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Grants awarded

Who does First Peoples Fund fund?

First Peoples Fund has awarded $6.4 million across 101 grants to 53 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $15,000 and $50,000.

Total awarded
$6.4M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
53
Grants
101
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

53 of 53 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Indian Land Tenure Foundation $1.8M120242024MN
The Lakota Funds Incorporated $110K22020–20232023SD
Warm Springs Community Action Team $100K22023–20242024OR
Lightning Boy Foundation INC $100K32021–20232023NM
Mni Sota Fund $75K22022–20232023MN
Four Bands Community Fund INC $75K32020–20232023SD
Red Eagle Soaring $75K22022–20232023WA
Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance $70K22022–20242024MN
Dakota Wicohan $70K32021–20232023MN
Ke Kukui Foundation $60K22020–20232023WA
Northwest Native Development Fund $55K22020–20212021WA
Kawerak INC $55K22020–20222022AK
Chi Ishobak INC $50K120242024MI
T Two Worlds $50K120242024
Indigenous Roots $50K120232023MN
4 4-Directions Development INC $50K120232023
American Indian Community Housing Organization $50K120232023MN
Native American Community Development Institute $50K120232023MN
Autry Museum of the American West $50K120232023CA
Wisconsin Native Loan Fund INC $50K120242024WI
Indigenous Peoples Task Force $48K42020–20222022MN
W White Earth Reservation Tribal Council $45K22020–20212021
Sitting Bull College $45K22020–20222022ND
Neo Philanthropy INC $40K22021–20222022NY
C Citizen Potawatomi Comm Dev Corp $40K22020–20222022
Indigenousways Incorporated $35K22020–20222022NM
Pai Foundation $30K120202020HI
Cheyenne River Youth Project INC $28K32020–20222022SD
N Nitso Incorporated $28K32020–20222022SD
Oyate Teca Project $28K22022–20232023SD
New Native Theatre $25K120212021MN
N Native American Community Developm Corp $25K22020–20222022MT
Zuni Pueblo Mainstreet $25K120202020NM
The Tank Ltd $25K120212021NY
The Hopi Foundation Lomasuminagwtukwsiumani $22K22020–20222022AZ
Juneau Arts and Humanities Council $20K120222022AK
M Muskogee(creek) Nation $20K120222022
Northwest Native American Basketweavers Assn $20K120222022WA
American Indian Youth Running Strong INC $20K120232023VA
An Opera Theatre $20K120222022MN
M Menominee Indian School District $20K120222022
Jilkatt Kwann Cultural Heritage Center - Bald Eagle Observatory $20K120202020AK
O Oglala Sioux Tribe $20K120232023
Blue Bird Lifeways INC $20K120212021MT
Mni Wichoni Health Circle $10K120212021ND
Nicolaysen Art Museum $10K120222022WY
Alternate Roots INC $10K120202020GA
National Association of Latino Arts & Culture $10K120202020TX
Clinton Community Christian Corporation $10K120202020MS
Southwest Organizing Project $10K120222022NM
Movement Strategy Center $10K120232023CA
Redbud Resource Group $10K120232023CA
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples INC $8K120222022CA

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