2025
Northwest Area Foundation made 182 grants in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) worth $35,866,363. The fiscal year runs Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2025.
New grants of $10,000 or more that were agreed upon in FY25 are included in the list below. Grants with starting dates preceding 2025 signify current grants we amended in FY25 to include more funding. These additional funds are considered new grants. Please see our quarterly grants listings for more information.
For grants of less than $10,000, please see our grants database.
AAPI Civic Engagement Fund
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
$500,000
11/01/2024 – 12/31/2026
Support for AAPI Community Empowerment project
ACLU of Montana Foundation Inc.
Missoula, MT
$150,000
6/01/2025 – 5/31/2026
General operating support
African Career Education and Resources (ACER)
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
3/01/2025 – 12/31/2025
General operating support
African Economic Development Solutions
St. Paul, MN
$100,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
General operating support
Akiptan
Eagle Butte, SD
$375,000
5/01/2023 – 4/30/2027
General operating support
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support
American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho Foundation Inc.
Boise, ID
$480,000
8/01/2025 – 7/31/2027
Support for immigrant rights
American Indian College Fund
Denver, CO
$500,000
9/01/2025 – 8/31/2027
Support for TCU bridge fund project
American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO)
Duluth, MN
$250,000
9/01/2025 – 8/31/2027
General operating support
APANO Communities United Fund
Portland, OR
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support for uplifting Asian voices
Appetite for Change Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000
3/01/2025 – 2/28/2026
General operating support
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc.
New York, NY
$500,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2026
Support for racial equity advancement and defense initiative (READI)
Awood Center
St. Paul, MN
$100,000
12/01/2023 – 11/30/2025
General operating support for organizing for change
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support for building worker power
$10,000
12/08/2025 – 12/31/2025
Support for efforts to respond to emerging community needs and concerns
Ayada Leads
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
12/09/2025 – 1/31/2026
Support for efforts to respond to emerging community needs and concerns
Bienvenidos A Gallatin Valley
Bozeman, MT
$250,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2027
General operating support
Black Collective Foundation MN
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
8/01/2025 – 7/31/2026
Support for Minnesota legal education, advocacy, and defense fund (MN LEAD)
Bozeman Tenant Education Fund
Bozeman, MT
$136,250
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Tides Foundation, Tides will support Bozeman’s Montana tenants political education and fellowship project
Byrd Barr Place
Seattle, WA
$450,000
6/01/2025 – 5/31/2028
Support for two initiatives: Delta 3.0 to build capacity for BIPOC-led nonprofit organizations in Washington State, and Legal Education, Advocacy, and Defense (LEAD) for Racial Justice to fortify organizations against increased legal action opposing racial equity efforts
Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$41,666.67
2/01/2025 – 6/01/2025
General operating support
Central Washington Justice for Our Neighbors (CWJFON)
Ellensburg, WA
$360,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2028
General operating support
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Eagle Butte, SD
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
General operating support for building a 7th generation workforce
Chief Seattle Club
Seattle, WA
$250,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2026
General operating support
Community to Community
Bellingham, WA
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Institute for Washington’s Future, the Institute will support Community to Community’s efforts to improve farmworkers’ lives in Washington state
Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL) Education
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
2/01/2025 – 1/31/2026
General operating support for immigrant defense network
Confluence Project
Vancouver, WA
$224,100
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2026
Support for transformation to a Native-led, Native-serving nonprofit
Des Moines Catholic Worker Fund
Ankeny, IA
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support for sanctuary station
Ecotrust
Portland, OR
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
Support for community resource mobilization
Firelands Workers Building Community Power / Trabajadores Unidos Construyendo Poder de la Comunidad
Aberdeen, WA
$250,000
9/01/2025 – 12/31/2026
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Latino Community Fund of Washington State (LCF), LCF will provide general operating support to Firelands
Flag Special Projects Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
Support for Farmers Justice Center
Four Bands Community Fund Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
$1,000,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2026
Support for exploring a capital liquidity market for Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs)
$750,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2027
General operating support for creating economic opportunity
Grantee Partner Name Withheld by Request
$80,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating grant
Growing Justice Fund
Washington, DC
$1,000,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2028
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, Amalgamated will support Growing Justice Fund’s work to transform tribal and BIPOC-led food systems
Hopa Mountain Inc.
Bozeman, MT
$100,000
10/01/2023 – 9/30/2026
Support for Strengthening the Circle, a Native nonprofit leadership program
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Inc.
Boise, ID
$250,000
1/01/2025 – 12/31/2026
Support for expansion of the Idaho Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) initiative
Idaho Organization of Resource Councils Inc.
Boise, ID
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support for supporting and protecting Idaho’s frontline workers through climate and immigrant justice
Immigrant Development Center (IDC)
Moorhead, MN
$150,000
10/01/2024 – 9/30/2026
General operating support for empowering immigrant entrepreneurs
The Indigenous Association
Fargo, ND
$50,000
12/01/2024 – 11/30/2026
General operating support
Iowa CareGivers
West Des Moines, IA
$50,000
10/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
Support for advancing system change policies to elevate wages for direct care workers
Jannus Inc.
Boise, ID
$125,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2026
Support for building welcome and connections in Idaho communities
Lakota Funds
Kyle, SD
$300,000
12/01/2023 – 11/30/2027
General operating support for expansion
$1,000,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2026
General operating support for sovereignty through self-reliance
Lakota Youth Development
Herrick, SD
$50,000
11/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
General operating support for empowering Lakota youth
Latino Economic Development Center
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support for advancing economic justice through Latino entrepreneurship
Lavender Rights Project
Seattle, WA
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support
Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Language Revitalizatio
Box Elder, MT
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support for language as liberation
Makoce Agriculture Development
Porcupine, SD
$750,000
7/01/2023 – 6/30/2028
General operating support
Manidoo Ogitigaan
Bemidji, MN
$100,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2027
General operating support
Mano a Mano
Salem, OR
$50,000
3/01/2025 – 2/28/2026
General operating support for Radio Poder
Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial Inc.
Pine Ridge, SD
$675,000
9/01/2023 – 8/31/2027
General operating support for post-pandemic Pine Ridge homeownership
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD)
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
5/01/2025 – 12/31/2025
Support for website redevelopment project
$500,000
6/01/2025 – 5/31/2027
General operating support for powering progress across Minnesota
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO)
Portland, OR
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support
Minnesota Humanities Center
St. Paul, MN
$60,000
4/01/2025 – 4/30/2026
Support for Latino voices and narrative change
Minnesota Museum of American Art
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support
Mission Driven Finance
San Diego, CA
$750,000
9/01/2025 – 8/31/2028
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Impact Charitable, Impact Charitable will support Mission Driven Finance’s Indigenous Futures Fund (IFF)
MN Workers Confluence Fund
Minneapolis, MN
$500,000
9/01/20254 – 8/31/2027
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Working Partnerships Inc., Working Partnerships will support MN Workers Confluence Fund’s work on immigrant and low-income worker organizing
MN8
St. Paul, MN
$750,000
11/01/2023 – 6/30/2028
General operating support
Mni Sota Fund
Minneapolis, MN
$300,000
3/01/2025 – 2/29/2028
General operating support
Montana Two Spirit Society
Missoula, MT
$250,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2027
General operating support
NACDC Financial Services Inc.
Browning, MT
$675,000
10/01/2023 – 9/30/2027
General operating support
National Congress of American Indians Fund
Washington, DC
$500,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2026
General operating support
Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI)
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support
Native American Rights Fund
Boulder, CO
$500,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2026
General operating support
Native CDFI Network Inc.
Washington, DC
$300,000
7/01/2024 – 6/30/2025
General operating support
Native Organizers Alliance
Seattle, WA
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Alliance for a Just Society, Alliance for a Just Society will provide general operating support to Native Organizers Alliance
NDN Collective Inc.
Rapid City, SD
$2,000,000
5/01/2025 – 4/30/2029
Support for For the People campaign
NDN Fund
Rapid City, SD
$562,500
9/01/2023 – 8/31/2027
General operating support
Neighborhood Development Center Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$600,000
9/01/2025 – 8/31/2028
General operating support for fueling stability and powering innovation
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
Minneapolis, MN
$750,000
11/01/2024 – 6/30/2027
General operating support for expanding Indigenous food systems
North Dakota Native Vote Education Project
Bismarck, ND
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support for building Native power and protecting democracy in North Dakota
North Idaho Pride Alliance
Coeur d’Alene, ID
$225,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2028
General operating support
Northwest Indian Community Development Center
Bemidji, MN
$200,000
10/01/2023 – 9/30/2026
General operating support for Mino Bilmaadiziwin (Good Life) Reclaiming, focused on Indigenous pathways to healing, recovery, and well-being
Northwest Native Chamber
Portland, OR
$500,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2026
Support for Center for Tribal Nations predevelopment
Northwest Native Lending Network (NNLN)
Portland, OR
$300,000
11/01/2023 – 10/31/2027
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation (ATNI-EDC), ATNI-EDC will support NNLN’s efforts to build a robust system of support for Native entrepreneurs
NWAF Employee- and Board-Directed Grants
St. Paul, MN
$119,846.54
01/01/2025 – 12/31/2025
Grants to various 501(c)(3) organizations at the direction of employees (for example, matches of employee donations) and in recognition of retiring board members
Opportunity Link
Havre, MT
$85,000
4/01/2025 – 1/31/2026
Support for AmeriCorps VISTA
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)
Woodburn, OR
$250,000
1/01/2025 – 6/30/2025
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Willamette Valley Law Project, Willamette Valley Law Project will support PCUN’s efforts related to the Oregon for All Coalition
People’s Economy Lab (PEL)
Seattle, WA
$70,000
11/01/2024 – 2/28/2026
As a project for the fiscal sponsor The Praxis Project, Praxis will provide PEL with general operating support
Philanthrofund (PFund) Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$600,000
10/01/2023 – 9/30/2027
Support for PRISM grant funds and alliance cohort
Pride Foundation
Seattle, WA
$350,000
10/01/2023 – 9/30/2026
Support for BIPOC and rural LGBTQ+ organizations in the Northwest
Re:power Fund
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
Support for building BIPOC power in the Pacific Northwest
Renewing the Countryside II
Hammond, MN
$50,000
5/01/2025 – 12/31/2025
Support for a convening to explore innovative financing and business structures related to farmland access and support for emerging farmers
Rondo Community Land Trust
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
5/01/2025 – 4/30/2027
General operating support for sparking innovation in the land trust movement in Minnesota
Rooted to Last
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
As a project for the fiscal sponsor Propel Nonprofits, Propel will support Rooted to Last’s efforts to build an enduring social justice infrastructure in communities of color throughout Minnesota
SAGE Foundation Inc.
Fort Yates, ND
$2,000,000
9/01/2024 – 12/31/2026
General operating support
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
Support for CollegeBound Saint Paul 2025-2026
Seeding Justice
Portland, OR
$250,000
1/01/2025 – 12/31/2025
Support for new arrivals fund
Sharing Our Roots
Northfield, MN
$100,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
General operating support for work focused on immigrant and BIPOC farmers
South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition (SDNHOC)
Kyle, SD
$1,200,000
7/01/2025 – 6/30/2027
Support for Native Impact Fund, linking liquidity to localized lending
$250,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2027
General operating support
TAALA Fund
Taholah, ND
$450,000
10/01/2023 – 9/30/2027
General operating support
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
Porcupine, SD
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
General operating support
Tiwahe Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2027
General operating support
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom
Seattle, WA
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support
United Vision for Idaho
Boise, ID
$350,000
6/01/2025 – 5/31/2026
General operating support
Uniting Resilience
Rapid City, SD
$200,000
4/01/2025 – 3/31/2027
Support for culturally relevant work focused on two-spirit and LGBTQ+ Native people
Ventures
Seattle, WA
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2026
General operating support for building pathways to economic mobility
Voices for Racial Justice
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
12/01/2025 – 11/30/2027
General operating support
West Side Citizens Organization (also known as West Side Community Organization)
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
6/01/2025 – 5/31/2027
General operating support
$25,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2026
Support for Robert Street accountability taskforce
Western Native Voice
Billings, MT
$250,000
11/01/2025 – 10/31/2027
General operating support
WomenVenture
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
4/01/2025 – 3/31/2026
General operating support
Yellow Bird Life Ways Center
Colstrip, MT
$250,000
10/01/2025 – 9/30/2027
General operating support for Breath of Life: Reclaiming Wellness and Sovereignty Through Indigenous Lifeways
