Grant Listings

During the second quarter of 2025, the Northwest Area Foundation approved 40 grants worth $12,184,545.

Our grantmaking supports organizations building racial, social, and economic justice—helping communities within our region of eight states and 76 Native nations thrive on their own terms. They’re advancing long-overdue change in deep connection with the land they inhabit and communities they serve—Native Americans, communities of color, immigrants, refugees, and people in rural areas.

This year is proving to be uniquely challenging for the communities and causes that are central to our mission. We’re stepping up by doubling our funding for 2025—investing more deeply in our priority communities with funding for dynamic solutions to challenges that arise suddenly. One of the primary ways we’re doing this is by amending many current grants to include more funding. These additional funds are considered new grants, and you’ll find them noted as such in our quarterly grants listing.

We include grants of $10,000 or more in the list below. For information on grants of less than $10,000, please visit our grants database.

American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho Foundation Inc. of Boise, ID, will receive $480,000 over two years to support its plans to expand its immigrant justice work by creating a stronger network of people protecting immigrant rights and driving long-term systemic change to improve conditions for immigrant justice.
Grant term: Aug. 1, 2025 – July 31, 2027

Bienvenidos A Gallatin Valley of Bozeman, MT, will receive $250,000 over two years as a general operating grant to support its efforts to meet the growing needs of immigrant families in Gallatin County and surrounding areas in Montana.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027

Byrd Barr Place of Seattle will receive $450,000 over three years to support the Delta 3.0 initiative, an effort that builds the capacity for BIPOC-led nonprofit organizations in Washington State so that their work and the communities of color they serve can thrive. Grant funds will also support the Washington Legal Education, Advocacy, and Defense (LEAD) for Racial Justice initiative to mobilize nonprofits, funders, legal partners, and others to fortify organizations against increased legal action opposing racial equity efforts.
Grant term: June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2028

Chief Seattle Club of Seattle received $250,000 as a general operating grant so it can grow its capacity and strengthen its ability to monitor and interpret federal actions, develop responsive strategies grounded in traditional Native values, and safeguard culturally rooted housing solutions.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Four Bands Community Fund Inc. of Eagle Butte, SD, received $1,000,000 to support an in-depth assessment to determine if the regional Revolving Loan Fund can become a platform for developing a capital liquidity market for Native CDFIs.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Four Bands Community Fund Inc. of Eagle Butte, SD, will receive $750,000 over two years as a general operating grant to help grow its lending capital, allow it to hire more staff, and improve internal operations, with an ultimate goal to develop the local reservation community through new business and housing projects.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027

Immigrant Development Center of Moorhead, MN, will receive $150,000 over two years as a cost amendment to the existing $250,000 general operating grant it received to support its efforts to sustain and expand its economic inclusion and community prosperity approach.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2024 – Sept. 30, 2026

Iowa CareGivers of West Des Moines, IA, received $50,000 as a cost amendment to the existing $50,000 general operating grant it received to support its efforts to create a multistakeholder coalition to increase wages and benefits for direct care workers (DCWs) through collective impact.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2025

Jannus Inc. of Boise, ID, received $125,000 to support its communications, events, staff, and operations as it continues to grow connections between the receiving community in Idaho and new American communities.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2025 – Sept. 30, 2026

Lakota Fund of Kyle, SD, received $1,000,000 as a general operating grant to bolster its lending capital so that it’s prepared to meet increased demand and continue its work to build the local Pine Ridge and Rosebud economies.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Manidoo Ogitigaan of Bemidji, MN, will receive $100,000 over two years as a general operating grant to support its efforts to revitalize Anishinaabe lifeways, language, and cultural practices.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027

Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial Inc. of Pine Ridge, SD, will receive $675,000 over four years as a cost amendment to the existing $300,000 general operating grant it received to support its efforts to hire staff, implement new strategies, and build relationships with new funders.
Grant term: Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2027

Minnesota Black Collective Foundation of Minneapolis received $250,000 to support its efforts to coordinate legal education and training focused on protecting race-conscious strategies and programming.
Grant term: Aug. 1, 2025 – July 31, 2026

NACDC Financial Services Inc. of Browning, MT, will receive $675,000 over four years as a cost amendment to the existing $300,000 general operating grant it received to support its infrastructure and growth in response to community needs and high demand for its services.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2027

National Congress of American Indians Fund of Washington, DC, received $500,000 as a general operating grant to support its efforts to bring Tribal Nations together to strategize, advance shared priorities, and advocate for the sovereignty and well-being of Native communities.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Northwest Indian Community Development Center of Bemidji, MN, will receive $200,000 over three years as a cost amendment to the existing $200,000 general operating grant it received for Mino Bimaadiziwin (Good Life) Reclaiming, focused on Indigenous pathways to healing, recovery, and well-being.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2026

Northwest Native Chamber of Portland, OR, received $500,000 to support its efforts to engage Native communities in Oregon as it begins the detailed design phase of the Center for Tribal Nations project.
Grant term: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Northwest Native Lending Network (NNLN) is a project for the fiscal sponsor Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation (ATNI-EDC), both located in Portland, OR. ATNI-ETC will receive $300,000 over four years as a cost amendment to the existing $200,000 general operating grant it received to support NNLN’s members, focused on building a robust system of support for Native entrepreneurs.
Grant term: Nov. 1, 2023 – Oct. 31, 2027

People’s Economy Lab (PEL) of Seattle is a project for the fiscal sponsor The Praxis Project of San Francisco. The Praxis Project will receive $70,000 over two years as a cost amendment to the existing $138,000 general operating grant it received to support PEL’s efforts to develop its organizational infrastructure and increase its capacity to better support and advance economic, environmental, and racial justice in Washington.
Grant term: Nov. 1, 2024 – Feb. 28, 2026

South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition of Kyle, SD, will receive $250,000 over two years as a general operating grant to support its efforts to advance community-driven solutions to address longstanding housing needs across South Dakota’s nine reservations.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2025 – Sept. 30, 2027

United Vision for Idaho of Boise, ID, received $350,000 as a general operating grant to support its efforts to strengthen a pro-democracy base across ideological differences and equip organizers with the skills and practices necessary to deepen local leadership and foster long-term civic resilience.
Grant term: June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026