Oregon · Nonprofit
NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE
NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE (Oregon) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $613,111 to it, the largest being JESSIE SMITH NOYES FOUNDATION ($267,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $613k
- Net assets
- $63k
What Native Wellness Institute does
Mission
The Native Wellness Institute provides wellness and healing related training and technical assistance to Indian tribes and organizations that is based in Native culture that keeps the teachings of our ancestors alive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Native Wellness Institute provided training both virtual and and in person trainings to Indian tribes, urban Native organizations and others. NWI offered weekly "Native Wellness Power Hours" at no cost as a way to offer mental well-being support and those continue to be offered for free once a week. Each Power Hour is saved on NWI's You Tube channel. Over 550 have been offered. NWI offered a total of 8 online training sessions where 10 facilitators were used and over 500 people attended. In addition, 9 in person training sessions were held where 10 facilitators were used and nearly 1,000 participants attended. NWI also provided 95 training sessions in tribal and/or urban Native organizations or other agencies. On average, two facilitators were used for each training and training topics included the following: healthy relationships, wellness in the workplace, adults working with Native youth, Gathering of Native Americans, moving through grief and loss, self care, youth leadership, being an ally in Indian Country, being trauma and healing informed and other specifically designed related topics for communities. NWI charges registration fees for participants attending training…
$1,181,992 spent$1,245,118 earned by the program78% of program spendingThe Native Wellness Institute received a contract from Multnomah County Health Department to provide community outreach and engagement, education and evaluation for a local project called the Future Generations Collaborative. This public health and early childhood program serves the local Native community in Portland, OR by providing early childhood playgroups and caregiver support circles, public health support like fentanyl awareness, COVID prevention, extreme weather support, air quality support due to wild fires, addressing homelessness, community healing and other public health related issues. NWI provides opportunities for community members to connect the dots between the lasting impacts of trauma and the power of healing through culture, community and connection. Specific training and workshops as well as community gatherings and retreats are provided. NWI works with community health workers and community members called elders and natural helpers to do this work. Events and gatherings include baby showers, self care days, retreats, Indigenous People's Day celebration, community picnics and more. Weekly playgroups and other early childhood programming are also held. About…
$278,249 spentof which $278,249 as grants18% of program spendingNWI received a contract from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) for a curriculum development project for the tribes in Oregon. The curriculum development project was called the Tribal Traditional Health Worker curriculum. The project included meeting monthly with representatives from each of the tribes, one urban Native organization and representatives from the OHA to gain their input on curriculum content. The first draft was completed and presented back to the tribes for approval and then the final curriculum was completed.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,510,241.
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
Jillene Joseph
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $55k → $31k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 WELLNESS INSTITUTE’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
NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 WELLNESS INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 43% · 2021 39% · 2022 86% · 2023 80% — 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
22% of NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $303k 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 WELLNESS INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $459k on record.
- OTHER DISTRIBUTION TO TAXABLE SUBRECIP$254k
- DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$135k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$64k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$3k
- INSTATE GROUND TRANSPORTATION$2k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$1k
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 WELLNESS INSTITUTE
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE?
- NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE (Oregon) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $613,111 to it, the largest being JESSIE SMITH NOYES FOUNDATION ($267,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $613,111 in grants to NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE?
- JESSIE SMITH NOYES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $267,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIVE WELLNESS INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 15 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing