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Native Movement

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to engage community members to ensure indigenous peoples' rights, the rights of mother earth, and the building of healthy and sustainable communities for all.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$101k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$208kPublic Benefit$205kPhilanthropy$168kArts & Culture$137kEnvironment$127kHuman Services$100kCrime & Legal$80kCivil Rights$80kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $817,432, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,984,004 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,166,572 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $565k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $236k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KATLIAN COLLECTIVE INC$101,032
KUSKOKWIM RIV INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMUNITY$75,000
THE ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$60,000
GWICH'IN STEERING COMMITTEE$35,000
ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS$30,000
ARCTIC VILLAGE COUNCIL$26,500
IGIUGIG VILLAGE COUNCIL$25,000
OUTER COAST$25,000
PACIFIC COMMUNITY OF ALASKA$25,000
NATIVE VILLAGE OF ATKA$25,000
CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE (KLUKWAN)$25,000
NONDALTON VILLAGE$25,000
NORTHWAY INC$25,000
ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER$24,600
ALASKA LEADERSHIP GROUP LLC$24,500
02The need
03

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 (FY24–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%BERING SEA WOMEN'S GROUP: $10k → 20%ALASKA INSITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $20k → 10%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.
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$921k · 14 repeat orgs$918k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
15

Total granted

$921k
$313k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

86%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $604k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AP
    Alaska Public Interest Research Group
    5× · 2020–2024 · $205k · revenue +322%
  • AC
    ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $114k · revenue +181%
  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF INTERIOR NATIVE EDUCATORS
    4× · 2021–2025 · $90k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +71%
  • NV
    Native Village of Kotzebue
    one grant, 2024 · $60k
  • AI
    AWARE Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -20%
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
The Aleut Foundation
Education
2
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
3
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
4
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
5
Alaska Sustainability Initiative

To advance solutions that build the resilience and sustainability of Alaska, for its current and future residents and the natural systems upon which they depend.

Animals
6
Stand Up Alaska

To Harness the power of the diverse people of Alaska and their communities to empower and support transformative social change. Stand Up Alaska is an Alaskan-led movement providing intersectional and diverse views on issues affecting all…

Civil Rights
7
Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission

The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (Commission), based in Utqiagvik, Alaska, is a nonprofit corporation organized for the purpose of preserving and enhancing the marine resources of Bowhead whales including protection of habitat, Eskimo…

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8
Native Peoples Action Inc

Native Peoples Action gives voice to our ancestral imperative to uplift our peoples and protect our ways of life by taking a stand, working together and mobilizing action. We do this through ensuring Alaska Natives are heard in all levels…

Civil Rights
9
Northern Alaska Environmental Center

Since 1971, the northern alaska environmental center has promoted environmental conservation and sustainable resource stewardship in interior and arctic alaska through education and advocacy.

Environment
10
Alaska Trails

Building partnerships, building trails. Working to build trails across the state and build capacity for trail organizations.

Recreation & Sports
11
Alaska Womens Resource Center

Aknwrc is dedicated to strengthening local, tribal government's responses through community organizing efforts advocating for the safety of women and children in their communities and homes, especially against domestic and sexual abuse and…

Human Services
12
Arctic Education Foundation
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is No Limits Incorporated. 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

33 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. 33 of the 56 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
15/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KATLIAN COLLECTIVE INC: $101,032 · OtherKATLIAN COLLECTIVE INCCHICKALOON VILLAGE: $60,000 · OtherCHICKALOON VILLAGENative Village of Kotzebue: $60,000 · OtherNative Village of KotzebueEvansville Tribal Council: $40,000 · OtherAWARE Inc: $30,000 · OtherTHE BREAD LINE INC: $30,000 · OtherChoosing Our Roots: $40,000 · Other+32 more: $520,093 · Other+32 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $170,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $113,500 · EnvironmentALASKA COMMUNITY ACT…KUSKOKWIM RIVER INTER TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION: $75,000 · EnvironmentKUSKOKWIM RIVER INTE…+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…ASSOCIATION OF INTERIOR NATIVE EDUCATORS: $90,000 · EducationASSOCIATION O…OUTER COAST: $50,000 · EducationOUTER COASTSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationUMOJA COWORKING & INCUBATOR: $67,000 · Arts & CultureUMOJA COWORK…QIZHJEH VENA ALASKA: $65,000 · Arts & CultureQIZHJEH VENA…PACIFIC COMMUNITY OF ALASKA: $45,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC COMM…GWICHIN STEERING COMMITTEE: $35,000 · Arts & CultureGWICHIN STEE…Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc: $24,600 · Arts & CultureAlaska Nativ…Alaska Public Interest Research Group: $204,500 · Public BenefitAlaska Publ…Data for Indigenous Justice: $70,000 · AnimalsThe Alaska Community Foundation: $60,000 · PhilanthropyNorth Star Community Foundation: $8,000 · Philanthropy
Other$881,125Environment$368,500Education$250,000Arts & Culture$236,600Public Benefit$204,500Animals$70,000Philanthropy$68,000

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 budgetAlaska Public Interest Research Group: $204,500 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $113,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF INTERIOR NATIVE EDUCATORS: $90,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetData for Indigenous Justice: $70,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetUMOJA COWORKING & INCUBATOR: $67,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetQIZHJEH VENA ALASKA: $65,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetOUTER COAST: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPACIFIC COMMUNITY OF ALASKA: $45,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetChoosing Our Roots: $40,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetGWICHIN STEERING COMMITTEE: $35,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetAWARE Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BREAD LINE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetALASKA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $28,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetIdentity Inc: $25,002 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNORTHWAY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetAlaska Native Heritage Center Inc: $24,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlaska Institute For Justice: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERIOR WEATHERIZATION INC: $18,212 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNO LIMITS INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNEAU HOUSING FIRST COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBering Sea Womans Group: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetZach Gordon Teenage Club Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetNorth Star Community Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

The Alaska Community …Rasmuson FoundationThe Pride FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Seventh Generation Fu…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Alaska Community FoundationAK34.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · The Pride Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Movement funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Native Movement. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Native Movement?

    Find your warmest path to Native Movement 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 56 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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