Minnesota · Nonprofit
NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER
NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER (Minnesota) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,671,510 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($6,046,495). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Native Governance Center does
Mission
Native Governance Center (ngc) is a native-led nonprofit dedicated to assisting tribal nations in strengthening their governance systems and capacity to exercise sovereignty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tribal finance:using a native nation rebuilding approach to tribal finance, we equip tribal leaders with the inspiration, skills, resources, and connections they need to effectively improve their tribal financial systems. During the 2-year cohort, we work with elected officials and finance department administration to build their financial capacity through in-depth financial assessments, educational training and resources, peer learning with other native nations, group conference attendance, mentorship and technical assistance, and project-based funding.in 2025, we continued to work with 4 native nations. Each native nation completed roadmap planning sessions to prioritize and map improvements to their financial governance systems. Each native nation signed a grant agreement and received funding to assist in their implementation of the roadmap.we hosted 2 in-person and 2 virtual convenings, providing 6 full days of educational training and peer learning. Monthly executive coaching sessions continued through october 2025. Informal coffee connection virtual meetings began in november 2024 and continued throughout 2025 with a total of 7. Cfo roundtable discussions began in november…
$898,705 spentof which $403,000 as grants$59,061 earned by the program36% of program spendingLeadership development:Native Governance Center provides leadership development opportunities for indigenous changemakers through the native nation rebuilders (nnr) program. This two-year, cohort-based program was built to strengthen leadership in our region by equipping indigenous changemakers with tools and frameworks they can use to help rebuild their nations. Over 256 native changemakers from across the region have participated in the program. In 2025, ngc engaged 23 rebuilders for cohort 14. The rebuilders participated in five module sessions, totaling 101 hours. Including two virtual sessions and three multi-day, in-person sessions held at three different native nations in our service region. Each session focused on enhancing skills in nation rebuilding, including facilitation techniques and practical strategies for seventh-generation planning. Throughout the program, 22 community leaders interacted with the rebuilders during both online and in-person sessions. 14 rebuilders completed the native nation rebuilding curriculum, presented their community action plans, and are on track to implement those plans within the next 12 months. The rebuilders conclude the first year of…
$621,705 spent25% of program spendingTribal governance support: working side-by-side with tribes that have identified specific needs or issues, Native Governance Center helps create and implement governance solutions through training, technical assistance, and consulting services. We listen to native nations' needs and provide them with a variety of indigenized tools and expertise for developing strong governance systems in support of their sovereignty. In 2025, we hosted 2 elected leader listening sessions in nebraska and 1 in north dakota. We met with 7 elected leaders and administrators from the ponca tribe of nebraska and 4 elected leaders from the santee sioux nation. We held an elected leaders' dinner in north dakota during the government to government conference with elected leaders from sisseton wahpeton oyate, spirit lake nation, and standing rock sioux tribe. The executive director of the nd indian affairs commission and nd representative jayme davis were also in attendance.we facilitated 4 customized tribal support projects with 4 native nations. Working with the mille lacs band of ojibwe constitutional delegates, we facilitated one training for 31 mlbo members. We provided technical support for 2 mlbo…
$550,705 spent22% of program spendingCommunity engagement:Native Governance Center's community engagement program brings accessible, educational content to the broader community. Awareness is the first step toward action; the organization educates the community with the goal of seeing increased respect for tribal sovereignty and better outcomes for native people.
$425,705 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,496,820.
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 2023 to 2024, from $8.3M to $14M (+73%).
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: 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Amber Annis
Executive director
Board chair
Caleb Dogeagle
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $3k → $2.1M.
12 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 GOVERNANCE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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 GOVERNANCE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 GOVERNANCE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 28% · 2019 58% · 2020 65% · 2021 75% · 2022 43% · 2023 53% — 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
30% of NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
83% of NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 GOVERNANCE CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER?
- NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER (Minnesota) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,671,510 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($6,046,495). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $14,671,510 in grants to NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER?
- THE BUSH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,046,495 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 37 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