Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,985,178 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,800,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What National Indian Health Board does
Mission
Established by the tribes to advocate as the united voice of federally recognized american indian and alaska native tribes, nihb seeks to reinforce tribal sovereignty, strengthen tribal health systems, secure resources, and build capacity to achieve the highest level of health and well-being for our people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public health policy and programsthe public health policy and programs department of the National Indian Health Board seeks to bolster the public health infrastructure and services within indian country. To this end, nihb operates programs that provide capacity building and technical assistance to tribes and tribal organizations to provide education, and strengthen outreach, program development, research capacity, and service delivery across a variety of public health issues and topics (including but not limited to: diabetes, climate change, substance misuse, intimate partner violence, maternal health adverse childhood experiences, emergency response and planning, infection control, and smoking cessation). As part of this work, nihb often brings together groups of elected leaders and tribal public health professionals to share best practices, exchange information, and create a forum in which the tribal voice can be elevated. Nihb also utilizes a policy-based approach to strengthen the voice and presence of tribes and tribal leaders on the national level through the provision of support to tribal leaders serving on federal advisory committees; training on how to build communicative…
$5,526,771 spentof which $1,778,298 as grants$127,059 earned by the program60% of program spendingRegulatory analysis and congressional relationsthe policy center at the National Indian Health Board research the logs of federal action and analyze the impact or potential impact of these regulations, laws, codes, policies, judicial decisions, and executive orders on the tribal and federal component of the indian health system. Nihb writes summaries on these actions, disseminates information to ensure that tribes understand any such course of action and its ramifications (either potentially positive or negative), and works with tribal and federal leaders on the implementation of such actions. Nihb has a research function that helps to collect and synthesize data on the health system and the impact of laws and regulations and provides this data to tribal leaders so that they can make informed decisions about how they would like to see the tribal or federal health system operate. This arm of nihb also helps to facilitate formal consultation or listening sessions between tribal and federal leaders as required by law.
$2,104,737 spent23% of program spendingEnivronmental healththe epa environmental justice project support the development the tribal environmental health workforce capacity assessment, the purpose of which is to gather information on the current environmental health landscape in indian country. The information gathered from the survey will be utilized by nihb to identify and prioritize training needs, education gaps, mentorship and partnerships to address environmental issues and concerns at tribal health departments and tribal environmental programs.the program also enabled nihb to create a network of environmental health experts who are available to provide educational webinars and topical expertise on a variety of environmental topics. This is necessary for tribes in meeting their informational and programmatic needs in building and supporting their environmental health programs.
$1,504,182 spent16% of program spendingOther
$125,400 spentof which $152,448 as grants$1,209,958 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,261,090.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.1M to $7.9M (+94%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 69% · 2018 72% · 2019 70% · 2020 71% · 2021 72% · 2022 44% · 2023 86% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
William Smith
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $125k → $119k.
2 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $5.5M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
32% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2019 69% · 2020 72% · 2021 81% · 2022 34% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $52.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$47.6M
- Environmental Protection Agency$4.8M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD?
- NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,985,178 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,800,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $3,985,178 in grants to NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing