Community Building Grants
Our communities are stronger as we work together.
These grants promote community organizing, community building, and community celebration. They work to impart our values, our histories, and our knowledge to the next generation.
They recognize that problem prevention is key to long-term problem solving.
In past years grants have
- helped children learn their Native languages
- sent youth to summer heritage camps
- helped elders create a community garden of medicinal plants
and much more
2009 Grants
Thirty-four grantees in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana are receiving a total of $87,500 with funding from
- the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2008 Potlatch Fund Gala
- WK Kellogg Foundation
Chief Seattle Club
Seattle WA, $2,500
Support for an art coordinator, field trips, and workshops with master native artists.
Coeur d' Alene Tribe
Plummer ID, $2,500
Funds to purchase playground equipment.
Coquille Indian Tribe
North Bend OR, $2,500
Funds for a four-week summer program for 30 Tribal youth ages 5 to 18.
Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Longview WA, $5,000
Funds for language preservation.
CTUIR: Department of Education
Pendleton OR, $2,500
Funds for a summer recreation program.
Grand Ronde Community Resource Center
Grand Ronde OR, $1,500
Funding for the creation of a web-site and general support.
Ke Kukui Foundation
Vancouver WA, $3,500
Funds for general support.
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Port Angeles WA, $3,500
Funding to document and publish particular stories that are told by an elder storyteller.
Montana Two Spirit Society
Missoula MT, $5,000
Funding for the 2009 Montana Two Spirit Gathering.
Nakoda / White Clay UNITY
Hays MT, $500
Funds for filing of nonprofit papers.
Native American Rehabilitation Association
Portland OR, $1,000
Financial assistance for cultural materials, supplies and food.
Natives Of One Wind Indigenous Alliance
Medford OR, $2,500
Funds for general support.
Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club
Lapwai ID, $2,500
Funding to expose Native youth to the outdoors.
Nooksack Indian Tribe
Deming WA, $2,500
Funding for cultural activities in our Summer After School Program.
Northwest Indian College
Bellingham WA, $2,500
Funding to promote culturally-based healthy food behaviors among Western Washington Native Americans.
Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association
Seattle WA, $2,500
Funds to support the 15th Annual Basketweavers Gathering.
Painted Sky, Inc.
Portland OR, $2,500
Funds for general support.
Port Gamble S'Klallam Foundation
Kingston WA, $3,500
Funds to support the cost of publishing a book on the history of the Port Gamble S'Klallam people.
Quinault Nation Heritage
Taholah WA, $1,000
Funds for a series of workshops focused on cultural preservation.
Salish Kootenai College
Pablo MT, $3,500
To support project activities, staff training and community outreach.
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' Lincoln Creek District
Fort Hall ID, $5,000
Funding for the design and planning phases of the community center and site.
Snake River Basin Business Association, Inc.
Fort Hall ID, $5,000
Funds for general support.
Snoqualmie Tribe (Environmental and Natural Resources)
Snoqualmie WA, $3,500
Funds to use a cedar log (gifted by the City of Seattle) as a teaching tool for instruction of traditional natural resource.
SpiritWalk Health Foundation
Seattle WA, $1,000
Funds for general support.
Tacoma First Nations Gathering
Eatonville WA, $1,000
Funds for general support.
The Central Oregon Recycling Project
Warm Springs OR, $1,000
Funding to increase awareness of the importance of recycling.
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
Warm Springs OR, $2,250
Funding to purchase three new computers for the Tribal newspaper.
The Museum at Warm Springs
Warm Springs OR, $2,250
Funding for specialized equipment.
The N.A.T.I.V.E. Project
Spokane WA, $2,500
Funding for five community training events.
The Tulalip Foundation
Tulalip WA, $2,000
Funds to produce a video on the importance of Native Philanthropy.
The Western Coalition of Alaska Natives
Seattle WA, $2,500
Funds for general support.
War Shield Development Corporation
Great Falls MT, $5,000
Funding for the Indian Nickel Thrift Store Project.
Wasay Wakpa Wachi & Oshkaday
Dodson MT, $500
Funds for filing of nonprofit papers.
Xwayamami Ishich (Eagles Nest)
Wapato WA, $2,000
Funds to develop a professional web-site.
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