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Indian Land Tenure Foundation
The mission of the INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION (iltf) is to see those lands within the original boundaries of every reservation and other areas of high significance where tribes retain aboriginal inters are in indian ownership and management.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $81M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Indian Land Tenure Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $1.5M | 62% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.3M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.2M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $2.2M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $318k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $1.6M | 55% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $689k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $321k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Governance Center | $3,200,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe | $1,633,786 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $481,536 | 4 | n/a |
| Native American Fish & Wildlife Society | $258,348 | 1 | 5% |
| Montana State University | $220,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission | $200,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Village Earth | $188,460 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $165,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oklahoma State University | $165,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance | $150,000 | 1 | 15% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Governance Center | $3,200,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe | $1,633,786 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $481,536 | 4 | n/a |
| Native American Fish & Wildlife Society | $258,348 | 1 | 5% |
| Montana State University | $220,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission | $200,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Village Earth | $188,460 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $165,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oklahoma State University | $165,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance | $150,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Washington State University | $140,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Idaho | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Xavier Allottees Association Inc | $103,795 | 2 | 13% |
| University of Alaska | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Silver Bullet Productions | $91,689 | 4 | 31% |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $81,631 | 2 | 0% |
| Karuk Tribe | $62,617 | 2 | n/a |
| Pueblo of San Felipe | $57,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Pala Band of Mission Indians | $56,605 | 5 | n/a |
| Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | $56,191 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mississippi State University | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Shoshone Bannock Tribes | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing Inc | $53,704 | 2 | 6% |
| California Indian Legal Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aloha Kuamo'O' Aina | $50,000 | 2 | 35% |
| Chilchinbeto Chapter of the Navajo Nation | $40,241 | 3 | n/a |
| New Mexico State University | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sierra Institute for Community & Environment | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | $38,507 | 2 | n/a |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians | $35,050 | 3 | n/a |
| Round Valley Indian Tribes | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Redbud Resource Group | $34,480 | 2 | 3% |
| Wyoming State 4-H Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| B&GCS of the Seminole Tribe of Florida | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackfeet Tribe | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation | $29,432 | 2 | n/a |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe | $26,853 | 2 | n/a |
| Traverse Area Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spokane Tribal Network | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pine Ridge Reservation Districts | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Koahnic Broadcast Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burns Paiute Tribe | $22,036 | 2 | n/a |
| Pueblo of Tesuque | $21,280 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School Inc | $20,971 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Tazlina | $20,172 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Land Working Group | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tanana Chiefs Conference | $19,396 | 1 | 0% |
| College of the Menominee Nation | $19,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | $17,119 | 2 | n/a |
| Osage Nation | $16,806 | 2 | n/a |
| Ruby Tribal Council | $16,432 | 2 | n/a |
| Kawerak Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Affiliated Tribes | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Makoce Agriculture Development | $14,156 | 1 | 3% |
| Tyonek Native Corporation | $13,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians | $13,139 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of Oregon Corps Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salt River Pima-Maricopa | $12,726 | 1 | n/a |
| Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | $11,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Mescalero Apache B&GC | $10,407 | 1 | n/a |
| University of New Mexico Foundation Inc | $10,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Akiachak Native Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Dakota State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit Lake Tribe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pueblo of Acoma | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zuni Pueblo Mainstreet | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shawnee Tribe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Independence Indian Community | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians | $9,158 | 1 | n/a |
| Yurok - Internship | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate | $8,466 | 1 | n/a |
| Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | $8,351 | 1 | n/a |
| Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska | $7,814 | 1 | n/a |
| Wiyot Tribe | $7,192 | 1 | n/a |
| Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | $6,682 | 1 | n/a |
| Pima Leasing & Financing Corporation | $5,924 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Indian Land Tenure Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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 · National Indian Health Board · Ndn Collective Inc · Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc · Grid Alternatives · Resources Legacy Fund · Native Governance Center · Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums · Native American Agriculture Fund · National Congress of American Indians Fund · Casey Family Programs · Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health
How this is measured
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About Indian Land Tenure Foundation
- How much does Indian Land Tenure Foundation give?
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $1,546,340, out of $1,599,840 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Indian Land Tenure Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (30%), Education (29%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are Indian Land Tenure Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Native Governance Center ($3.2M), Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe ($1.6M), University of Arizona ($482k).
- Does Indian Land Tenure Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indian Land Tenure Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, National Indian Health Board, Ndn Collective Inc.
- Where is Indian Land Tenure Foundation based?
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation is based in MN.
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