Funding search · EIN 410719221 · St Paul, MN

Northwest Area Foundation

Name: Northwest Area Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

442
grants reported: $51.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

native building employee discretionary dues membership sponsor vice

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

0 grants matching “economic mobility and poverty”

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Native American Youth and Family Center4 grants · $1.3M
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation3 grants · $1.2M
The Directors Council4 grants · $1.1M
Build Wealth Mn3 grants · $1.0M
Nexus Community Partners3 grants · $1.0M
Social Justice Fund Northwest3 grants · $950,000
Oweesta Corporation3 grants · $900,000
Working Partnerships Incorporated3 grants · $900,000
New Venture Fund1 grant · $750,000
Byrd Barr Place3 grants · $750,000

Giving over time

$16.0M

2022

$17.3M

2023

$18.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 442 grants.

$750,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Fiscal sponsor for aapi civic engagement fund
$700,000
Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Grantmaking for indigenous, black and ecosystem-building support
$500,000
Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating support for capacity building
$500,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs · Washington, DC · 2024
Federal indian boarding school initiative.
$500,000
The Directors Council · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation · Porcupine, SD · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Build Wealth Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating support
$450,000
Social Justice Fund Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
Abundantly resourcing bipoc & grassroots organizing
$450,000
Working Partnerships Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Workers confluence fund flexible program support
$400,000
Oweesta Corporation · Longmont, CO · 2024
Empowering native economic growth: general operating support for cdfi advancement
$400,000
Philanthrofund Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Prism grant funds and alliance cohort
$400,000
Pride Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Supporting bipoc lgbtq+ and rural lgbtq+ organizations in the northwest
$350,000
Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$350,000
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation · Porcupine, SD · 2023
Fostering healing through lakota lifeways to promote a reimagined regenerative economy
$350,000
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation · Porcupine, SD · 2022
Strengthening our foundation by fostering healing through lakota lifeways to promote a reimagined regenerative economy
$300,000
Sage Foundation · Fort Yates, ND · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Build Wealth Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Family stabilization plan program
$300,000
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Growing a thriving indigenous arts ecology
$300,000
Warm Springs Community Action Team · Warm Springs, OR · 2022
Financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, workforce, and more
$275,000
The Directors Council · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General operating support
$275,000
The Directors Council · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General operating support: one economy in action
$270,000
Chief Seattle Club · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$260,000
Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2023
Fiscal sponsor for workforce matter's workforce grantmaking in native nations and communities (wgnnc)
$250,000
Aapi Civic Engagement Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Aapi community empowerment project
$250,000
Byrd Barr Place · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Sponsorship
$250,000
Craft3 · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Hmong American Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2024
Support for southeast asian and immigrant/ refugee-owned small businesses in the twin cities
$250,000
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Mountain Shadow Association · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Northside Economic Opportunity Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Northside economic opportunity network general operations
$250,000
Philanthropy Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2024
Seeding justice's community-led, community-driven grantmaking: by and for the movement
$250,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Trans justice funding project- justice for trans communities in the northwest
$250,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Byrd Barr Place · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2023
Youth workforce training program
$250,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Ecotrust · Portland, OR · 2023
Green workforce academy
$250,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023
Changing native food economies: 2022-2024
$250,000
Native Cdfi Network · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Ndn Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Ndn fund general operating grant for lending and investing
$250,000
Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Northside Economic Opportunity Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Oneamerica · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Oweesta Corporation · Longmont, CO · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Rondo Community Land Trust · St Paul, MN · 2023
Shifting the paradigm of community development through a reparative framework
$250,000
Rural Community Development Resources · Yakima, WA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Social Justice Fund Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Resourcing & restoring movement work
$250,000
South Dakota Education Equity Coalition · Rapid City, SD · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
United Vision for Idaho · Boise, ID · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Ventures · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Yellow Bird Life Ways Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Capacity-building for native services
$250,000
Byrd Barr Place · Seattle, WA · 2022
Building the capacity of byrd barr place
$250,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Native voices rising
$250,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2022
Changing native food economies: 2022-2024
$250,000
Lower Phalen Creek Project · St Paul, MN · 2022
Wakan tipi center campaign
$250,000
Minneapolis American Indian Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
All roads campaign
$250,000
Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2022
Implementing wealth building initiatives for portland's native community
$250,000
Native Cdfi Network · Washington, DC · 2022
Restoring native economies, fostering thriving communities with a strong and unified native voice
$250,000
Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2022
Transforming systems through community wealth building
$250,000
Northside Economic Opportunity Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating support for the grow and thrive northside campaign
$250,000
Oweesta Corporation · Longmont, CO · 2022
General operating support for native cdfi growth and opportunity
$250,000
Social Justice Fund Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022
Resourcing & restoring movement work
$250,000
Ventures · Seattle, WA · 2022
Empowering low-income entrepreneurs recovery from covid-19 to help advance economic and racial justice
$225,000
Working Partnerships Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Mn workers confluence fund
$225,000
Working Partnerships Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Fiscal sponsor for mn workers confluence fund
$210,000
Region Five Development Commission · Staples, MN · 2022
Equitable economic ecosystems 2.0: normalizing the conversation
$200,000
247 Blac · Waterloo, IA · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Build Wealth Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Mni Wiconi Health Circle · Mandan, ND · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Native Cdfi Network · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Nimiipuu Community Development Fund · Lapwai, ID · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Opportunity Link · Havre, MT · 2024
Mobilizing communities assets for growth and change
$200,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Ventures · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Lower Phalen Creek Project · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Northwest Indian Community Development Center · Bemidji, MN · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Opportunity Link · Havre, MT · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Four Bands Community Fund · Eagle Butte, SD · 2022
Regional revolving loan fund - mountain plains regional native cdfi coalition
$200,000
Hmong American Farmers Association · West St Paul, MN · 2022
Capacity and wealth-building for immigrant, small-scale hmong farmer-entrepreneurs
$200,000
Island Mountain Community Development Financial Institution · Hays, MT · 2022
Regional indigenous finance industry growth plan
$200,000
Migizi Communications · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Capital campaign
$200,000
Nacdc Financial Services · Browning, MT · 2022
Workforce and professional development
$200,000
Opportunity Link · Havre, MT · 2022
General operating support - mobilizing for change
$200,000
Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation · Crow Agency, MT · 2022
Crow nation innovation center - mountain plains regional native cdfi coalition
$200,000
Standing Rock Community Development Corporation · Fort Yates, ND · 2022
General operating support for wawaglake - to care for and give protection
$200,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating support
$200,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2022
General operating support
$200,000
Wind River Development Fund · Fort Washakie, WY · 2022
Non-physical infrastructure development - mountain plains regional native cdfi coalition
$185,000
Prepare and Prosper · St Paul, MN · 2022
Strengthening connection + engagement to build financial well-being
$175,000
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians - Economic Development Corp · Portland, OR · 2023
Sponsorship
$175,000
Apano Communities United Fund · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$175,000
Eshara · St Paul, MN · 2023
Eshara collaborative capacity building
$175,000
Fast Blackfeet · Browning, MT · 2023
General operating support

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