Arizona · Nonprofit
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC (Arizona) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,275,650 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($5,015,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $25M
- Net assets
- $83M
What Native American Connections Inc does
Mission
Our mission, grounded in traditional native american culture is to reduce health disparities by delivering high-quality, comprehensive integrated healthcare and providing stable housing throughout the communities we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Native american connections (nac) creates high-quality, affordable housing communities that provide low-income individuals and families with a stable foundation for growth. From sustainable rental developments to homeownership opportunities, nac is dedicated to expanding equitable access to safe and permanent housing.
$9,675,432 spentof which $1,809,394 as grants$5,542,149 earned by the program43% of program spendingFor over 50 years, nac has strengthened communities in the greater phoenix area by providing, culturally, appropriate behavioral health, and substance use treatment. Serving both native and non-native individuals, nac offers a comprehensive continuum of careincluding residential treatment, outpatient services, and affordable housingthat integrates traditional healing with evidence-based practices.nac is a trusted provider of integrated behavioral health, residential addiction treatment, and recovery housing. Through a culturally responsive approach, nac empowers individuals and families in the urban indian community and beyond to achieve long-term wellness.
$9,620,621 spent$9,068,484 earned by the program43% of program spendingHomebase youth services offers a full continuum of care for homeless youth ages 1824. The program integrates immediate protection and shelter with essential support servicesincluding behavioral health care, educational advancement, and vocational training. By providing a stable foundation, homebase empowers young adults to bridge the gap between crisis and independence through life-skills coaching, job placement assistance, and personalized case management.
$2,502,956 spent11% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$722,020 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,521,029.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $101M to $128M (+27%).
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 33% · 2018 35% · 2019 25% · 2020 17% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 21% · 2024 45% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Trula Breuninger
President & CEO
Board chair
Chris Sharp
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $664k → $1.9M.
11 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 funders by total. 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
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
57% 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 NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 53% · 2019 28% · 2020 20% · 2021 24% · 2022 54% · 2023 26% — 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
44% of NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
65% of NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Against its field
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$31.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$23.7M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$182k
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 NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 37 related entities
- 609 N Second Ave LLC · disregarded
- Camelback Pointe LLC · disregarded
- Catherine Arms Operating Company LLC · disregarded
- Dunlap Housing LLC · disregarded
- Dunlap Wellness LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC?
- NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC (Arizona) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,275,650 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($5,015,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $25,275,650 in grants to NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $5,015,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 58 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