Minnesota · Public charity
Native Governance Center
NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER (ngc) is a native-led nonprofit dedicated to assisting tribal nations in strengthening their governance systems and capacity to exercise sovereignty.
- $403k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Native Governance Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $400k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $176k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $147k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $41k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa | $108,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Food Shelf | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yankton Sioux Tribe | $58,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | $32,587 | 1 | n/a |
| Pine Ridge Reservation Districts | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa | $108,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Food Shelf | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yankton Sioux Tribe | $58,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | $32,587 | 1 | n/a |
| Pine Ridge Reservation Districts | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Roots | $25,711 | 1 | 3% |
| Lower Brule Sioux Tribe | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Affiliated Tribes | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Four Bands Community Fund Inc | $8,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosebud Economic Development Corporation | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit Lake Tribe | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 4 Directions Development | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 · Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Indian Land Tenure Foundation · American Indian Cancer Foundation · Ndn Collective Inc · Hunger Solutions Minnesota · Humane World for Animals Inc · Native American Agriculture Fund · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · C K Blandin Foundation
How this is measured
About Native Governance Center
- How much does Native Governance Center give?
- Native Governance Center reported 4 grants totaling $403,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Native Governance Center fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Civil Rights (40%), Public Benefit (10%).
- Who are Native Governance Center's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ($108k), Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Food Shelf ($105k), Lower Sioux Indian Community ($105k).
- Does Native Governance Center fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Native Governance Center?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Native Governance Center based?
- Native Governance Center is based in MN.
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