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Native American Advised Fund
Advisory Committee: Pictured, left to right: Ross Chaney (Osage, Cherokee), Andrea Hanley (Diné), Emily Haozous, PhD, RN (Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache), Jhane Myers, Chair (Comanche, Blackfeet), Porter Swentzell, PhD (Santa Clara Pueblo) Not pictured: Joseph (Woody) Aguilar, PhD (San Ildefonso Pueblo), Christina M. Castro, PhD (Jemez/Taos Pueblo), Lisa LeFlore Davis, JD (Fort Sill Apache), Jesse Morris (Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska), Stephine Poston (Sandia Pueblo), Oscar S. Rodriguez (Lipan Apache).
The Native American Advised Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation, was established in 1993 with a gift from the late Allan Houser (Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache), a humanitarian and one of the world's great artists. Grants are made from the fund based on the recommendations of an advisory committee. All members of the advisory committee are drawn from the local Native American communities.
The purpose of the Native American Advised Fund is to enhance Native lifeways now and for future generations in New Mexico by promoting a spirit of sharing and supporting community initiatives. The Fund supports efforts that emphasize the commitment to Native core values: community, language, culture, and environment. Since 1997, the Native American Advised Fund has granted over $200,000 to 50 different tribes, schools, and organizations.
The Fund will operate in perpetuity, benefiting this and future generations. Only the income from the fund is used to make grants.
Native American considers grants in the fall, corresponding to the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s respective competitive grant cycle.
Native American Advised Fund Grant Awards 2020 (Competitive)
Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE): $3,500
IndigenousWays aka Indigenous Solutions: $8,500
Keres Children's Learning Center: $4,500
Laguna Community Foundation: $3,500
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC): $8,500
New Energy Economy: $8,500
New Mexico Kids Matter: $5,500
Rude Girl / AIO: $5,000
Santa Fe Film Institute: $5,500
Santa Fe Indigenous Center: $8,500
SWAIA: $5,500
Tewa Language Immersion Program (Pueblo of Pojoaque): $5,000
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian: $3,500
Native American Advised Fund Grant Awards 2020 (Discretionary)
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Changing Woman Initiative
Hopi Foundation
MoGro (Mobile Grocers)
Native American Student Services (SFPS)
Native Health Initiative (NHI)
New Energy Economy
Pueblo Relief Fund
Santa Fe Indigenous Center
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
Native American Advised Fund Grant Awards 2019 (Competitive)
Honor Our Pueblo Existence: $4,500
Santa Fe Indian Center: $4,500
Silver Bullet Productions: $1,000
Wings of America: $1,000
Native American Advised Fund Grant Awards 2018 (Competitive)
New Mexico Kids Matter: $5,000
Santa Fe Indian Center: $5,000
Native American Advised Fund Grant Awards 2017 (Competitive)
Fall
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women: $600
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture - Laboratory of Anthropology: $3,700
Native American Social Work Program (NASWP) Advisory-Development Committee: $1,700
New Mexico Kids Matter Inc.: $4,000
RESOLVE Violence Prevention: $1,600
Santa Fe Indian Center: $2,000
Spring
Changing Woman Initiative Birth and Wellness Center: $2,000
Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE): $2,000
Indigenous Nations Library Program, UNM: $1,000
Native American Student Services for SFPS: $2,200
Pueblo of Pojoaque/Tewa Language Immersion: $1,200
Tewa Women United: $1,000
Native American Advised Fund Grant Awards 2016 (Competitive)
Fall
Indian Arts Research Center/School for Advance Research: $2,000
New Mexico Kids Matter: $2,000
Reel Indian Pictures/New West Media Foundation: $1,000
Santa Fe Indian Center: $3,500
Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA): $1,000
Spring
Axle Projects, Inc.: $500
Four Bridges Traveling Permaculture Institute: $4,000
Native American Student Services: $5,000
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.