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Native American Agriculture Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
110
Grants FY2024still arriving
28
States reached
$2.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$18MCommunity Improvement$14MEducation$6.8MArts & Culture$2.7MEnvironment$2.3MCivil Rights$2.0MHuman Services$1.2MYouth Development$876kOther$0
02FY2024 · 110 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 110 grants below total $14,094,688, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,410,671 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,315,983 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

  • Under $10k22 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $881k
  • $50k–250k38 grants · $4.5M
  • $250k+15 grants · $8.6M
$49,451
Median grant
28
States reached
$177M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Akiptan, Inc.$2,804,000
Four Bands Community Fund$1,088,924
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (U of A)$584,042
Wind River Development Fund$499,699
The Lakota Fund, Incorporated$490,031
Northern Shores Community Development$396,063
The People's Partner Community Development$360,000
Fort Berthold Land and Livestock Association$360,000
Native American Community Academy$323,500
United Tribes Technical College$312,499
Tohono O'odham Community College$307,586
Choctaw Home Finance Corporation$288,000
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe - Hunkpati Processors$269,528
Intertribal Agriculture Council$255,176
Fort Lewis College$254,300
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38M · 120 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

120 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

120
47

Total granted

$38M
$7.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+13%

Still filing today

46%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & 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
    AKIPTAN INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $9.0M · revenue +41% · 37% of their budget
  • FB
    FOUR BANDS COMMUNITY FUND INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +237%
  • IA
    INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL
    3× · 2021–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +269%

Funded once

  • NA
    Native Agriculture Education Fellowship Program
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M · revenue -81% · 100% of their budget
  • AC
    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
  • CP
    Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation
    one grant, 2023 · $315k
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.

03Its 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
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
2
Tanana Chiefs Conference

Tanana Chiefs Conference provides a unified voice in advancing sovereign tribal governments through the promotion of physical and mental wellness, education, socioeconomic development, and culture of the interior Alaska native people.

Health
3
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
4
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
5
Native American Fiber Program
Environment
6
North Dakota Tribal College System

Advancing tribal colleges through collaboration and shared goals. ndtcs leverages the higher education experience by sharing ideas and broadening networks and alliances, toward improving students' outcomes.

Education
7
Northern California Indian Development Council Inc

Research, develop, and administer social and economic development programs to meet the needs of indian and native american communities and individuals residing in the state of california. also for the conservation and preservation of…

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8
Northwest Indian College

To provide postsecondary educational opportunities to meet the academic, vocational, and cultural needs of native american communities in the northwest and to provide education programs in order to promote indigenous self-determination and…

Education
9
Native American Agriculture Fund
Food & Nutrition
10
Na'ah Illahee Fund

Naah Illahee Fund is an Indigenous-led organization rooted in the Northwest region of Turtle Island. Our mission is to catalyze the ongoing regeneration of Indigenous communities through participatory grantmaking, capacity building, and…

International
11
Tataviam Land Conservancy

To restore the unceded ancestral homelands of the FTBMI by implementing protective land management strategies, traditional ecological knowledge, and climate-resilient initiatives. By holding lands in perpetuity, TLC works to prevent the…

Environment
12
International Indigenous Fund for Development and Solidarity Batani
International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Native Chamber; the most unlike its peers is Ke Kula Nui O Waimanalo. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

90 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. 90 of the 203 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/90
Grantees still filing
61/90
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: $1,398,335 · OtherINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCILAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement: $1,000,000 · Other+140 more: $19,972,196 · Other+140 moreAKIPTAN INC: $8,989,172 · Public BenefitAKIPTAN INCHO-CHUNK COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $450,856 · Public Benefit+1 more: $180,000 · Public BenefitFOUR BANDS COMMUNITY FUND INC: $3,531,619 · Community ImprovementFOUR BANDS COMMUNITY …THE LAKOTA FUND INCORPORATED: $1,251,453 · Community ImprovementTHE LAKOTA FUND INCOR…WIND RIVER DEVELOPMENT FUND: $1,041,549 · Community ImprovementWIND RIVER DEVELOPMEN…NORTHERN SHORES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $907,173 · Community ImprovementNORTHERN SHORES COMMU…TOLANI LAKE ENTERPRISES INC: $433,340 · Community ImprovementNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $344,396 · Community Improvement+13 more: $1,829,119 · Community Improvement+13 moreNative Agriculture Education Fellowship Program: $3,000,000 · EducationNative Agri…UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $694,999 · EducationUNITED TRIB…TOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $307,586 · EducationTOHONO O'OD…NATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND: $215,000 · EducationNACA-INSPIRED SCHOOLS NETWORK: $179,917 · Education+10 more: $749,969 · Education+10 moreNORTHWEST NATIVE DEVELOPMENT FUND: $918,109 · Human ServicesLUMBEE LAND DEVELOPMENT INC: $180,689 · Human ServicesINDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $168,745 · Human ServicesHOMESTEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $132,048 · Human ServicesTHE HOPI FOUNDATION LOMASUMI'NANGWTUKWSIWMANI: $100,000 · Human ServicesSouth Puget Intertribal Planning Agency: $75,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $58,500 · Human Services+2 more: $27,144 · Human ServicesMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM: $290,000 · Youth DevelopmentZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT: $241,258 · Youth DevelopmentWOZU INC: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $86,518 · Youth DevelopmentPEACEKEEPER SOCIETY: $53,199 · Youth DevelopmentINDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER: $268,856 · Arts & CulturePORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $205,594 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC: $126,407 · Arts & CultureWISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $92,491 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: $83,710 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$22,370,531Public Benefit$9,620,028Community Improvement$9,338,649Education$5,147,471Human Services$1,660,235Youth Development$850,975Arts & Culture$792,058

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAKIPTAN INC: $8,989,172 over 4y, 37% of budgetFOUR BANDS COMMUNITY FUND INC: $3,531,619 over 4y, 16% of budgetNative Agriculture Education Fellowship Program: $3,000,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: $1,398,335 over 3y, 16% of budgetTHE LAKOTA FUND INCORPORATED: $1,251,453 over 3y, 12% of budgetWIND RIVER DEVELOPMENT FUND: $1,041,549 over 3y, 21% of budgetNORTHWEST NATIVE DEVELOPMENT FUND: $918,109 over 3y, 15% of budgetNORTHERN SHORES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $907,173 over 3y, 89% of budgetUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $694,999 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHO-CHUNK COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $450,856 over 4y, 98% of budgetTOLANI LAKE ENTERPRISES INC: $433,340 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION: $382,063 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMakoce Agriculture Development: $360,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $344,396 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetTanka Fund: $336,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetWABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC: $315,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $307,586 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM: $290,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetChoctaw Home Finance Corporation: $288,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetINDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER: $268,856 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetSPRUCE ROOT INC: $260,036 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT: $241,258 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetWISCONSIN TRIBAL CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL INC: $217,481 over 2y, 25% of budgetNATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND: $215,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $205,594 over 2y, 13% of budgetIsland Mountain Community Development Financial Institution Inc: $202,500 over 1y, 48% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $188,750 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetAhtna Intertribal Resource Commission: $188,246 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetNORTH LEUPP FAMILY FARMS: $183,863 over 2y, 90% of budgetLUMBEE LAND DEVELOPMENT INC: $180,689 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST NATIVE CHAMBER: $180,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFarm Journal Agricultural Foundation: $180,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNorth American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems: $180,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNixyaawii Community Financial Services: $180,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWOZU INC: $180,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNACA-INSPIRED SCHOOLS NETWORK: $179,917 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetDine Community Development Corporation: $176,425 over 3y, 34% of budgetHEALTHY FUTURES INC: $170,288 over 3y, 70% of budgetINDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $168,745 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIVE360 LOAN FUND INC: $168,111 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetKodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute: $158,128 over 2y, 39% of budgetECOTRUST: $152,311 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE: $135,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetHOMESTEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $132,048 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetKEYAH ADVANCED RURAL MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE: $131,781 over 1y, 69% of budgetTHE PEOPLES PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $128,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC: $126,407 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $123,017 over 1y, 0.2% 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 AKIPTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUR BANDS COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Native Agriculture Education Fellowship Program ↗
  • Who funds INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE LAKOTA FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WIND RIVER DEVELOPMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST NATIVE DEVELOPMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN SHORES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HO-CHUNK COMMUNITY CAPITAL ↗
  • Who funds TOLANI LAKE ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION ↗
  • Who funds Makoce Agriculture Development ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY CAPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Tanka Fund ↗
  • Who funds WABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC ↗
  • Who funds TOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds Choctaw Home Finance Corporation ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SPRUCE ROOT INC ↗

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…Ndn Collective IncNorthwest Area Founda…Common Counsel Founda…National Indian Healt…The Schmidt Family Fo…Seventh Generation Fu…Oweesta CorporationNewman's Own Foundati…Novo FoundationThe Bush FoundationWend II Inc
First Nations Development InstituteCO135.7× affinity75 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Ndn Collective Inc · Northwest Area Foundation · Common Counsel Foundation · National Indian Health Board · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Oweesta Corporation · Newman's Own Foundation · Novo Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Wend II Inc

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.

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 203 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $12M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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