Montana · Public charity
Honor the Earth
HONOR THE EARTH is committed to protecting the lifeways and sovereignty of our indigenous relatives across mother earth. We do this by investing in our communities and a new generation of organizers through campaigns, research, training, reclaiming our narrative, and providing capacity support in service of all land and life.
- $295k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $68k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Honor the Earth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $68k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $72k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $530k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $748k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $91k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $214k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $155k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akiing 8th Fire | $1,310,054 | 5 | 97% |
| Wandler Family Foundation | $157,231 | 2 | n/a |
| Native American Educational Technologies Inc | $65,334 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregations Caring for Creation | $44,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Photographers Without Borders Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Rogue Climate | $16,255 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Tribal Buffalo Project | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society | $13,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Native American Advancement Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akiing 8th Fire | $1,310,054 | 5 | 97% |
| Wandler Family Foundation | $157,231 | 2 | n/a |
| Native American Educational Technologies Inc | $65,334 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregations Caring for Creation | $44,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Photographers Without Borders Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Rogue Climate | $16,255 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Tribal Buffalo Project | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society | $13,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Native American Advancement Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Olohana Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Defenders of the Black Hills Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Intertribal Coup | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puppet Farm Arts | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pono Kaulike Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tipey Joa Native Warriors | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Covenant Pathways | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Healing Bridges | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Native Seedssouthwestern Endangered | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Her Many Voices Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Roanhorse Consulting | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kukulu Kumuhana O Anahola | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ndn Collective Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trees Water and People | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hopi Foundation Lomasumi'Nangwtukwsiwmani | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | $6,390 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Country Grassroots Support | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Noowuh Knowledge Center | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxics | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seneca Nation of Indians | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Owe Aku International Justice Project | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Honor the Earth supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Ndn Collective Inc · Impactassetsinc · Windward Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Newman's Own Foundation
How this is measured
About Honor the Earth
- How much does Honor the Earth give?
- Honor the Earth reported 5 itemized grants totaling $68,000, out of $295,045 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Honor the Earth fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Education (32%), Food & Nutrition (5%).
- Who are Honor the Earth's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Akiing 8th Fire ($1.3M), Wandler Family Foundation ($157k), Native American Educational Technologies Inc ($65k).
- Does Honor the Earth fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Honor the Earth?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is Honor the Earth based?
- Honor the Earth is based in MT.
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