Third Quarter Grants 2023

During the third quarter of 2023, the Northwest Area Foundation approved 26 grants worth $4,136,060.

Our grantmaking supports organizations building social, racial, and economic justice—helping communities within our region of eight states and 76 Native nations thrive on their own terms. They’re advancing long-overdue change in deep connection with the land they inhabit and communities they serve—Native Americans, communities of color, immigrants, refugees, and people in rural areas.

We include grants of $10,000 or more in the list below. For information on grants of less than $10,000, please visit our grants database.

Black Hills Community Loan Fund Inc. of Rapid City, SD, will receive $300,000 over two years to support the pursuit of its strategic goals such as expanding services, improving organizational infrastructure, and completing an updated market study and outreach plan.
Grant term: Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2025

CAPACES Leadership Institute of Woodburn, OR, will receive $450,000 over three years to support multiple strategies, including programming at a culture-based farm, increased early childhood education opportunities, support for financial literacy, and soft costs related to building a physical center to house community wealth-building programs.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2026

Cultural Wellness Center of Minneapolis will receive $500,000 over three years to support its organizational infrastructure and Dreamland on 38th’s program development.
Grant term: July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2026

Interim Community Development Association of Seattle will receive $100,000 over two years to support outreach, surveying, and advocacy among immigrant and refugee communities, including those in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Grant term: July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025

Latino Community Association of Bend, OR, received $75,000 to support strategic planning and current programming during its leadership transition phase.
Grant term: Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2024

Makoce Agriculture Development of Porcupine, SD, will receive $250,000 over two years to support its efforts to further realize its vision and develop programs that advance economic justice on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Grant term: July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025

Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial Inc. of Pine Ridge, SD, will receive $300,000 over two years to support its efforts to hire staff, implement new strategies, and build relationships with new funders.
Grant term: Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2025

NACDC Financial Services Inc. of Browning, MT, will receive $300,000 over two years to support its infrastructure and growth in response to community needs and high demand for its services.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2025

NDN Fund of Rapid City, SD, will receive $250,000 over two years to help fill capital gaps for Native nations, tribal enterprises, Native nonprofits, and Native-owned businesses.
Grant term: Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2025

Nexus Community Partners of St. Paul, MN, received $250,000 to expand its services and geographic reach, strengthen its role as a catalyst for community wealth building and leadership in communities of color, and support its efforts to plan and manage internal organizational change as it scales its work.
Grant term: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024

Northwest Indian Community Development Center of Bemidji, MN, will receive $200,000 over two years to support Mino-bimaadiziwin (Good Life) Reclaiming, focused on Indigenous pathways to healing, recovery, and well-being.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2025

Philanthrofund (PFund) Foundation of Minneapolis will receive $400,000 over two years to support regranting to LGTBQ+-serving organizations in rural areas of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2025

Pride Foundation of Seattle, WA, will receive $400,000 over two years to support regranting to Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) LGBTQ+ and rural LGBTQ+ organizations in the Northwest—providing multiyear general operating support to increase organizational capacity, as well as rapid response funding for immediate and unexpected needs.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2025

Renewing the Countryside II of Hammond, MN, received $50,000 to support the development of strategies aimed at re-weaving the economic fabric of local communities through investments that will assist BIPOC farmers develop viable farm businesses.
Grant term: June 1, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2023

TAALA Fund of Taholah, WA, will receive $300,000 over two years to support its business and consumer lending, business incubator services, and organizational growth.
Grant term: Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2025