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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 FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$2.8MEducation$2.7MHuman Services$2.1MArts & Culture$595kEnvironment$308kAnimals$258kCommunity Improvement$238kCrime & Legal$121kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $1,546,340, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,599,840 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $53,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $188k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$15,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$81M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER$1,100,000
NATIVE AMERICAN FISH AND WILDLIFE SOCIETY$258,348
SILVER BULLET PRODUCTIONS$35,000
REDBUD RESOURCE GROUP$25,000
SPOKANE TRIBAL NETWORK$25,000
CHEROKEE TRIBE OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA$15,000
KAWERAK INC$15,000
CHILCHINBETO CHAPTER OF THE NAVAJO NATION$15,000
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS$13,139
HEART OF OREGON CORPS$13,000
ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE$11,853
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO FOUNDATION$10,000
LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $1.1M → 11%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $1.1M → 11%NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $1.0M → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
OR
NV
WY
SD
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
HI
OK
MS
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.2M · 40 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
41

Total granted

$6.2M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+36%

Still filing today

18%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $359k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationScience & TechEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AI
    Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission
    2× · 2018–2019 · $200k · revenue +82%
  • SB
    Silver Bullet Productions
    4× · 2019–2024 · $92k · revenue +194% · 31% of their budget
  • UO
    University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $82k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CA
    Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe
    one grant, 2021 · $1.6M
  • VE
    VILLAGE EARTHgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $188k · revenue +98%
  • BN
    BUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +36%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Indigenous Tourism Association Inc

Define, introduce, grow and sustain american indigenous tourism that honors traditions and values.

Education
2
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc

The mission of the grand canyon trust is to safeguard the wonders of the grand canyon and the colorado plateau, while supporting the rights of its native peoples.

Environment
3
Society of American Indian Government Em

To promote the recruitment, retention, development, and advancement of american indian and alaska native government employees, and work to ensure their equal treatment under the law

Employment
4
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

The national center for american indian enterprise development (ncaied) assists american indian tribes and their enterprises with business and economic development. ncaied works to develop and expand the american indian private sector…

Human Services
5
American Indian Institute

The american indian institute's mission is to perpetuate the ancient wisdom and cultural heritage of north america's native people and to promote a greater understanding of that wisdom amoung all people.

Human Services
6
Native American Rights Fund Inc

The native american rights fund holds governments accountable. we fight to protect native american rights, resources, and lifeways through litigation, legal advocacy, and legal expertise. as established by native american rights fund's…

Civil Rights
7
Naa Kaani Native Program

The naa kaani native program strives to educate and empower native communities in the pacific norhtwest, with a focus on the salish sea territory. we support cultural events, advocate for tribal rights, and aim to improve lives and…

Community Improvement
8
Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative Inc

The Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative (SNCC) focuses on culturally and environmentally sustainable development with American Indian, First Nations, and Indigenous communities. Through planning, architectural design, technical…

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9
Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council

The alaska nannut co-management council (ancc) was established to represent the collective alaska native voice in polar bear co-management. ancc is a tribally authorized organization with membership consisting of the 15 tribes in alaska…

Animals
10
Council for Tribal Employment Rights

To act as a resource liason organization for Federal agencies, businesses, indian tribes and other organizations interested in positively effecting the employments right efforts. To advocate and promote the establishment and enforcement of…

Education
11
Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council
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12
The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation

We are a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. We are dedicated to our mission of protecting & revitalizing Indigenous cultures, empowering them in the direct application of their traditional knowledge & practices on their ancestral…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Redbud Resource Group; the most unlike its peers is Traverse Area Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe: $1,633,786 · OtherCheyenne Arapaho TribeUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $481,536 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAMONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $220,000 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $165,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $165,000 · Other+72 more: $2,183,942 · Other+72 moreNATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $3,200,000 · Human ServicesNATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTERAhtna Intertribal Resource Commission: $200,000 · EnvironmentBUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE: $150,000 · EnvironmentNative American Fish & Wildlife Society: $258,348 · AnimalsSilver Bullet Productions: $91,689 · Arts & CultureALOHA KUAMO'O' AINA: $50,000 · Arts & CultureREDBUD RESOURCE GROUP: $34,480 · Arts & CultureTraverse Area Historical Society: $25,000 · Arts & CultureKOAHNIC BROADCAST CORPORATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureVILLAGE EARTH: $188,460 · InternationalUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $81,631 · Science & TechSIERRA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT: $40,000 · Science & Tech
Other$4,849,264Human Services$3,200,000Environment$350,000Animals$258,348Arts & Culture$226,169International$188,460Science & Tech$121,631

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER: $3,200,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetNative American Fish & Wildlife Society: $258,348 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetAhtna Intertribal Resource Commission: $200,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE: $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSan Xavier Allottees Association Inc: $103,795 over 2y, 13% of budgetSilver Bullet Productions: $91,689 over 4y, 31% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $81,631 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing Inc: $53,704 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetALOHA KUAMO'O' AINA: $50,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetSIERRA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT: $40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetREDBUD RESOURCE GROUP: $34,480 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWYOMING STATE 4-H FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSPOKANE TRIBAL NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKOAHNIC BROADCAST CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTanana Chiefs Conference: $19,396 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION: $19,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKAWERAK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEROKEE TRIBE OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA: $15,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMakoce Agriculture Development: $14,156 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Native American Fish & Wildlife Society ↗
  • Who funds Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds San Xavier Allottees Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Silver Bullet Productions ↗
  • Who funds University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ↗
  • Who funds Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds California Indian Legal Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALOHA KUAMO'O' AINA ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT ↗
  • Who funds REDBUD RESOURCE GROUP ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING STATE 4-H FOUNDATION ↗

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.

First Nations Develop…National Indian Healt…Ndn Collective IncWounded Warriors Fami…Grid AlternativesResources Legacy FundNative Governance Cen…Association of Tribal…Native American Agric…National Congress of …Casey Family ProgramsGreat Plains Tribal L…
First Nations Development InstituteCO76.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Indian Land Tenure Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Indian Land Tenure Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 85%
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 85% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Indian Land Tenure Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Indian Land Tenure Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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