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Ndn Foundation Inc

The entity's mission is to engage in grant making, managing donor advised funds and genuine relationship building between other foundations and indian country.

$3.3M
Granted FY2021
38
Grants FY2021
19
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2021 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 38 grants below total $2,421,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,263,535 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $842,035 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $313k
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.1M
$50,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KENNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION$100,000
SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION$100,000
KUAINA ULU AUAMO$100,000
THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$100,000
KALISPEL TRIBE OF INDIANS$100,000
KERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER$100,000
NATIVE CONSERVANCY$100,000
NTS'ILID INITIATIVE$100,000
MECHOOPDA INDIAN TRIBE OF CHICO RANCHERIA$100,000
DAKOTA WICOHAN$100,000
CHUGACH REGIONAL RESOURCES COMMISSION$100,000
FAST BLACKFEET$100,000
CALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER$100,000
GWICH'IN STEERING COMMITTEE$100,000
WAMBLI SKA SOCIETY$75,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DAKOTA WICOHAN: $100k → 11%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $50k → 22%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
WI
NY
WY
SD
CA
NE
KY
MD
AZ
NM
SC
HI
OK
LA
TX
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 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
Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising
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2
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
3
The Foundation for Indigenous Education Leadership Development
Education
4
Ratiwennahawi Inc

Fund Indigenous Nations Languate, Culture and Restoration Plans

Education
5
Native Healing Llc
Animals
6
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
7
Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council
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8
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
9
Kukolu

As Indigenous peoples, we derive strength from our genealogy, using the past to shape the present and inspire our future. Our mission is to empower our communities by drawing upon their strengths to cultivate economic growth.

Community Improvement
10
The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation

We are a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. We are dedicated to our mission of protecting & revitalizing Indigenous cultures, empowering them in the direct application of their traditional knowledge & practices on their ancestral…

Arts & Culture
11
Native American Fiber Program
Environment
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Ukwakhwa Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 38 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KALISPEL INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE KALISPEL RESERVATION: $100,000 · OtherKALISPEL INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE KALISPEL R…MECHOOPDA INDIAN TRIBE OF CHICO RANCHERIA: $100,000 · OtherMECHOOPDA INDIAN TRIBE OF CHICO RANCHERIAChugach Regional Resources Commission: $100,000 · OtherChugach Regional Resources CommissionCARRIZO COMECRUDO NATION OF TEXAS INC: $50,000 · OtherCARRIZO COMECRUDO NATION OF TEXAS INCKNNB: $50,000 · OtherKNNBRED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS: $50,000 · OtherRED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANSKENNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherKENNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INCFAST BLACKFEET: $100,000 · OtherFAST BLACKFEETNAATSIILID INITIATIVE: $100,000 · OtherNAATSIILID INITIATIVENa Maka Onaona: $50,000 · OtherNa Maka Onaona+5 more: $129,000 · Other+5 moreCALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA INDIAN …GWICHIN STEERING COMMITTEE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureGWICHIN STEERING C…WAMBLI SKA SOCIETY: $75,000 · Arts & CultureWAMBLI SKA SOCIETYUKWAKHWA INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureUKWAKHWA INCIntersection for the Arts: $50,000 · Arts & CultureIntersection for t…INDIGENOUS VALUES INITIATIVE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureINDIGENOUS VALUES …KERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 · EducationKERES CHILDREN…NACA-INSPIRED SCHOOLS NETWORK: $50,000 · EducationNACA-INSPIRED …PINE RIDGE GIRLS SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationPINE RIDGE GIR…AMERICAN INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER INC: $45,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIA…Center for Popular Research Education and Policy: $40,000 · EducationCenter for Pop…NA AIKANE O MAUI INC: $30,000 · EducationNA AIKANE O MA…THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTHUNDER VALL…HO-CHUNK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 · Community ImprovementHO-CHUNK COM…RURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES: $50,000 · Community ImprovementRURAL AMERIC…PINE HILL INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $50,000 · Community ImprovementPINE HILL IN…KUA AINA ULU AUAMO: $100,000 · EnvironmentKUA AINA UL…NATIVE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · EnvironmentNATIVE CONS…SOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $30,000 · EnvironmentSOGOREA TE …FIBERSHED: $17,500 · EnvironmentFIBERSHEDDAKOTA WICOHAN: $100,000 · Human ServicesNATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $50,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGINOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSI: $100,000 · Animals
Other$929,000Arts & Culture$405,000Education$315,000Community Improvement$275,000Environment$247,500Human Services$150,000Animals$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGINOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSI: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetKERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetKUA AINA ULU AUAMO: $100,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetDAKOTA WICOHAN: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetKENNEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetNATIVE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFAST BLACKFEET: $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetTHUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChugach Regional Resources Commission: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHO-CHUNK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetRURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCARRIZO COMECRUDO NATION OF TEXAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetPINE HILL INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY BOARD: $50,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetUKWAKHWA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 81% of budgetNACA-INSPIRED SCHOOLS NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPINE RIDGE GIRLS SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetNa Maka Onaona: $50,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER INC: $45,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Popular Research Education and Policy: $40,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLIVELIHOODS KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINDIGENOUS VALUES INITIATIVE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUNITED HOUMA NATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFIBERSHED: $17,500 over 1y, 1.0% 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…Ndn Collective IncCommon Counsel Founda…Amalgamated Charitabl…Novo FoundationSeventh Generation Fu…Tides FoundationThe Schmidt Family Fo…PatagoniaorgNative American Agric…Solutions Project IncNewman's Own Foundati…
First Nations Development InstituteCO56.8× affinity26 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 · Common Counsel Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Novo Foundation · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Tides Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Native American Agriculture Fund · Solutions Project Inc · Newman's Own 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 Ndn Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ndn Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 79%
  • American Indian Resource Center Inc: 79% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Ndn Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ndn Foundation Inc 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 38 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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