Washington · Public charity
Potlatch Fund
Potlach fund's mission is to inspire and build upon the native tradition of giving and to expand philanthropy with tribal nations and native communities in the pacific northwest.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 70
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $696k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 69
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Potlatch Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 60 | $696k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $432k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $510k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 53 | $858k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 69 | $604k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $478k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $554k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $454k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$1.0MCommunity Improvement$535kEducation$500kCivil Rights$485kYouth Development$484kHuman Services$359kInternational$303kEnvironment$171kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | $346,356 | 7 | 4% |
| Native Action Network | $246,730 | 6 | 29% |
| United Indians of All Tribes Foundation | $144,230 | 6 | 1% |
| Duwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc | $140,730 | 6 | 4% |
| Red Eagle Soaring | $136,730 | 5 | 11% |
| Urban American Indian Alaska Native Education Alli | $107,230 | 5 | 11% |
| Open Arms Perinatal Services | $103,230 | 5 | 2% |
| Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe | $89,821 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwest Justice Project | $81,230 | 2 | 0% |
| Chief Seattle Club | $79,230 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | $346,356 | 7 | 4% |
| Native Action Network | $246,730 | 6 | 29% |
| United Indians of All Tribes Foundation | $144,230 | 6 | 1% |
| Duwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc | $140,730 | 6 | 4% |
| Red Eagle Soaring | $136,730 | 5 | 11% |
| Urban American Indian Alaska Native Education Alli | $107,230 | 5 | 11% |
| Open Arms Perinatal Services | $103,230 | 5 | 2% |
| Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe | $89,821 | 5 | n/a |
| Northwest Justice Project | $81,230 | 2 | 0% |
| Chief Seattle Club | $79,230 | 6 | 0% |
| Indigenous Showcase | $63,528 | 4 | n/a |
| Lhaq'Temish Foundation | $63,125 | 5 | 2% |
| Unkitawa | $60,758 | 3 | 1% |
| Burns Paiute Tribe | $58,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Peacekeeper Society | $54,938 | 5 | 14% |
| Suquamish Tribe | $50,982 | 3 | n/a |
| Salish School of Spokane | $50,633 | 4 | 1% |
| Center Pole | $46,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Inchelium Language and Culture Association | $45,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Mother Nation | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Western Washington Native American Education Consortium | $45,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Nez Perce Tribe | $44,108 | 5 | n/a |
| Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska-Washington Chapter | $43,679 | 4 | n/a |
| Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Steilacoom Tribal Museum Association | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kikiallus Indian Nation | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastside Native American Parent Committee | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Komemma Cultural Protection Association | $36,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indi | $35,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Hearts Gathered | $35,000 | 3 | 5% |
| International Traditional Games Soc | $34,682 | 4 | 14% |
| Chief Joseph Foundation | $34,475 | 4 | 19% |
| Native American Youth and Family Center | $33,732 | 3 | 0% |
| Indigenous Idaho Alliance Inc | $33,625 | 2 | n/a |
| Spokane Language House | $33,360 | 4 | 15% |
| Interculture Foundation Inc | $32,513 | 4 | 4% |
| Children of the Setting Sun Product | $32,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Museum at Warm Springs | $32,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Crow Language Consortium Inc | $31,179 | 4 | 3% |
| Native Youth Leadership Alliance | $30,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Saltfire | $28,625 | 2 | 3% |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Language Conservancy Inc | $27,133 | 3 | 1% |
| Red Lodge Transition Services | $25,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Fast Blackfeet | $25,625 | 2 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Northwest Native Chamber | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Nimiipuu Ecosystems Restoration Inc | $23,625 | 2 | n/a |
| Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon 601 Union | $23,625 | 2 | n/a |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | $23,482 | 3 | n/a |
| Quileute Tribe | $23,333 | 3 | n/a |
| Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center | $23,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Legion Rocky Boy Veterans Post | $22,138 | 3 | 4% |
| Blackfeet Tribe | $20,982 | 3 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tulalip Tribes of Washington | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Confederated Lower Chinook Tribes & Bands | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Salmon Defense | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Indigenous Creatives Collective | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Urban Indian Family Coalition | $19,700 | 3 | 3% |
| Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Khimstonik | $18,000 | 1 | 11% |
| E-Peh-Tes | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chickadee Community Services | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society | $18,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Native American Basketweavers Assn | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Columbia River Institute for Indigenous | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Research and Development Services of America | $17,500 | 2 | 27% |
| Montana Two Spirit Society | $17,133 | 2 | 10% |
| Makah Cultural and Research Center | $17,132 | 2 | 1% |
| Nuu-Da Mv-Ne | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cowlitz Indian Tribe | $16,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Nimiipuu Community Development Fund | $15,633 | 2 | 2% |
| Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services | $15,625 | 1 | 0% |
| First Congressional United Church of Christ | $15,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Original Boise Valley People | $15,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Family Learning Lodge | $15,625 | 1 | 8% |
| North Central Montana Human Trafficking | $15,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Community Health Workers Assoc | $15,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilltop Urban Gardens | $15,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Great Plains Veterans Services Ctr | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Indigenous Beginnings | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Butte Native Wellness Center | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival Jim Pepper Native Arts Council | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Warrior Movement | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends Forever Mentoring | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Consultants for Indian Progress | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians | $14,616 | 1 | n/a |
| Coeur D'Alene Tribe | $13,582 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwest Justice Project | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| NACDC Financial Services Inc | $13,482 | 2 | 1% |
| Tananawit | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Mopistun Four Directions | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisdom of the Elders Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chief Leschi Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Northwest Tribal Lending Financial Institution | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Developed Nations LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Language Revitalization | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Two Powers Land Collective Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Makah Indian Tribe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Cheyenne Language Consortium | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rios to Rivers | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hipeexnu Kii U Nuun Wisiix | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Ke Kukui Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sage Indigenous Law Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spokane Tribal Network | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ancient Cedars | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Native Daily Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Peck Community College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aaniiih and Nakoda Montessori Academy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spokane Ensemble Theater Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Messengers for Health | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Upper Columbia United Tribes | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aboriginal Outfitters | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Indigenous Living | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Time Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Siletz Regalia Sharing Co-Op | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Leadership Academy Pnw | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Stronghold a Culturally Responsive Peer Support Program | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lodge Grass | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Whiteswan Environmental We | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crow Nation Language Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salish Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Performance Productions | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wis Teq Neemit | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Eugene Native American Arts and Crafts Ma | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Naya Action Fund | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Opera Theater Oregon | $8,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Coast Salish Youth Coalition | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Native American Rising Generations Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Billings Elite Amateur Boxing | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teqwuma | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Shadow Association | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tiny Seed Project Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest Native Lacrosse Club | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Butterfly and Raven LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceania Northwest | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Way of Life Organization | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tribal Technology Training | $7,506 | 1 | n/a |
| Snqweylmistin | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| All Nations Health Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Confederated Tribes of the Lower Rogue | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Naa Kaani Native Program | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Institute for Community Leadership | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Madrona Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Nisqually Indian Tribe | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Future Generations Collaborative | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Climate Justice Initiative | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| One Heart Film Festival | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Made Montana | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club Inc | $7,282 | 1 | n/a |
| Lapwai School District 341 | $7,133 | 1 | n/a |
| Haida Roots | $6,188 | 1 | n/a |
| Queets Canoe Club | $6,054 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest American Indian Coalition Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 4% |
| Confederated Tribes of the Siletz | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Native Development Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Developed Nations | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Okanogan Basketweavers Assoc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamumu Arts Collective | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Potlatch Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 87 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 87.
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 InstituteCO83× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Na'ah Illahee Fund · Inatai Foundation · Charlotte y Martin Foundation-Ima · Philanthropy Northwest · Seeding Justice · Social Justice Fund Northwest · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Ndn Collective Inc · Northwest Area Foundation · Seattle 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.
About Potlatch Fund
- How much does Potlatch Fund give?
- Potlatch Fund reported 70 itemized grants totaling $696,425, out of $1,219,723 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 69 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Potlatch Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Community Improvement (12%), Education (11%).
- Who are Potlatch Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Na'ah Illahee Fund ($346k), Native Action Network ($247k), United Indians of All Tribes Foundation ($144k).
- Does Potlatch Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Potlatch Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Na'ah Illahee Fund, Inatai Foundation.
- Where is Potlatch Fund based?
- Potlatch Fund is based in WA.
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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
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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