Grants awarded
Who does First Nations Development Institute fund?
First Nations Development Institute has awarded $68 million across 1,980 grants to 750 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $18,500, with most between $10,000 and $32,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$68.4M
Typical grant
$18K
Grantees
750
Grants
1,980
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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Keres Childrens Learning Center
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$1.3M | 15 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$832K | 14 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$697K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
Euchee Yuchi Language Project INC
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$674K | 13 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | OK | |
| P Pueblo of Pojoaque | $656K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Chugach Regional Resources
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$609K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | AK | |
Aina Momona
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$534K | 8 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | HI | |
| K Kawerk INC | $504K | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AK | — |
| C Chippewa Cree Tribe | $496K | 14 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | $487K | 8 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$485K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$467K | 10 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| L Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota | $467K | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center INC
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$457K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$444K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
Changing Woman Initiative
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$439K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
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$438K | 9 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | SD | |
Native American Fish & Wildlife Society
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$436K | 7 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| W Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders Association INC | $432K | 13 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | HI | |
| O Organized Village of Kake | $428K | 10 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Blackfeet Tribe | $417K | 12 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| L Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Environment | $395K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tulalip Foundation | $395K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| S San Felipe Pueblo Housing Authority | $373K | 20 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NM | — |
| K Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation | $365K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AK | |
| Y Yurok Tribe | $364K | 14 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin | $355K | 12 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | $346K | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$345K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| B Bishop Paiute Tribe | $339K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Woodland Indian Art INC
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$335K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center
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$330K | 10 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$317K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MT | |
| T Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tul | $310K | 4 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tubatulabals of Kern Valley
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$308K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| O Osage Nation | $301K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$300K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| C Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | $290K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Ke Kula O Piilani | $289K | 9 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | HI | |
Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative
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$284K | 5 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WY | |
Sitting Bull College
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$283K | 11 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
| M Mississippi Band of Choctaw Tribe | $275K | 9 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Little Eagle Arts Foundation (leaf) | $268K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Sust Aina Ble Molokai
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$265K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | HI | |
| M Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians | $265K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Holani Hana INC
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$265K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | HI | |
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$265K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | OR | |
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$262K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
Native Public Media INC
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$260K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| S Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate | $255K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$250K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | OR | |
| Y Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed | $250K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$249K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| N Nez Perce Tribe | $249K | 10 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center | $249K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | HI | |
Native American Rights Fund
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$245K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$245K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
Native Conservancy
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$244K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AK | |
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$240K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | AK | |
| M Malki Museum INC | $238K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Hui Makaainana O Makana | $234K | 7 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AK | — |
| S Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | $232K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fort Belknap Community Economic Development Corporation | $216K | 6 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MT | |
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$215K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| P Pueblo of Zuni | $215K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde | $215K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rosebud Sioux Tribe | $210K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fort Belknap Indian Community | $210K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Xinewh-Ding INC
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$210K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe | $210K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mooretown Rancheria | $200K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School INC
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$200K | 8 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples INC
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$200K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
American Indian Resource Center INC
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$199K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | OK | |
| W White Mountain Apache Tribe | $197K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma | $195K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Pala Band of Mission Indians | $195K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Northern Arapaho Tribe | $193K | 7 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin | $190K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Denver Indian Family Resource Center
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$187K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| C Carrizo Comecrudo Nation of Texas INC | $185K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Denver Indian Center INC
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$184K | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$180K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U United Tribes of Bristol Bay | $180K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Super | $175K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Minneapolis American Indian Center
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$175K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| C Chillkat Indian Village | $175K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Aleut Community of St Paul Island | $175K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kai Poma | $175K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| H Hualapai Tribe of Northwestern Ariz | $174K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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Hearts Gathered
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$170K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| O Oglala Sioux Tribe | $170K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Southern Ute Indian Tribe | $169K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
American Indian Youth Running Strong INC
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$169K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| L Lualima Kuhao | $169K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma | $169K | 10 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Chickahominy Indian Tribe | $169K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$167K | 5 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| S Spirit Lake Nation | $167K | 6 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa | $165K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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