NATIVE-LED NONPROFIT LIST
Find a Native-led, Native-serving nonprofit to support! Organizations included are eligible to receive tax-deductible, charitable contributions in the U.S.
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American Indian Community House Inc.
AICH is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving the needs of Native Americans residing in New York City. Our aim is to improve and promote the well-being of the American Indian Community in and around NYC. We ensure the well-being and social survival of urban and reservation-based Native Americans and their families through the provision of health and social services, while increasing the visibility of American Indian cultures in an urban setting, in order to cultivate awareness, understanding and respect.
The organization currently focuses on three main areas: Indigenous Culture & Education, Social Services and Landback. AICH promotes Indigenous cultural sustainability and the advancement of Indigenous knowledge within our community and throughout the city-at-large.We have an Native American artist residency program that runs from May through October. It is open to any Native American Artist. We also have once a month youth programming.
American Indian Family Center
The American Indian Family Center (AIFC) serves approximately 700 American Indian families each year with mental health, recovery, employment, housing, family, and youth services. We are a community gathering space for the American Indian community in Saint Paul, the only of its kind in Ramsey County and the East Metro, and our services continue to grow due to our communities’ increased needs and growth. The mission of AIFC is to provide American Indian families with programs and services enriched by traditional values and culture with a vision of “American Indian Families Thrive!”
American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeastern MI, Inc.
Since 1978, American Indian Health & Family Services (AIHFS) has been a nonprofit health and community wellness center. The center’s approach integrates traditional Native American healing and spiritual practices with contemporary Western medicine in both treatment and prevention through the use of the Integrated Care Model.
Mission: To empower and enhance the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental wellbeing of American Indian/Alaska Native individuals, families, and other underserved populations in SE MI through culturally grounded health and family services.
Vision: AIHFS will be nationally recognized as a leading Urban Indian health and community center supporting healthy Native people, families, and communities.
American Indian Resource Center
We believe in enhancing Indigenous Children and family educational experiences with infusing our traditional beliefs of knowing who we are and building on our ancestor’s knowledge that has sustained us for generations since time immemorial – “Passing on Traditions.”
Association on American Indian Affairs (The Association)
The Association on American Indian Affairs is the oldest non-profit serving Native Country protecting sovereignty, preserving culture, educating youth and building capacity.
The Association was formed in 1922 to change the destructive path of federal policy from assimilation, termination and allotment, to sovereignty, self-determination and self-sufficiency. Throughout our 100-year history, we have provided national advocacy on watershed issues that support sovereignty and culture, while working at a grassroots level with Native Nations to support the implementation of programs that affect real lives on the ground.
Atux̂ Forever: Restoring Attuans’ Freedom
While honoring the history and contributions of our Ancestors the specific purpose and mission of this nonprofit is to support and bring perpetual peace and prosperity to the Saskinax̂, known as Attuans, an Indigenous maritime Tribe whose ancestors inhabited Saskinax̂ Territory since time immemorial. The Saskinax̂ people come from Atux̂ (Attu), Angatux̂, Avayax̂, Samiya, am Alaid Islands. These are the most western and eastern 5 islands in the Aleutian chain.
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people.
Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition’s mission is to protect and promote sacred, spiritual, historical, natural, scientific, and cultural resources within the Bears Ears landscape utilizing traditional Indigenous knowledge to inform its work.