May 14, 2019 General News
Our 2019 grantmaking begins with just over $3.7 million in the first-quarter grants. Q1 Grants We awarded 13 grants to partner organizations that advance our mission to expand economic opportunity in underresourced communities by supporting organizations rooted in the...
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December 26, 2018 General News
By Kevin Walker, President and CEO, Northwest Area Foundation Our mission compels us to keep learning, looking, and discovering ways to serve our priority communities. In May, the board and staff of the Northwest Area Foundation journeyed to the Spokane Indian...
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December 20, 2018 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NWAF Program Officer John Fetzer shares his thoughts on how DEI extends beyond philanthropy and affects everyone on a personal level, including himself. I’m a citizen of the White Earth Ojibwe nation. I grew up in Bemidji, MN, a town of about 15,000 people in the...
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September 26, 2018 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ann Naithani, our director of organizational effectiveness and talent development, talks about philanthropy’s strengths to advance DEI. When I was considering joining the staff of the Northwest Area Foundation in the summer of 2017, I was largely unfamiliar with...
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August 9, 2018 Access to Capital
In the past year, we’ve been talking a lot about two major pathways toward greater prosperity: partnerships with Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). READ OUR ANNUAL REPORT This year’s...
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