NATIVE-LED NONPROFIT LIST

Find a Native-led, Native-serving nonprofit to support! Organizations included are eligible to receive tax-deductible, charitable contributions in the U.S.

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There are 262 published organizations with more to come!

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition

The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition’s mission is to protect and promote sacred, spiritual, historical, natural, scientific, and cultural resources within the Bears Ears landscape utilizing traditional Indigenous knowledge to inform its work.

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Big Picture Learning Native American Initiative

The Mission of the Big Picture Learning Native American Initiative is to support Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Determination by ensuring that every Native student has access to culture and language learning as an integral part of their school experience, and that all students benefit from the wide breadth of cultural knowledge and world views of Indigenous peoples.

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Big Sky Missing Murdered Indigenous People

Our mission is to promote awareness, provide education, develop solutions, and support the efforts to eliminate human trafficking & the Missing Murdered Indigenous People Crisis in Montana. We empower survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and surviving family members of MMIP, through moral support, opportunities to utilize our platform, and offer resources and connection. We educate through training, consulting, and awareness events. We’re survivor led, and 100% native women led. (Also known as Big Sky MMIP)

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Bluebird Cultural Initiative

Our Mission is to provide meaningful programming to the community that enriches their understanding of the history and cultural traditions of Native American peoples of the Great Plains. We strive to revitalize the past through arts and culture to energize the future for our youth.

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Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc

Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is currently working on producing a film entitled “Stomping Freedom”. It is a feature-length independent film that tells the historically accurate story of Tribal Nation’s efforts to resist the American revolution in what is now Ohio, highlighted by the American Indian tradition of the stomp dance. Audiences will not only learn about what was taken from the historic Ohio Tribes, but also about what they personally lost when both communities separated. Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is committed to casting only Tribal Citizens in American Indian roles in its films, theatre productions, and historical interpretation programs.

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California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc.

The California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc., was established in 1978 as a nonprofit to work for the social welfare, educational and economic advancement tribal communities and the urban Native populations in its service area.
The primary purpose is to offer activities designed to meet the employment and training needs of the client population.
Other purposes of the Consortium are to: promote community programs to assist with becoming economically self-sufficient and to alleviate poverty; provide services to help with developing funding strategies and partnerships that will lead to greater economic vitality; and promote and provide activities designed to improve educational attainment levels.

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California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

The purpose of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center is to educate the public about the history, cultures, and contemporary life of California Indians and honor their contributions to civilization.

Established in 1991 by Native social justice leaders, and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1996, CIMCC is integrally connected to its community. At its 24,000 square foot facility on 2-acres in Pomo and Miwok ancestral territory, CIMCC provides a cultural home where Native perspectives are nurtured, Native voices inspire, and Native knowledge fuels solutions to pressing societal issues. CIMCC is 100% led and governed by Native peoples.

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California Tribal College

The vision of California Tribal College is to empower Native American students through culturally competent curricula, leadership development, and knowledge sharing to expand and preserve tribal sovereignty, economic well-being, and traditions through workforce development and post-secondary education.

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