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12 funders with a record of paying for “lifeways”

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Northwest Area Foundation → Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2023Vadon Foundation → Yellow Bird Lifeways Center: $260K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Spring Foundation Inc → Lifeway Network: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2025Child Care Connection Inc → Palmer Lifeways LLC: $191K across 2 grants, latest 2023Seventh Generation Fund → Indigenous Lifeways: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2023Waldorf Educational Foundation 0049-05-11 → Lifeways North America Inc: $58K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Prbb Foundation → Our Indigenous Lifeways: $46K across 1 grant, latest 2024Novo Foundation → Wild Foundation: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc → Lifeway Bible Fellowship: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Na'ah Illahee Fund → Center for Populat Research Education and Policy: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024Fowler Family Foundation Inc → Lifeway: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024Kunes Family Foundation → Lakes Area Lifeway: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Child Care Connection Inc → Palmer Lifeways LLC: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2021Seventh Generation Fund → Yellow Bird Lifeways Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Novo Foundation → Youth Passageways: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024Vadon Foundation → Yellow Bird Lifeways: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2021Na'ah Illahee Fund → Se Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc → Lifeway Indianapolis Free Methodist Church: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Prbb Foundation → Our Indigenous Lifeways: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022Kunes Family Foundation → Lakes Area Lifeway Corporation: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024Seventh Generation Fund → Herring Protectors: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Na'ah Illahee Fund → Native Movement: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Coeur D'alene Tribe: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Organized Village of Kake: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Buffalo Youth Nation Project: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Native Village of Afognak: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Haa Tooch Licheesh: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Protectors of the Ocean: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Not Our Native Daughters: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Nch'i Wana Housing: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024Na'ah Illahee Fund → Hipeexnu' Kii'u Nuun Wisiix: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Northwest Area Foundation: $700K on this topic. Open the funder.Northwest Area Foundation$700KVadon Foundation: $297K on this topic. Open the funder.Vadon Foundation$297KChild Care Connection Inc: $271K on this topic. Open the funder.Child Care Connection Inc$271KSeventh Generation Fund: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.Seventh Generation Fund$215KThe Spring Foundation Inc: $200K on this topic. Open the funder.The Spring Foundation Inc$200KNa'ah Illahee Fund: $145K on this topic. Open the funder.Na'ah Illahee Fund$145KNovo Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder.Novo Foundation$80KThe Prbb Foundation: $63K on this topic. Open the funder.The Prbb Foundation$63KWaldorf Educational Foundation 0049-05-11: $58K on this topic. Open the funder.Waldorf Educational Foundatio…$58KIndianapolis Center for Congregations Inc: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.Indianapolis Center for Congr…$51KKunes Family Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.Kunes Family Foundation$18KFowler Family Foundation Inc: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Fowler Family Foundation Inc$15KThunder Valley Community Development Corporation: received $700K on this topicThunder Valley Community Develo…$700KYellow Bird Lifeways Center: received $310K on this topicYellow Bird Lifeways Center$310KLifeway Network: received $200K on this topicLifeway Network$200KPalmer Lifeways LLC: received $191K on this topicPalmer Lifeways LLC$191KIndigenous Lifeways: received $115K on this topicIndigenous Lifeways$115KPalmer Lifeways LLC: received $80K on this topicPalmer Lifeways LLC$80KLifeways North America Inc: received $58K on this topicLifeways North America Inc$58KHerring Protectors: received $50K on this topicHerring Protectors$50KOur Indigenous Lifeways: received $46K on this topicOur Indigenous Lifeways$46KWild Foundation: received $40K on this topicWild Foundation$40KYouth Passageways: received $40K on this topicYouth Passageways$40KYellow Bird Lifeways: received $37K on this topicYellow Bird Lifeways$37KLifeway Bible Fellowship: received $30K on this topicLifeway Bible Fellowship$30KCenter for Populat Research Education and Policy: received $24K on this topicCenter for Populat Research Edu…$24KSe Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission: received $23K on this topicSe Alaska Indigenous Transbound…$23KLifeway Indianapolis Free Methodist Church: received $21K on this topicLifeway Indianapolis Free Metho…$21KOur Indigenous Lifeways: received $17K on this topicOur Indigenous Lifeways$17KLifeway: received $15K on this topicLifeway$15KNative Movement: received $12K on this topicNative Movement$12KCoeur D'alene Tribe: received $10K on this topicCoeur D'alene Tribe$10KOrganized Village of Kake: received $10K on this topicOrganized Village of Kake$10KBuffalo Youth Nation Project: received $10K on this topicBuffalo Youth Nation Project$10KNative Village of Afognak: received $10K on this topicNative Village of Afognak$10KHaa Tooch Licheesh: received $10K on this topicHaa Tooch Licheesh$10KProtectors of the Ocean: received $10K on this topicProtectors of the Ocean$10KLakes Area Lifeway: received $10K on this topicLakes Area Lifeway$10KNot Our Native Daughters: received $10K on this topicNot Our Native Daughters$10KNch'i Wana Housing: received $9K on this topicNch'i Wana Housing$9KLakes Area Lifeway Corporation: received $8K on this topicLakes Area Lifeway Corporation$8KHipeexnu' Kii'u Nuun Wisiix: received $7K on this topicHipeexnu' Kii'u Nuun Wisiix$7K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →