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Native-Led Grant Makers Forum

Honoring the Strengths in Native Communities and Opportunities for Investment

In honor of our twenty-year anniversary, Native Action Network launched our first ever Native-led forum for Pacific Northwest grant makers on May 26-27, 2021, 10am-4pm PST both days. The Native-Led Grant Makers Forum included an exclusive, two-day virtual gathering to bring together the Native community and diverse people within philanthropy. One of the goals was to learn more about how investment and reciprocity is key for our long-term relationships. The forum featured experts, executives, and leaders in the Native Community and the realm of philanthropy. The program was meant to provide key insights, tools, lessons, and learnings that respond to the unique strengths, and opportunities that many Native communities, organizations, and grant makers face in their relationship building and partnership efforts.

 
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Our Partners

Native Action Network proudly presented the Native-Led Grant Makers Forum in partnership with:

  • Group Health Foundation

  • MUFG Union Bank

  • Ms. Foundation for Women

  • Native Americans in Philanthropy

  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation

  • Philanthropy Northwest

  • Potlatch Fund

  • Seattle Foundation

  • Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits Collaborative

  • Washington Women's Foundation

This event was sponsored by MUFG Union Bank, Washington Women’s Foundation, Potlatch Fund, and Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits Collaborative.

Special thanks to NAN's 2020-21 Legacy of Leadership Cohort member and Native-Led Grant Makers Forum Coordinator, Nicole Charley (Warm Springs).