2022

Northwest Area Foundation made 147 grants in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) worth $12,846,353.11. The fiscal year runs Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2022.

New grants of $10,000 or more that were agreed upon in FY22 are included in the list below. For grants of less than $10,000, please see our grants database.

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation
Portland, OR
$100,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2023
Capacity support for Northwest Native Lending Network

Afro American Development Association
Moorhead, MN
$75,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2023
Support for Career Navigator program

American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Albuquerque, NM
$75,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
General operating support for the growth of Indigenous access to and participation in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) careers

Bii Gii Wiin Community Development Loan Fund
Minneapolis, MN
$300,000
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2024
General operating support for Mni Sota Fund, an urban Native community development financial institution (CDFI)

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Atlanta, GA
$250,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2024
General operating support for capacity building for Native Clubs

Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$200,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
General operating support

Coalition of Asian American Leaders
St. Paul, MN
$75,000
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2023
Fiscal sponsorship for MN8 to support those impacted by deportation and the criminal justice system

Common Counsel Foundation
Oakland, CA
$1,000,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2026
Support for Native Voices Rising

Dream of Wild Health
Minneapolis, MN
$200,000
04/01/2022 – 03/31/2024
General operating support

Emerge Community Development
Minneapolis, MN
$75,000
08/01/2022 – 07/31/2023
General operating support for core workforce development activities

Equitable Food Initiative
Washington, DC
$50,000
08/01/2022 – 07/31/2023
Support for strengthening the organization’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and for measuring the impact of its programs

Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center (EMBARC)
Des Moines, IA
$75,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2023
General operating and capacity-building support

First Children’s Finance (FCF)
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
07/01/2022 – 06/30/2024
General operating support for FCF’s work in Iowa: increasing staff capacity, providing planning assistance in rural and Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) communities, and partnering with child care providers to improve operations

First Nations Development Institute
Longmont, CO
$500,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
Support for two initiatives: food sovereignty and asset building

Four Bands Community Fund Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
$200,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2027
Support for a regional revolving loan fund—through the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

Funders Together to End Homelessness
Boston, MA
$115,000
05/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Fiscal sponsorship for Workforce Matters to support a fund for workforce equity, membership, and peer learning communities

Global to Local Health Initiative
SeaTac, WA
$450,000
07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025
General operating support for the organization’s transformation, creating a strategic framework focused on sustainability, equity, and impact

Hmong American Farmers Association
West St. Paul, MN
$200,000
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2024
General operating support for capacity and wealth building for immigrant, small-scale Hmong farmers

Homes of Oakridge Human Services
Des Moines, IA
$75,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
General operating support for family and workforce programs for immigrants and refugees

Human Family Inc.
Fargo, ND
$100,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2024
Fiscal sponsorship for The Indigenous Association to support an Indigenous youth community leadership program

Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Inc.
Boise, ID
$150,000
12/01/2022 – 05/31/2024
Support for a coalition working to address violence within Idaho’s Indigenous communities

Immigrant Development Center
Moorhead, MN
$10,000
09/01/2022 – 09/30/2022
Support for cleanup of building vandalism

Interfaith Action of Greater St. Paul
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2022
Support for American Indian Economic Mobility Hub Navigator

Interim Community Development Association
Seattle, WA
$150,000
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
General operating support

Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Des Moines, IA
$100,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
General operating support for systems change and coalition building among BIPOC communities in Iowa

Island Mountain Community Development Financial Institution
Hays, MT
$200,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2027
Support for a regional Indigenous finance industry growth plan—through the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

Lakota Fund
Kyle, SD
$150,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
Fiscal sponsorship for South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition to support a staff position that will create two new statewide homeownership programs

Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC)
St. Paul, MN
$200,000
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2024
General operating support

Lower Phalen Creek Project
St. Paul, MN
$250,000
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Support for Wakáŋ Tipi Center campaign’s professional and consulting services

Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO)
Portland, OR
$100,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2023
General operating support for programs and services for BIPOC-owned businesses in Oregon and southwest Washington

Migizi Communications Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$200,000
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2023
Support for capital campaign

Minneapolis American Indian Center
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2023
Support for All Roads campaign

Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
03/01/2022 – 02/29/2024
General operating support

Mni Wiconi Health Clinic
Mandan, ND
$250,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
General operating support for revitalizing a self-determined, community-driven model of health and wellness for Lakota and Dakota people

NACDC Financial Services Inc.
Browning, MT
$200,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2027
Support for workforce and professional development—through the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB)
Washington, DC
$100,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
General operating support for advancing economic opportunity for Latinos in the United States

Native CDFI Network Inc.
Washington, DC
$500,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
Support to bring together Native CDFIs to share best practices, advance collective priorities, and advocate for economic justice in Native communities

Native360 Loan Fund Inc.
Grand Island, NE
$250,000
08/01/2022 – 07/31/2024
General operating support for Iowa and South Dakota

Neighborhood Development Center Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$300,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2025
General operating support for an equitable economic development approach spanning from entrepreneurs to community-owned real estate

NeighborImpact
Redmond, OR
$75,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
Support for HomeSource program

Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
Pullman, WA
$200,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
General operating support to expand and preserve the Nimiipuu culture

Northside Residents Redevelopment Council
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Support for a community safety specialist pilot program, a nationally replicable model to improve safety and racial inequity and create high-quality jobs

NWAF Employee- and Board-Directed Grants
St. Paul, MN
$51,353.11 
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Grants to various 501(c)(3) organizations at the direction of employees (for example, matches of employee donations) and in recognition of retiring board members

Opportunity Link
Havre, MT
$400,000
04/01/2022 – 03/31/2024
General operating support for continuation of its core programs

Oweesta Corporation
Longmont, CO
$500,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
General operating support for Native CDFI growth and opportunity

Peoples Partners for Community Development
Lame Deer, MT
$125,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
Support for the organization’s expansion and administrative improvements

Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation
Crow Agency, MT
$200,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2027
Support for Crow Nation Innovation Center—through the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

Prepare and Prosper
St. Paul, MN
$185,000
07/01/2022 – 06/30/2023
General operating support for core services, advocacy, and systems change efforts

Project IOWA (Iowa Opportunities for Workforce Advancement)
Des Moines, IA
$75,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
General operating support for career training program for low-income individuals

Rosebud Economic Development Corporation
Mission, SD
$75,000
04/01/2022 – 03/31/2023
Support for advancing holistic human development on the Rosebud Reservation

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
05/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Support for Philando Castile peace garden

Sharing Our Roots
Northfield, MN
$250,000
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2023
Support for land justice for emerging and immigrant farmers in rural Minnesota

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Renewable Energy Power Authority
Fort Yates, ND
$175,000
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Support for Anpetu Wi, a utility-scale wind farm on the Standing Rock Reservation

Summit Academy OIC
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2023
Support to foster economic mobility across Minnesota for low-income individuals and populations of color by training them for jobs that offer career advancement without a four-year degree

Tacoma Urban League
Tacoma, WA
$100,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2023
General operating support

Tanka Fund
Kyle, SD
$250,000
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2024
Support for three areas of programming focused on Native buffalo producers

The Directors Council
Des Moines, IA
$50,000
05/01/2022 – 04/30/2023
Support for One Economy Financial Development Corporation’s financial inclusion efforts

The Montana Racial Equity Project
Bozeman, MT
$50,000
07/01/2022 – 06/30/2023
General operating support

247 Blac
Cedar Falls, IA
$200,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2024
General operating and capacity-building support

United Vision for Idaho
Boise, ID
$150,000
11/01/2022 – 10/31/2023
General operating support for increased community and civic engagement to address growing anxiety and polarization in Idaho

Verde
Portland, OR
$200,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
General operating support

Warm Springs Community Action Team
Warm Springs, OR
$150,000
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2025
General operating support to maintain core programs and provide economic and community opportunities for tribal citizens

Western Native Voice
Billings, MT
$175,000
10/01/2022 – 12/31/2023
General operating support

White Earth Investment Initiative
Omega, MN
$250,000
07/01/2022 – 06/30/2024
General operating support for capacity building and partnership expansion

Wind River Development Fund
Fort Washakie, WY
$200,000
06/01/2022 – 05/31/2027
Support for a non-physical infrastructure project focused on an Indigenous finance ecosystem—through the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

Working Partnerships Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$450,000
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2023
Fiscal sponsorship for Workers Confluence Fund of Minnesota to support efforts to advocate for the rights and dignity of workers being paid low wages and to strengthen the collaboration between worker centers and labor unions