Funding search · EIN 821949563 · Seattle, WA

Nia Tero Foundation

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

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

98
grants reported: $11.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

indigenous film festival guardianship native practice wisdom amazon

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Top recipients

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

Amazon Frontlines3 grants · $1.6M
Conservation International2 grants · $1.5M
One Reef Worldwide Stewardship3 grants · $1.1M
The Nature Conservancy1 grant · $1.0M
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge2 grants · $549,820
Land Is Life3 grants · $530,000
Conservation Agreement Fund1 grant · $500,000
Rsf Social Finance1 grant · $410,000
Noabu Holdings Llc2 grants · $365,500
If Not US Then Who3 grants · $315,125

Giving over time

$4.1M

2022

$3.3M

2023

$4.0M

2024

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support for blue abadi
$1.0M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support for blue economy plan
$644,000
Amazon Frontlines · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support indigenous guardianship in the amazon
$500,000
Conservation Agreement Fund · Lewes, DE · 2024
Support indigenous led conservation efforts
$500,000
Amazon Frontlines · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support indigenous gardianship in the amazon
$500,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023
Support for blue abadi
$500,000
Amazon Frontlines · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Securing indigenous guardianship in the amazon
$410,000
Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support indigenous practice and wisdom
$380,000
Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support indigenous led security
$350,000
One Reef Worldwide Stewardship · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Support indigenous guardianship pacific islands
$350,000
One Reef Worldwide Stewardship · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Support traditional stewardship for ocean protection in micronesia
$350,000
One Reef Worldwide Stewardship · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Traditional stewardship for ocean protection in micronesia
$296,230
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge · Browning, MT · 2023
Support indigenous curriculum, language intensive, and buffalo reintroduction
$266,000
Noabu Holdings Llc · Casper, WY · 2023
Supiport indigenous constitutionalism, kava & fatei
$253,590
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge · Browning, MT · 2024
Support indigenous practice and wisdom
$240,125
If Not US Then Who · Topanga, CA · 2024
Support indigenous participation at global events
$223,089
Office of the Un High Commissioner for Human Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Support indigenous led global policy & advocacy
$218,025
Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support protecting forests and rights in guyana
$200,000
Dtwo Ltd · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Indian Law Resource Center · Helena, MT · 2023
Safeguarding indigenous peoples, lands, & natural resources
$200,000
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning · Honolulu, HI · 2022
North pacific indigenous ways education pilot
$150,000
Resources Legacy Fund (Rlf) · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Support indigenous led conservation efforts
$150,000
Seventy Three Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Nurturing indigenous guardianship of community and place in papua, indonesia
$140,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
Support forest guardianship in vanuatu
$136,000
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation · Browning, MT · 2022
Blackfeet ninaistoko indigenous guardianship
$125,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024
Support indigenous guardianship pacific islands
$100,000
Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Wayfinders circle
$99,500
Noabu Holdings Llc · Casper, WY · 2024
Support indigenous led global policy & advocacy
$99,000
Dtwo Ltd · Oakland, CA · 2022
Using mapeo in indigenous lands
$80,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Support indigenous led global policy & advocacy
$75,000
Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support indigenous participation in cop 16 & cop 29
$75,000
Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support indigenous-led security fund for the colombian amazon
$75,000
Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Indigenous led security fund for the colombian amazon
$75,000
Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for indigenous film content
$65,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2023
Support sundance native celebration
$65,000
Identity · East Helena, MT · 2022
Organizational support
$50,000
Justin Deegan Dba Thunder Revolution Studio Llc · Bismarck, ND · 2024
Support for film project
$50,000
If Not US Then Who · Topanga, CA · 2023
Support indigenous imaginarium & nycw "our village"
$50,000
Potlatch Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2022
4th world future summit
$37,500
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
Support indigenous rights in conservation and development
$30,000
Stillaguamish Tribe of Lndians · Arlington, WA · 2024
Support indigenous practice and wisdom
$30,000
Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Babson College · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Indigenous film support
$25,000
Hawaii International Film Festival · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Support for indigenous film festival submissions
$25,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2024
Support for indigenous film festival submissions
$25,000
Big Sky Film Institute · Missoula, MT · 2023
Support for indigenous films
$25,000
Cultural Conservancy Sacred Land Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support cultural conservancy general operations
$25,000
Deenaadai' Productions · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Support feature film "two old women"
$25,000
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support developing of indigenous affairs desk
$25,000
Internews Network · Arcata, CA · 2023
Support indigenous journalists, earth journalism network
$25,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Support alaska native storytellers
$25,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2023
Support 4th world media lab participation camden international film festival
$25,000
Thunderheart Media · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2023
Support film project "bring them home"
$25,000
Two Row Productions Llc · Hogansburg, NY · 2023
Suport film project "kanenon"
$25,000
Big Sky Film Institute · Missoula, MT · 2022
Support documentary film festival
$25,000
Brave Planet Films Llc · Boulder, CO · 2022
Indigenous film support
$25,000
Dwadewayesta Llc · Newfield, NY · 2022
Indigenous film support
$25,000
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2022
Amplifying indigenous voices in environmental journalism
$25,000
If Not US Then Who · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Support for our village cop 15
$25,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Documentary film support
$25,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Pasifika film support
$25,000
Southern Documentary Fund · Durham, NC · 2022
Indigenous film support
$25,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2022
Support for indigenous program
$25,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Indigenous film support
$20,000
Lhaq'Temish Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Support indigenous practice and wisdom
$20,000
The Common Acre · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support community engagement training
$20,000
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support indigenous practice and wisdom
$20,000
Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support indigenous women-led organization dedicated to regeneration of indigenous communities
$20,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Suport indigenous house at sundance film festival
$20,000
Blackfeet Community College · Browning, MT · 2022
Piikani studies (community education)
$15,000
Native American Journalists Association · Norman, OK · 2023
Support native american journalism fellowship
$15,000
The Tibet Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Indigenous film support
$10,000
Alaska Conservation Foundation · Anchorage, AR · 2024
Support indigenous guardianship
$10,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support indigenous led conservation efforts
$10,000
Potlatch Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support indigenous practice and wisdom
$10,000
Barcid Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support la skins fest 2023 indigenous arts festival
$10,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Color congress support
$10,000
Duwamish Tribe Services · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support duwamish tribal services
$10,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Support restoring cultures of stewardship in mazvihwa
$10,000
Hawaii International Film Festival · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Film festival support of indigenous lens
$10,000
La Bonga Llc · Springfield, IL · 2023
Support la bonga independent documentary columbia
$10,000
Made in Brooklyn Summit Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support native sisters series pilot finishing fund
$10,000
Our Children'S Earth Foundation · Napa, CA · 2023
Documentary support - free leonard peltier film project
$10,000
Photographers Without Borders · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support revolutionary storyteller grant - photographers without borders
$10,000
Pierce Conservation District · Puyallup, WA · 2023
Support native sharing garden
$10,000
Rights and Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Support forum of indigenous and local community women central africa and the congo
$10,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2023
Support film project "the queen's flowers"
$10,000
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington - Utopia Wa · Kent, WA · 2023
General support of utopia washington
$10,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2022
Documentary film support
$10,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support for color congress
$10,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Friends of muonde support
$10,000
Hawaii International Film Festival · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Film festival support of indigenous lens
$10,000
Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022
Power solidarity gathering support
$10,000
Pierce Conservation District · Puyallup, WA · 2022
Native sharing garden
$10,000
Spiret Foundation · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Covid home testing equipment
$10,000
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington - Utopia Wa · Kent, WA · 2022
General operating support

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation13,441 grants · $18.24B
Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation202 grants · $534.9M
Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M

Similar purposes

Lannan Foundation378 grants · $157.8M
Novo Foundation2,212 grants · $769.2M
Bhp Foundation152 grants · $175.9M

Similar grant size

The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.