization implement those projects or ideas that require special funding or assistance. Through programs and grants, the Corporation for National and Community Service provides human capital—people power—to help you address emerging needs in your community. www.nationalservice.org Indigenous Environmental Network Established in 1990 within the United States, IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN's activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. IEN accomplishes this by maintaining an informational clearinghouse, organizing campaigns, direct actions and public awareness, building the capacity of community and tribes to address EJ issues, development of initiatives to impact policy, and building alliances among Indigenous communities, tribes, inter-tribal and Indigenous organizations, people-of-color/ethnic organizations, faith-based and women groups, youth, labor, environmental organizations and others. IEN convenes local, regional and national meetings on environmental and economic justice issues, and provides support, resources and referral to Indigenous communities and youth throughout primarily North America - and in recent years - globally www.ienearth.org Indigenous Environmental Network: Youth www.ienearth.org/youth/IENframeset.htm Indian Country Today www.indiancountry.com National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center The National Indian Women's Health Resource Center (NIWHRC), is a national non-profit organization whose mission is "To assist American Indian and Alaska Native women achieve optimal health and well being throughout their lifetime." In 1993, the Director of Indian Health Service assembled a group of Indian women, recognized as leaders in the health field, to serve on a Steering Committee and to advise IHS on the health needs of Indian women. With the scope of the work to be accomplished the Steering Committee decided to organize an independent organization to complete the tasks. The members represent the twelve IHS Areas of Indian Health Service: tribal, urban and Indian Health Service operated programs. They are health providers, health planners, health administrators, and elected tribal leaders that have a common concern with the health status of Indian women. Their strong commitment is based on their roots in their communities. www.niwhrc.org National Indian Youth Leadership Project NIYLP's mission is to nurture the potential of Native youth to be contributors to a more positive world through adventure-based learning, service to nature, community, and family. http://niylp.org/node National Rural Assembly The Assembly, the first of several, will strengthen rural America by giving its leaders a platform to be heard, raising the visibility of rural issues, organizing a national network of rural interests, and developing specific rural policy initiatives. www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=274&NID=61&LanguageID=0 Native Americans in Philanthropy Native Americans in Philanthropy seeks to engage Native and non-Native peoples in understanding and advancing the role of philanthropy through practices that support Native traditional values for current and future generations. www.nativephilanthropy.org NativeWeb Resources for indigenous cultures around the world. www.nativeweb.org
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