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The Directors Club, Des Moines, IA

Grantees & Grantmaking
August 16, 2022

Q2 Grants: How Grants for Northwest Native Lending Network and One Economy Inform Our New Grantmaking Approach

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Path through the forest

JEDI
July 14, 2022

We Made an Explicit Commitment to DEI in 2017. Here’s the Progress We’ve Made Five Years Later, with Applicable Insights.

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Two Native women on the prairie

Grantees & Grantmaking, Strategic Approach
June 9, 2022

What I’ve Learned from Native American Colleagues During a Decade of Engagement: CEO Kevin Walker

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Global to Local grant recipients

Grantees & Grantmaking
May 17, 2022

Q1 Grantees: Global to Local and Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance Show the Connection Between Our Prior and New Grantmaking Approach

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NDN Solar panel project

Grantees & Grantmaking, Impact Investing
March 30, 2022

NDN Collective Shows Us How to Invest in Indian Country Rooted in Indigenous Values

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NWAF, Health & Wellness Huddle

General Updates
March 17, 2022

Health and Wellness Huddles During the Pandemic Taught Us About the Universal Need for Connection and Self-Care

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Astoria, OR

Grantees & Grantmaking, Impact Investing
March 9, 2022

Craft3’s Capital for Social Good Revitalizes Rural Communities like Astoria, OR

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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Giving Project cohort

Grantees & Grantmaking
March 2, 2022

Q4 and 2021 Grantees Reflect Our New Grantmaking Approach Advancing Racial, Social, and Economic Justice.

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Basket of sage

General Updates
February 16, 2022

Groundbreaking Selections for Board Leadership and Three New Native Board Members Deepen Our Commitment to Racial Justice

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NWAF's Kevin Walker & Paul Bachleitner

Grantees & Grantmaking, Strategic Approach
February 3, 2022

Video: Our Commitment to Native-Led Groups Educated Us About the Need for Justice—CEO Kevin Walker

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View of St. Paul & the Mississippi River

General Updates
January 13, 2022

Presenting New CFO Ramya Rauf—Committed to Finance and Administration for Mission and Justice

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Strategic Approach
December 15, 2021

Program Director Karla Miller: Why We’re Refocusing Our Grantmaking on Justice

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