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2023 Grant Partners

Advance Native Political Leadership (fiscally sponsored by Tides Foundation)
Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community (FISCAL SPONSOR: New Venture Fund)
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center
Amah Mutsun Land Trust
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Inc. (AIANTA)
American Indian Prison Project Working Group (FS: Peace Development Fund, Inc.)
American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions
Anishinaabe Circle
Arapaho Ranch Field Station
Bidii Baby Foods (FISCAL SPONSOR: The BEN Initiative)
Borikua Taino Foundation / Fundacion Borikua Taino
Brave Heart Society (FISCAL SPONSOR: Running Strong for American Indian Youth)
Breath of My Heart Birthplace
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas
Center Pole
Chief Seattle Club
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim
Cultural Fire Management Council
Data For Indigenous Justice
Dena’ Nena’ Henash dba Tanana Chiefs Conference
Division of Indian Work
Dream of Wild Health
Ekvn-Yefolecv
Euchee Yuchi Language Project, Inc.
First Peoples Worldwide
Four Holes Indian Organization
Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School, Inc.
Grandmothers Growing Goodness (FISCAL SPONSOR: Native Movement)
Haa Tóoch Lichéesh Coalition
hipeexnu’. kii’u nuun wisiix. inc.
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute
Hui Iwi Kuamo‘o
IllumiNative (FISCAL SPONSOR: New Venture Fund)
Indian Child Welfare Law Center
Indigenous Idaho Alliance
Kahuli Leo Lea
Rematriation – Kanenhi:io Ionkwiaenthos
Ke Ea Hawaii (FISCAL SPONSOR: Mana Maoli)
Lakota Communications Inc.
LCO Elders Association
Lhaq’temish Foundation
Lumbee Land Development, Inc.
Makoce Agriculture Development
Maqlaqs Paddle (FISCAL SPONSOR: Rios to Rivers)
Menīkānaehkem-Community Rebuilders (FISCAL SPONSOR: WISDOM)
Mewinzha Ondaadiiziike Wiigaming
Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project
Montana Two Spirit Society
Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition (FISCAL SPONSOR: Native Movement)
Mother Nation
Na’ah Illahee Fund
United Houma Nation

2022 Grant Partners

Advance Native Political Leadership
Los Angeles, CA
Ain Dah Yung Center
Saint Paul, MN
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Anchorage, AK
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community
Anchorage, AK
Amah Mutsun Land Trust
Santa Cruz, CA
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association, Inc
Alburquerque, NM
American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions
San Antonio, TX
Arapaho Ranch Field Station SOILutions
Riverton, WY
Arts Impact: Native Voices
Federal Way, WA
Brave Heart Society
Lake Andes, SD
California Indian Environmental Alliance
El Cerrito, CA
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
Santa Rosa, CA
California Native Vote Project
Los Angeles, CA
Center for Popular Research, Education and Policy
Fort Washakie, WY
Change Labs
Tuba City, NV
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Eagle Butte, SD
Chief Seattle Club
Seattle, WA
Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim
Omaha, NE
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Anchorage, AK
Cultural Fire Management Council
Hoopa, CA
Dream of Wild Health
Minneapolis, MN
Ekvn-Yefolecv
Weogufka, AL
First People’s Conservation Council
Gray, LA
Foundation Earth
Washington, DC
Four Directions Inc
Fairfax, VA
Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School, Inc
Rooseveltown, NY
Harness Community
West Hollywood, CA
Honor the Earth
Callaway, MN
Hopi Foundation
Kykotsmovi, AZ
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute
Kykotsmovi, AZ
Huliauapa’a
Hakalau, HI
ICWA Law Center
Minneapolis, MN
IllumiNative
Washington, DC
Indigenous Educators Empowerment
Las Vegas, NV
Indigenous Idaho Alliance
Boise, ID
KAʻEHU
Wailuku, HI
Kanenhi:io Ionkwiaenthos
Syracuse, NY
Keres Children’s Learning Center
Cochiti Pueblo, NM
Kiowa Tribe
Carnegie, OK
Koihonua
Pearl City, HI
Lakota Communications inc
Porcupine, SD
LCO Elder Association
Hayward, WI
L.I.G.H.T. Foundation
Elmer City, WA
Lower Phalen Creek Project
St. Paul, MN
Lumbee Land Development, Inc
Pembroke, NC
Makoce Agriculture Development
Porcupine, SD
Mana Maoli
Honolulu, HI
Maqlaqs Paddle (Rios to Rivers)
Klamath Falls, OR
Menīkānaehkem-Community Rebuilders
Gresham, WI
Messengers for Health
Crow Agency, MT
MIGIZI
Minneapolis, MN
Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Chahta
Calera, OK
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project
Oxnard, CA
Montana Two Spirit
Missoula, MT
Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment
Albuquerque, NM
NACA-Inspired Schools Network
Albuquerque, NM
NAVA Education Project
Albuquerque, NM
National Council of Urban Indian Health
Washington, DC
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Minneapolis, MN
Native American Community Board
Lake Andes, SD
Native American Community Development Institute
Minneapolis, MN
Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance
Scandia, MN
Native American Women’s Dialog on Infant Mortality
Seattle, WA
Native Dads Network
Sacramento, CA
Native Movement
Fairbanks, AK
Native Organizers Alliance
Seattle, WA
Native Peoples Action Community Fund
Anchorage, AK
Native Public Media
Flagstaff, AZ
Navajo Grassroots Peacemaking
Albuquerque, NM
Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition, Inc
Bloomfield, NE
Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
Pullman, WA
North Dakota Native Vote
Bismarck, ND
Oaye Luta Okolakiciye
Rapid City, SD
Opportunity Youth Action Hui
Honolulu, HI
Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina
Latta, SC
Phoenix Indian Center
Phoenix, AZ
Pine Ridge Girls’ School
Porcupine, SD
Pūʻā Foundation
Honolulu, HI
Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation
Newton, NJ
Red Lake Boys and Girls Club
Red Lake, MN
Red Lodge Transition Services
Portland, OR
Ridges to Riffles Conservation Fund
Sacramento, CA
Rosebud Economic Development Corporation
Mission, SD
Sacred Pipe Resource Center
Mandan, ND
Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Santa Monica, CA
Save the Klamath Trinity Salmon
Orleans, CA
Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission
Wrangell, AK
Sovereign Bodies Institute
Santa Rosa, CA
Spirit of the Sun
Denver, CO
Sunlight Media Collective
Augusta, ME
Tewa Women United
Santa Cruz, NM
The Center for Native Health Inc
Whittier, NC
The Yarrow Project
Tacoma, WA
Through Piscataway Eyes TPE Inc
La Plata, MD
Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy
Altadena, CA
Turtle Mountain IMPACT
Belcourt, ND
Tutskwat Oqawtoynani
Polacca, AZ
United Houma Nation
Golden Meadow, LA
United National Indian Tribal Youth
Mesa, AZ
United Tribes of Bristol Bay
Dillingham, AK
University of Colorado Foundation f/b/o First Peoples Worldwide
Boulder, CO
Uplift (Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs)
Albuquerque, NM
Utah Diné Bikéyah
Salt Lake City, UT
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
Bangor, ME
Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
Summerville, SC
Water Protector Legal Collective
Albuquerque, NM
We Are the Seeds of CultureTrust: CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Western Native Voice
Billings, MT
Whiteswan Environmental 
Bellingham, WA
Wiconi Wawokiya, Inc
Fort Thompson, SD
Wishtoyo Foundation
Ventura, CA
Wopanaak Language and Cultural Weetyoo, Inc
Mashpee, MA
Yellow Bird Life Ways Center
Lame Deer, MT
Yuchi Language Project, Inc
Sapulpa, OK

2021 Grant Partners

Advance Native Political Leadership
San Francisco, CA
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
Fresno, CA
Aha Kane Foundation for the Advancement of Native Hawaiian Males
Honolulu, Hawaii
Akwéku Ohskʌ’he Yukwayóte̲
Nedrow, NY
Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Anchorage, AK
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community
Anchorage, AK
American Indian Center of Chicago
Chicago, IL
American Indian Prison Project Working Group
Amherst, MA
American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions
San Antonio, TX
Brave Heart Society*
Lake Andes, SD
California Indian Environmental Alliance
Berkeley, CA
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center*
Santa Rosa, CA
California Native Vote Project*
Los Angeles, CA
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas
Floresville, TX
Center for Popular Research, Education and Policy
Fort Washakie, WY
Changing Woman Initiative
Albuquerque, NM
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Eagle Butte, SD
Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim
Omaha, NE
Dream of Wild Health*
Minneapolis, MN
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke
Weogufka, AL
First Nations Development Institute
Longmont, CO
First People’s Conservation Council (Lowlander Center)
Marrero, LA
First Peoples Worldwide (University of Colorado Foundation)
Denver, CO
Four Directions Inc.*
Fairfax, VA
Friendship House
San Francisco, CA
hipeexnu’. kii’u nuun wisiix. inc.
Lapwai, ID
Hoʻopae Pono Peace Project*
Arcata, CA
Honor the Earth*
Callaway MN
Hopi Foundation
Kykotsmovi, AZ
Indian People Organizing for Change
Oakland CA
Indian Peoples Action
Missoula, MT
Indigenous Environmental Network
Bemidji, MN
Indigenous Peoples Task Force
Minneapolis, MN
International Indian Treaty Council*
Tucson, AZ
Ka Lahui Hawai’i Political Action Committee*
Lahaina, HI
Kanenhi:io Ionkwiaenthos
Syracuse, NY
Ke Ea Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
Keres Children’s Learning Center
Cochiti Pueblo, NM
Koihonua
Pearl City, HI
Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo
Kāneʻohe, HI
Kumano I Ke Ala o Makaweli
Waimea, HI
Mauna Kea Education and Awareness Hui*
Honolulu, HI
Menīkānaehkem‐Community Rebuilders
Gresham, WI
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project*
Oxnard, CA
Montana Two Spirit Society
Missoula, MT
Mountain Shadow Association
Bozeman, MT
Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment*
Albuquerque, NM
NACA‐Inspired Schools Network*
Albuquerque, NM
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition*
Minneapolis, MN
Native Action Network
Seattle, WA
Native American Community Board*
Lake Andes SD
Native American Community Development Institute
Minneapolis, MN
Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance
Scandia, MN
Native American Rights Fund
Boulder, CO
Native American Women’s Dialog on Infant Mortality*
Seattle WA
Native Dads Network*
Sacramento CA
Native Governance Center*
Minneapolis, MN
Native Movement*
Fairbanks, AK
Native Organizers Alliance
Seattle, WA
Native Peoples Action Community Action Fund
Anchorage, AK
Native Public Media, Inc.*
Flagstaff, AZ
NAVA Education Project*
Albuqueque, NM
Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition, Inc.
Bloomfield, NE
Nevada Native Vote Project
Seattle, WA
New Venture Fund/IllumiNative
Washington DC
Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment*
Lapwai, Idaho
North Dakota Native Vote
Bismarck, ND
Phoenix Indian Center
Phoenix, AZ
Pine Ridge Girls’ School
Houston, TX
Pohaha I Ka Lani
Kurtistown, HI
Pono For The People
Honolulu, HI
Resources Legacy Fund
Sacramento, CA
Sacred Pipe Resource Center
Mandan, ND
Save the Klamath Trinity Salmon*
Orleans, CA
Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission*
Sitka, AK
Sovereign Bodies Institute
Santa Rosa, CA
Spirit of the Sun
Denver, CO
Sunlight Media Collective*
Lamoine, ME
Tewa Women United
Santa Cruz, NM
United American Indian Involvement, inc.
Los Angeles, CA
United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.*
Mesa, AZ
United Tribes of Bristol Bay*
Dillingham AK
Utah Diné Bikéyah*
Salt Lake City, UT
Western Native Voice*
Billings, MT
Western Washington Native American Education Consortium*
Puyallup WA
Whiteswan Environmental
Bellingham, WA
Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School, Inc.
Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC)
Chicago, IL