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Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA

NAFSA was formed to restore & support Native American food systems nationally, in Mexico & Canada through education, advocacy & policy, while promoting better health & creating economic opportunities.

$333k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Itemized grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$214k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$33,600
Organizations funded a year
2 to 8
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$214k29%
FY20238$222k100%
FY20222$18kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$90kEnvironment$75kArts & Culture$60kEducation$60kYouth Development$60kCivil Rights$60kReligion$34kCommunity Improvement$8kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc$65,000212%
Community Learning Network$60,00027%
The Ben Initiative$60,00029%
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project$60,00021%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$60,00021%
Ukwakhwa Inc$33,60015%
Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture$30,00015%
Red Willow Center$30,0001n/a
San Xavier Coop Farm$30,0001n/a
Tiny Seed Project Inc$10,00011%
Show all 12 grantees
All grantees of Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc$65,000212%
Community Learning Network$60,00027%
The Ben Initiative$60,00029%
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project$60,00021%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$60,00021%
Ukwakhwa Inc$33,60015%
Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture$30,00015%
Red Willow Center$30,0001n/a
San Xavier Coop Farm$30,0001n/a
Tiny Seed Project Inc$10,00011%
Texas Tribal Buffalo Project$8,00012%
Rezzilient$7,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFlowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCommunity Learning Network: $60,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetThe Ben Initiative: $60,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetZuni Youth Enrichment Project: $60,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSeventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUkwakhwa Inc: $33,600 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetAjo Center for Sustainable Agriculture: $30,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTiny Seed Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTexas Tribal Buffalo Project: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 9.

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 Development InstituteCO19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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About Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA

How much does Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA give?
Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA reported 7 itemized grants totaling $213,600, out of $332,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (20%), Environment (17%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc ($65k), Community Learning Network ($60k), The Ben Initiative ($60k).
Does Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc.
Where is Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA based?
Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA is based in AZ.

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 12 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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