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Northwest Area Foundation Awards $7.71 Million in Grants to Four Native American Groups

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St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 14, 2007 - The Northwest Area Foundation has awarded $7.71 million in grants to an urban-based Native American group in each of four states for the purpose of breaking the cycle of inter-generational poverty. The four separate grants are intended to help build organizational capacity and to support programs for long-term poverty reduction. The grants include:

• A two-year, $3.5 million grant to United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF), Seattle, Wash., which plans to use the money for a community development center, small business development, a Native American cultural center and enhanced education for adults and early childhood.

• A two-year, $3.36 million grant to Native American Youth & Family Center (NAYA), Portland, Ore., which indicates it will apply the grant to workforce development, low income housing, promotion of home ownership, job training and civic engagement.

• A one-year, $500,000 grant to Society for the Advancement of Native Interests- Today (SaniT), Rapid City, S.D., for use in culturally-based education, business and employability training.

• A one-year, $350,000 grant to Native American Development Corporation (NADC), Billings, Mont., for workforce development, a jobs training center and business training and development.

The Northwest Area Foundation realizes its mission – helping communities reduce poverty – by supporting strategic efforts within a small number of urban, rural and American Indian communities in: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. These states were serviced by James J. Hill’s Great Northern Railway. Hill’s son, Louis W. Hill, established the Foundation in 1934. Since 1999, the Foundation has invested approximately $193 million in community-based poverty-reduction programs. As of March 31, 2007, the Foundation had assets valued at approximately $500 million.