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The 2007 grant deadline was June 29, 2007. The Native American Advised Endowment Fund accepts applications every two years. Our next funding deadline will be in June 2009.

The Native American Advised Endowment Fund was established in 1993 with a gift from the late Allan Houser, a humanitarian and one of the world's great artists. Grants are made from the fund based on the recommendations of an advisory committee. A majority of members of the advisory committee are drawn from the Native American community.

Inspired by Allan Houser, the Native American Advised Endowment Fund is dedicated to continuing the legacy of pride, dignity and celebration of Native American people. The fund supports efforts that emphasize the Native love and commitment to self, family, community and our environment.

The fund will operate in perpetuity, benefiting this and future generations. Only the income from the fund is used to make grants.

2007 Native American Advised Grant Awards
Six organizations in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico are being recommended to receive $13,700 in grants through the Foundation’s Native American Advised Fund.

Cornerstones Community Partnerships.   $2,000. To assist the Nambe Pueblo in its effort to teach native young people about age-old practices of adobe making and plastering through construction of a new ceremonial kiva.

Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council PeaceKeepers.  $1,000. To support Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Awareness events and provide services to address it to all individuals residing within the Eight Northern Pueblos.

IMPACT Personal Safety.   $2,000.  To offer an age and culturally appropriate 6-hour Children's PREPARE violence prevention workshop at the Santa Clara Pueblo Day school.

New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project.  $2,500. To conduct outreach and program assistance to build capacity among Northern New Mexico pueblo communities to deliver promising and culturally relevant youth suicide prevention strategies in their communities and schools.

Pueblo Of Tesuque, Agricultural Initiative.   $3,200.  To create a healthy, sustainable food supply for Native and non-Native people whose exposure to inexpensive, quick retail food has resulted in serious health problems; conduct workshops and a seed saving program to increase access to healthy, organically grown local food and medicine.

Tewa Women United.  $3,000.   To provide safe spaces for Indigenous women to uncover the power, strength and skills they possess to become positive forces for social change in their families and communities; programs include: Environmental Health and Justice, Women's Leadership and Economic Literacy, Indigenous Women's Health and Reproductive Justice, and V.O.I.C.E.S. sexual violence program.

For more information contact Amy Duggan at 505.988.9715, ext. 2.

SFCF provides grants to eligible applicants so long as funds are available, without regard to the race, creed, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, country or place of origin, ethnicity or citizenship status of the applicants.