At Blackfeet Eco Knowledge (BEK), our mission is to honor and uphold the teachings of our Nitsitapi elders by protecting and restoring the sacred relationships between land, water, and all forms of life—both seen and unseen. Guided by Ihstapaitapi’op (Life-giving Energy) we recognize that every element of the natural world carries the essence of life and renewal. We are committed to revitalizing Nitsitapi (the Real People) ways of knowing and being, which are increasingly recognized as vital to climate resilience. Through ceremony, song, stewardship, and cultural practices, we work to restore balance to the land and its inhabitants. We focus on reciprocal relationships between bio-cultural diversity, where people and the environment work together for environmental sustainability for future generations. BEK’s goals are to ensure cultural perpetuity, pass on knowledge to future generations, and protect the environment in ways aligned with our cultural principles. We seek to share this knowledge with the world to help develop a better understanding of the importance of balanced and respectful human-environmental interactions. BEK leads efforts to heal from historical trauma by reconnecting our people with traditional knowledge, language, and culture. We create pathways for community access to land-based practices that safeguard the future for the Blackfoot Confederacy and the world.

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Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness is a 100% Indigenous-led, community-driven nonprofit communal space for the urban Tulsa Native community to gather, heal and grow by cultivating connections to land and ancestral wisdom.

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Paving the way to financial empowerment through Education, Coaching, and Fair Lending

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Federally Recognized ‍

The Douglas Indian Association (DIA) became the federally recognized Tlingit Tribe of the of Juneau and Douglas area in 1934. DIA’s traditional and historical territory encompasses the City and Borough of Juneau and Douglas including areas East and North of Admiralty Island, areas on the Chilkat Peninsula to the South including Endicott Arm, and areas East into Canada on the Taku River and Atlin, B.C.

Base Roll‍

Base roll tribal members originate from the T’aaḵu Kwáan and A’akw Kwáan territories of Yaa Andagan Yé (Douglas) and Dzantik’i Héeni (Juneau) area since time immemorial.

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Four Mothers Collective is dedicated to uplifting Indigenous and BIPOC women, girls, and Two-Spirit creatives through art, culture, and community. We provide a safe and inclusive space that nurtures healing, self-expression, and generational knowledge. Through accessible programming, exhibitions, and mutual support, we work to dismantle systemic barriers and celebrate the power of creativity as a tool for resistance, survival, and joy.

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Healing Ribbons’ mission is to promote holistic wellbeing, healing, personal and economic empowerment, positive cultural identity and cultural revitalization among intergenerational Indigenous women, Two-Spirit Relatives and their families

The IPCC Campus serves as a gathering place where Pueblo Culture is celebrated through creative and cultural experiences, while providing economic opportunities to Pueblo and local communities.

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IndigenousAF (IAF Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Southern Nevada that supports community work and projects that strengthen Indigenous cultures, knowledge, and identity through the arts and education.

Na‘alehu Theater is dedicated to preserving Hawai‘i’s cultural and artistic legacy through performances, events, and educational programs rooted in traditional Hawaiian mentorship—nurturing future artists, leaders, and storytellers, strengthening community capacity to thrive in a changing society, and empowering the next generation to carry our stories forward.

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Amplifying Indigenous Voices and Practices.

The Chapter House cultivates Indigenous joy through art, performance, celebration, and collaboration in order to nurture a vibrant, re-emergent Indigenous identity in the 21st century.

The mission of the Georgia Harris Foundation is to preserve and revitalize the 4,000-year-old tradition of Catawba pottery by teaching time-honored methods passed down through generations. We are dedicated to engaging Catawba citizens in the cultural, spiritual, and technical importance of working with Catawba clay, and to educating broader communities about the significance of this enduring art form—ensuring it continues to thrive for generations to come.

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The Heartbeat Music Project supports Diné K-12 youth living on Navajo Nation through the intergenerational transfer of culture, language, and music. These teachings preserve and celebrate Indigenous traditions while addressing historical imbalances that have often marginalized Indigenous music in favor of Western genres. By offering both Diné and Western music education simultaneously, we provide students with comprehensive musical knowledge that honors cultural roots while expanding access to diverse musical opportunities. Students engage in an organic confidence-building process where they strengthen their cultural identity and explore various music genres, creating innovative artistic traditions that challenge conventional boundaries and enrich both local Navajo communities and the broader musical landscape. These emergent artistic expressions help shape contemporary musical cultures while remaining rooted in and sustained by the greater Navajo community.

Triangle Native American Society empowers American Indians in Wake, Orange, Durham, Johnston, and Chatham Counties (North Carolina's "Research Triangle") with programs and services that strengthen our community.

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At Turtle Island Community Capital our mission is to empower native and disadvantaged communities by providing accessible, affordable capital and fostering economic, food and energy sovereignty through sustainable investments.

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Ukwakhwa’s mission is to help the community learn about traditional Haudenosaunee agricultural methods of planting, growing, harvesting, seed keeping, food preparation, food storage, tool making, and crafting. Our philosophy is that every time an Indigenous person plants a seed, that is an act of resistance, an assertion of sovereignty, and a reclamation of identity.

The Virginia Native Arts Alliance is dedicated to supporting Native artists and strengthening the preservation of the history, culture, and traditions of Tsenacommacah (Virginia). Through art, education, and cultural exchange, we ensure this knowledge thrives for future generations while sharing the historic and contemporary experiences of Virginia’s Indigenous people with the broader public.

The mission of the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers Is to preserve and carry Northeastern Woodlands social songs and dances. To cultivate, nurture, and pass on these traditions to Wampanoag tribal youth and community; to ensure these songs continue to be used for social gatherings, ceremony and celebration for generations to come.

Vision: The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers sees the active erasure of Wampanoag people in the Northeast, especially on Wampanoag lands. We combat this erasure by infiltrating all domains with our songs and dances to engage, embolden and inspire awareness of our historical and present day existence for audiences of all backgrounds.

Mandate/Values: The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers embody the values of Wampanoag identity, culture and cosmology by carrying these values to the younger generation through Northeastern Woodlands songs and dances. We see the importance of these values for the lives of tribal youth and the Indigenous and non Indigenous communities they move through, in the world.

The mission of the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians is to provide economic enhancement of the Varnertown Community: to educate its members in their history and culture; to provide opportunities for its people to share their arts and culture; to preserve the history and traditions of its ancestors; and to promote public awareness of the community's contribution and existence in the general population.

It is the mission of Chi Ishobak to provide Tribal Citizens with access to affordable capital for the purposes of small-business loans and individual financial development through collaborative and education-oriented lending services, and to practice responsible lending in order to protect loan capital for future generations of Tribal Citizens.

Founded in 2008, MNIBA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to create equitable access to resources identified by Native artists that perpetuate, sustain, and grow Mnisota's arts ecology and economy.

Two Worlds is dedicated to the craft of performing arts expressing the duality of the contemporary American Indian through drama, comedy and storytelling.

Guided by shared Native experiences, we strive to develop ways of telling our stories through honest and creative expression. Our ensemble will continue to discover and give voice to the visions and stories of Native peoples around the world through touring, educating diverse communities, and providing mainstream culture with a positive representation of Native Americans in contemporary society.

Warm Springs Community Action Team’s mission is to promote community development in Warm Springs by empowering individuals and groups of people to realize their potential, become self-reliant, and affect positive change for themselves, their families, and their community.

Wisconsin Native Loan Fund, Inc is a certified Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) located in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. WINLF is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization looking to better their community by providing affordable lending to Native Americans.

Through the use of generous donations, WINLF has developed a revolving loan fund that supports the renovations of distressed homes for people in need. WINLF also provides down payment assistance and debt consolidation loans.

4-Directions Development works to create an environment that will successfully attract, develop and support entrepreneurial, social and community development by providing education, technical assistance, financing and facilities.

The Alliance for Felix Cove advocates for the protection and restoration of the only remaining 19th century Tomalko (Coast Miwok Tomales Bay)-built home at Point Reyes National Seashore.

The American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) transforms oppression into opportunity. Created in 1993, AICHO started in a parking lot outside a social service agency with a conversation between Native community members, who asked why our community had no resources, no community spaces and no services that met our cultural needs. AICHO was created as an Indigenous response to social conditions in Duluth, MN, powered by the urban Native American community.

Indigenous Roots provides accessible space and programming to promote and practice holistic well being through indigenous arts, culture, and tradition.

In May of 2017, the Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center opened as an incubator space for artists, cultural groups and organizations dedicated to building, supporting and cultivating opportunities for Native, Black, Brown  and  Indigenous peoples.

Ke Kukui Foundation is a culturally based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves Oregon and Washington. With the ever-growing population of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the Pacific Northwest, their organization focuses on providing and creating cultural resources and opportunities to the community. They continue to work towards fulfilling their late founder, Deva Yamashiroʻs mission to preserve and to share traditional Hawaiian culture through educational programming consisting of music, dance, language, and other traditional arts.

Lakota Funds' mission is to promote economic sustainability on the Pine Ridge Reservation and geographic service area, through business loans, technical assistance, and wealth-building education for families and businesses.

The Lightning Boy Foundation is a non-profit organization in Northern New Mexico that provides traditional hoop dance instruction and other dance programming to youth ages two and up. Our mission is dedicated to nurturing and building confidence and integrity through culture and artistic expression.

The Mni Sota Fund is an urban Native CDFI that provides training and access to capital in order to promote home ownership, entrepreneurship, and financial capabilities among American Indian men and women throughout the state of Minnesota. We do this through the provision of development services and financial products.

NACDI’s work is founded on the belief that all American Indian people have a place, purpose, and a future strengthened by sustainable asset-based community development. Since 2007, NACDI’s work facilitates systems change through our integrated pathways of Community Engagement, Community Organizing, Community Development, and Indigenous Arts and Culture.

Native Voices at the Autry is devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and First Nations playwrights.

Since 1991, Red Eagle Soaring has mentored hundreds of Native youth, staged over 180 productions, and supported youth access to the healing power of Native cultural traditions which promote social, physical, and intellectual engagement. In bringing together Native youth to learn about the technical aspects and process of theatre, they also build a community of people interested in learning about, sharing, promoting, and supporting Native arts and cultural lifeways.

Redbud Resource Group helps improve public health outcomes for Native American communities through education, research, and community partnership.

Dakota Wicohan works to revitalize the Minnesota Dakota language, known as the eastern or D-dialect. This is one of three dialects that use the D, L, and N interchangeably. The D dialect is spoken by the Dakota bands indigenous to the Minnesota region—the Mdewakantaon, Sisitonwan, Wahpetonwan, and Wahpekute.

Their mission is “to revitalize Dakota as a living language, and through it, transmit Dakota lifeways to future generations.”

Their long-term vision is to build Minnesota’s first Dakota learning institute that will prepare and empower increasing numbers of people, generation by generation, to lead our communities with wo’Dakota.

Established in 2000, Four Bands Community Fund is a nonprofit organization that has emerged as a leader in the Native American community and economic development movement. We are a leading organization on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and in South Dakota in small business development, business lending, financial literacy, and youth entrepreneurship. Our programs and services translate the traditional Lakota values of self-sufficiency, wise resource management, and a spirit of entrepreneurship into practical applications for today’s modern economy.

Gizhiigin Arts Incubator serves artists living on the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation. We help artists reach their marketplace goals by providing space, resources, and technical assistance for their entrepreneurial development.

Gizhiigin is focused on achieving 3 major outcomes: Artistic and economic growth for our artists, the Creation of an arts destination to promote the economic growth of White Earth, Cultural revitalization, vitality, and community pride.

Groundwater Arts is a predominantly POC, fully women-led citizen-artist collaborative based across the United States. We’re committed to reenvisioning the art field through a climate justice lens.

Based in the Twin Cities, New Native Theatre is a new way of looking at, thinking about, and staging Native American stories. Created in 2009 by playwright, Rhiana Yazzie, NNT produces, commissions, and devises authentic Native American stories for the stage which means NNT’s artists are intricately connected to the concerns and voices of their communities.

The Northwest Native Development Fund seeks to foster economic and financial independence for Native people by assisting in the development of personal assets through financial and entrepreneurial education as well as providing access to capital through creative lending products. NNDF will promote this mission by increasing homeownership and economic opportunities.

Yellow Bird, is a non-profit organization, founded by Phillip Whiteman Jr. Northern Cheyenne Traditional Chief and Lynette Two Bulls, Oglala Lakota who is also the Executive Director. We are located on the beautiful Northern Cheyenne Homelands in Southeastern Montana. At the core of our organization are the youth and elders. These two age groups are crucial because they represent the future and the wisdom needed to carry on. We are comprised of youth and elder advisory councils and depend on volunteers for our programs.

IndigenousWays promotes living in balance for diverse communities through music, arts, outreach and events. Our vision is to reach Indigenous & LGBTQIA2+ communities through outreach with music, the arts, and Indigenous Wisdom that creates and enhances survival and sustainability.

Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center and Bald Eagle Preserve Visitor Center are helping to address the village/clan’s pressing issue of where to put the precious clan treasures that are no longer housed in clan houses and the community’s desire to rebuild and restore our cultural heritage.

PAʻI is the acronym for Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilima, the hālau hula (school of Hawaiian dance) founded in 1977 by kumu hula (master teacher of Hawaiian dance), Vicky Holt Takamine. Established in 2001 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, PA‘I’s mission is to preserve and perpetuate Native Hawaiian cultural traditions for future generations. We are guided and led by our founder and executive director Vicky Holt Takamine who is recognized as a Native Hawaiian advocate and community organizer around the issues of Native rights and the protection of the natural and cultural resources of Hawai‘i that are so vital to the perpetuation of Native Hawaiian cultural traditions.

Sitting Bull College is a Tribal College located on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota with two sites in South Dakota. Guided by Lakota/Dakota culture, values, and language, Sitting Bull College is committed to building intellectual capital through academic, career and technical education, and promoting economic and social development. The Standing Rock Indian Reservation is uniquely located in southern North Dakota and northern South Dakota.

As a Main Street America™ Accredited program, Zuni Pueblo MainStreet is a recognized leading program among the national network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities who share both a commitment to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. All Main Street America™ Accredited programs meet a set of National Accreditation Standards of Performance as outlined by the National Main Street Center.

The mission of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation to finance, promote, educate, and inspire the entrepreneurial growth, economic opportunity, and financial well-being of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Community and other under-served Native populations through Financial Education, Access to Capital, Business Development Services, Innovative Capacity Building Practices, and Community Development Initiatives.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) is a member-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians. The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) is a member-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians.

Kawerak works hard to meet the needs of the people of the region through strong collaboration and cooperation with all 20 tribes, our regional medical center, and our Elder’s wisdom and expert guidance. The scope of service and work is wide but our mission keeps us united and focused on meeting the identified needs and working together to engage in this mission.

NACDC Financial Services, Inc. is a tax-exempt, non-profit CDFI located in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. We offer a range of services that are tailored to the needs of Native entrepreneurs: Comprehensive financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs to both youth and adults, Alternative financing opportunities for start-ups and existing business ventures, Assistance in repairing and building credit.