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Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Americans in Philanthropy advocates, educates, convenes and innovates to dramatically increase philanthropic investments in Native communities and transform the philanthropic sector's relationship with Indigenous communities.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Environment$7.0MCommunity Improvement$1.3MHousing & Shelter$905kCivil Rights$414kPhilanthropy$411kArts & Culture$160kYouth Development$137kHuman Services$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $900k
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.5M
$50,001
Median grant
11
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$2,191,850
The Nature Conservancy$962,500
United South and Eastern Tribes$300,000
Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council$200,000
Fort Mcdermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of Nevada$200,000
San Carlos Apache Tribe V00523$100,000
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe$100,000
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan)$100,000
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators V00517$50,001
ACSPI-Tribal Government of St Paul Island$50,000
Self-Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium V00550$50,000
Bering Sea Elders Group$50,000
The Aspen Institute$25,000
Thunderheart Media Inc V00542$15,000
Partners for Rural Impact Inc$15,000
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 (FY21–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%United American Indian Involvement Inc: $25k → 14%Self-Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium V00550: $50k → 15%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
WA
MT
MN
NY
OR
NV
SD
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
OK
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 25% of Native Americans in Philanthropy’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Native Americans in Philanthropylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 5 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$6.3M
$758k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+24%

Still filing today

80%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $830k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • NF
    NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4.5M · revenue +24%
  • US
    USET SOVEREIGN PROTECTION FUND INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.2M · revenue -1% · 83% of their budget
  • CANDID
    3× · 2019–2021 · $248k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR TRIBAL CLEAN ENERGY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $365k · revenue ×29 · 69% of their budget
  • IB
    INTERTRIBAL BUFFALO COUNCIL
    one grant, 2024 · $145k
  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $61k · revenue +24%
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
Nia Tero Foundation

Nia tero works alongside indigenous peoples to secure their guardianship of vital ecosystems. indigenous peoples are guardians of earth.(see schedule o)

Environment
2
American Indigenous Tourism Association Inc

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

Education
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
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…

Human Services
5
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
6
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
7
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
8
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
9
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
10
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
11
Braided River

We inspire people to protect wild places through images and stories that change perspectives, western north america's public lands are under threat. using the power of beautiful images, we publish photography books and create multimedia…

Environment
12
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

The affiliated tribes of northwest indians is founded on the principles of unity and cooperation among indian governments and people.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Rockefeller Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 30 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $4,525,937 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $962,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council: $200,000 · OtherYukon River Inter-Tribal …JAMESTOWN S'KLALLAM: $200,000 · OtherJAMESTOWN S'KLALLAMFort Mcdermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of Nevada: $200,000 · OtherFort Mcdermitt Paiute and…BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP: $150,000 · OtherBERING SEA ELDERS GROUPINTERTRIBAL BUFFALO COUNCIL: $145,000 · OtherINTERTRIBAL BUFFALO COUNC…CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE (KLUKWAN): $100,000 · OtherSan Carlos Apache Tribe V00523: $100,000 · Other+10 more: $293,596 · Other+10 moreCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $1,448,750 · Community ImprovementCOMMON COUNSEL F…LAGUNA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Community ImprovementUSET SOVEREIGN PROTECTION FUND INC: $1,155,000 · Housing & ShelterUSET SOVEREI…ALLIANCE FOR TRIBAL CLEAN ENERGY INC: $364,587 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Policy Innovation Center: $50,000 · Environment+2 more: $15,001 · EnvironmentCANDID: $248,209 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $158,000 · PhilanthropySELF GOVERNANCE COMMUNICATION AND EDUCAT TRIBAL CONSORTIUM: $50,000 · Human ServicesUNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT INC: $25,000 · Human Services
Animals$4,525,937Other$2,351,096Community Improvement$1,498,750Housing & Shelter$1,155,000Environment$429,588Philanthropy$406,209Human Services$75,000

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 budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $4,525,937 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $1,448,750 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetUSET SOVEREIGN PROTECTION FUND INC: $1,155,000 over 3y, 83% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $962,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR TRIBAL CLEAN ENERGY INC: $364,587 over 1y, 69% of budgetCANDID: $248,209 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $158,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBERING SEA ELDERS GROUP: $150,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION: $61,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEnvironmental Policy Innovation Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLAGUNA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetUNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPartners for Rural Impact Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER: $11,968 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $10,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc: $7,877 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $5,000 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.

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…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundCommon Counsel Founda…The Alaska Community …Rockefeller Philanthr…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
First Nations Development InstituteCO21.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Common Counsel Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Native Americans in Philanthropy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Native Americans in Philanthropy. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Native American Youth and Family Center: 23% of income from government
  • Environmental Policy Innovation Center: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home