Entrepreneurship at the Heart of Q4 Grants in Minnesota and Washington; Oweesta and Native CDFIs Highlight 2018 Grantmaking
In the last quarter of 2018, we awarded 91 grants representing a total of more than $9.1 million. The new awards bring our total grantmaking for the year to just over $16 million spread among 200 grants for organizations throughout our service region—Idaho, Iowa,...Continue Reading →
Let’s Use Business as a Tool for Good: Grantee Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) Shares Five Things You Need to Know About Social Enterprise
Our Enterprise Development portfolio invests in communities to drive entrepreneurship and provide ownership, jobs, and training opportunities to people who’ve been denied them in the past. One of our strategies is supporting social enterprises, including local...Continue Reading →
The First-Ever Convening of Native American Financial Institutions
Over 100 Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs), banks, and credit unions gathered in Polson, MT, at an event organized by the Center for Indian Country Development (CICD). CICD’s late-August event was a first-of-its-kind convening of Native...Continue Reading →
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Publication Features a Conversation with NWAF Board Member Zach Ducheneaux: Reservation-Based Agricultural Economies Poised to Thrive
Zach Ducheneaux; photo by Dawnee LeBeau, courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Earlier this year, Ducheneaux discussed strategies to address underinvestment and improve lending policies in Indian Country. He shared his insights in “Reinventing the...Continue Reading →SHARE THIS
