SISNA – Tribal and Community Grantmakers

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  • Artadia – Direct, unrestricted financial support to individual Native artists who are selected from one of the organization’s partner cities. 
  • The Ciri Foundation – Non-profit organization offering grants, scholarships, online handbook, and other resources for Alaska Native Artists. 
  • Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) – Support for artists practicing traditional crafts, offering emergency relief grants and business preparedness resources. 
  • Creative Capital for Artists – Project grants; Indigenous artists among awardees. 
  • Cultural Survival: Keepers of the Earth Fund – Designed to support Indigenous community advocacy and development projects; $12,000 USD, directly to traditional Indigenous communities, collectives, organizations, and governments, to support self-designed development projects based on Indigenous values. 
  • First Nations Development Institute (FNDI) – Offering direct financial grants, technical assistance, and training. 
  • First Peoples Fund – Funds organizational capacity building grants and support opportunities for Native artists. 
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) – Supports artists in all stages and disciplines (visual, performing, literary); grant programs, direct artist awards, and support for Native-led institutions. 
  • NDN Collective – Flexible, community-rooted support for artists and cultural leaders. 
  • Potlatch Fund – Native-led nonprofit funding tribal and urban Native communities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. 
  • Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community – Providing grants for cultural preservation, language revitalization, and Native-led education programs. 
  • s’gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome on The Evergreen State College Olympia (Tacoma, WA) – Public service center, built in collaboration with Northwest Tribes; Indigenous Arts Campus, resources for Native artists, Native Creative Development Program; Northwest Heritage Program; Supporting Indigenous Arts Mastery (SIAM) grant program. 
  • yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective – Arts opportunities for creatives, exhibitions, installations, performances, residencies, markets, publications, grants, and other community-led projects in South Seattle, on Coast Salish territories. 

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