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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “tribal”
Where the money went
New England Rural Health AssociationBarre, VTCharity · may take applications
80 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $96,907 to FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL — activities to support state, tribal, local and territorial (stlt) health department response to public health and healthcare crisesactivities to support state, tribal, local and te…
Largest: $500,000 to FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE — california tribal fund - increasing tribal land ownership and capacity: to increase support for tribal control over ancestral lands and capacity for tribal leadership to continue t…
Bristol Bay Native AssociationDillingham, AKCharity · may take applications
61 matching grants · $11.1M · through 2023Largest: $2.2M to Curyung Tribal Council — tribal gov operations
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
63 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2023Largest: $321,659 to CITY OF PATERSON — provide resources to small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies located in a southwest border state
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
39 matching grants · $15.1M · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to FOUNDATION FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS — create a film that will anchor a pre k-12 wabanaki studies curriculum to be utilized by portland public schools and three tribal schools in maine, using a model for collaboration b…
Largest: $200,000 to Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission — to enhance salmon restoration projects by providing capacity needs through workforce development and implementation of tribal energy vision plan statewide
First Nations Development InstituteLongmont, COCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $100,462 to KAKE TRIBAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — economic development
Montana Legal Services AssociationHelena, MTCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $264,772 to NAICJA — provide tta that will address the unique interests of tribal sovereigns as defined by the community the justice system serves
Largest: $160,000 to INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION — indian land tenure foundation is a national organization focused on land reclamation as central to tribal sovereignty. they conduct critical data collection and analysis on issues …
Largest: $200,000 to RIOS TO RIVERS — for project support of the paddle tribal waters program to help advance wellness and social justice for tribal communities in northern california.
Largest: $10,000 to SILETZ TRIBAL ARTS AND HERITAGE SOCIETY — strengthening siletz tribal arts & heritage
Largest: $1.0M to NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY — for the tribal nations conservation and climate pledge and funding collaborative
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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 →