NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R99

Classification

1000

Street

2ND FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• Tribal Nations InitiativeThe Tribal Nations Initiative (TNI) was launched in 2021 as a new national platform for Tribal leaders and their staff to strategically engage with the philanthropic sector around their priorities as Tribal Nations. NAP recently completed a national listening tour where it co-hosted regional listening sessions with different Tribes across the country and invited Native nonprofits and funders to participate in the dialogue. The goal was to better understand how philanthropy can strengthen support for Tribal priorities and identify opportunities to build infrastructure for Tribal philanthropy. A report has been published outlining what was learned from this listening tour, including a rich set of qualitative and quantitative data that will guide philanthropy in their work with Tribes. In partnership with the Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG), NAP created the Tribal Nations Conservation and Climate Collaborative. This is a cross-sector partnership with Tribal governments that seeks to strategically connect philanthropic investments with technical assistance, and federal coordination, to support Tribes in their conservation and nature-based climate projects. It consists of a pooled fund, a philanthropic pledge, a funder learning community, and federal coordination facilitated through NAP's MOU with the Department of the Interior (DOI) to stand up the Office of Strategic Partnerships. Since the launch, funding for conservation and climate-related work has been raised. Through an MOU with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), NAP guaranteed and met the match for all Tribal Nation applicants awarded under the America the Beautiful Challenge (ATBC). Over a three-year period, NAP leveraged $4.5 million to ensure funding is accessible to Tribes. Additionally, we provided joint technical assistance with our nonprofit and government partners, and supported Tribal communities with regranted funds for buffalo, capacity building, EIS support related to critical minerals, co-stewardship, and oceans and marine stewardship. The overarching goal is to advance existing landscape conservation plans and/or knit together a diverse stakeholder partnership that develop and/or implement conservation plans. Projects address priority species and/or habitat conservation actions identified in existing plans or other species recovery or conservation plans and are informed by Indigenous knowledge. NAP has collaborated with partners in the field on buffalo rematriation including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Nature Conservancy, and the Intertribal Buffalo Council, to uplift buffalo restoration.NAP continued its efforts in funder education through its quarterly learning series with the Biodiversity Funders Group, which serves as a new space for funders to learn about strategies and opportunities in Tribal conservation from the field. Convenings range from critical minerals and co-management, and NAP has embarked on new areas including offshore wind, oceans, and marine stewardship.

  Expenses $6,121,650 · Grants $4,334,726 · Revenue $975,300

• Native Youth GrantmakersNative Youth Grantmakers is designed for youth aged 18-24 who are connected to their community (reservation, rural, or urban) and want to grow their leadership, advocate for youth and youth programs, and learn more about the philanthropic sector through relationship building.The Native Youth Grantmakers program focuses on: - Strengthening leadership, communication, and advocacy skills - Increasing knowledge of philanthropy and the relationships between communities and funders- Developing and coordinating effective grantmaking strategies - Encouraging dialogue between youth and mentors to learn from one another - Creating a space to develop meaningful relationships in philanthropy and communityDuring this reporting period, the activities included several key gatherings, each offering opportunities for network building, insight into the philanthropic sector, community learning, and reflection. The gatherings focused on themes such as building relationships, which established connections among participants and with the broader philanthropic community, and growing networks, which enhanced collaboration by expanding peer-to-peer networks and introducing participants to new contacts within the sector. Youth were engaged and empowered to take ownership of their roles within the movement, fostering accountability and a deeper understanding of shared goals.Additional gatherings further enriched the program, with several cross-functional events with other youth-centered programs, and meetings with funders. Through site visits to foundations and nonprofits, participants learn about the philanthropic landscape, engage with key stakeholders, and build community among peers. By centering the voices and power of youth within a philanthropic community of practice, we not only foster the next generation of youth leaders but also influence the philanthropic sector to better support Indigenous self-determination initiatives. This multi-faceted approach advances NAP's long-term goal of restoring Indigenous prosperity through aligned philanthropic investments.Indigenous Tomorrows FundThe Indigenous Tomorrows Fund (ITF) is a youth-led, participatory grantmaking initiative launched by Native Americans in Philanthropy to support Indigenous community-defined solutions. Centering Indigenous values and leadership, ITF places funding decisions in the hands of youth ages 14-24. In its pilot year, the Fund will award 24 grants to organizations working at the intersections of health, food justice, conservation, education, and cultural healing. ITF aims to strengthen Indigenous well-being, promote self-determined futures, and reimagine philanthropy by shifting power to those closest to the issues. To operationalize the pilot year, NAP recruited and hired an alumnus of the Native Youth Grantmakers program to provide coordination and oversight for the Indigenous Tomorrows Fund. The ITF team convened an advisory committee of youth, elders, and leaders in the philanthropic sector to guide the design of the grant program. After launching the grant opportunity, NAP recruited and trained 21 young people between the ages of 14-24 to review grant applications and select award recipients. We trained participants on reading and scoring applications using a standard rubric, and we also provided education about the philanthropic sector and its relationship to social impact. We received over 400 applications, and the youth participants collaboratively deliberated to identify 24 grantees. We will award grants of $30,000 to each recipient, and we will continue to work with youth to evaluate the impact of the program. Native Philanthropic Professionals Working GroupThe Native Philanthropic Professionals Working Group (NPP) connects Native people working in philanthropy, provides targeted resources, and supports growth as an individual and community member. NPP members participate in quarterly meetings and can access NAP's library of reports and resources. These include its monthly Membership Education Sessions, which explore how Native people are tackling current and historical challenges and provide a forum to share best practices and personal stories. These sessions are designed for members working in the philanthropic sector who want to engage in deep conversations in the field and develop closer community connections. Over the last year, NPP has convened for various quarterly, sector-related discussions, creating opportunities for participants to connect with others who are doing similar work within their foundations or other funding organizations. NPP provides a space not only for professional networking and connection, but also as an opportunity to dive deeper into Indigenous philanthropy.

  Expenses $2,032,997 · Grants $105,003

• Research and DataResearch and data play a key role in philanthropy, often determining who receives funding and whether certain programs are considered successful. NAP is a hub for Indigenous leadership in philanthropic data and advocates for more accurate and timely data on Indigenous communities and for supporting Indigenous research practices. The Research and Data team has partnered with Candid to address data inaccuracies regarding Indigenous people in philanthropic records. Our team systematically reviewed existing grant records that support Indigenous communities, peoples, or organizations, correcting misinformation that persists both within and outside philanthropy. The goal of this project is to ensure Indigenous peoples are accurately represented and that philanthropy relies on precise data about Indigenous communities. This year, our team reviewed and corrected approximately 500 records, with plans to expand this work in the coming year. Beyond data correction, we amplify Indigenous voices through organizational reports and research initiatives. This year, we completed two significant reports:First, "Elevating Indigenous Voices in the 21st Century Child Welfare Research Agenda" identifies priority areas within the child welfare system that advances appropriate, responsive, and community-driven practices. Second, "The Impact and Opportunity of Investing Native Communities." report authored by the Bridgespan Group with guidance from Native Americans in Philanthropy, serves as a foundational resource drawing on insights from more than 40 Native community leaders across the United States. This report emphasizes the resilience of Native initiatives while illuminating strategic opportunities for philanthropic investment, unlocking significant impact across Tribal Nations and Native organizations, ultimately strengthening community capacity and self-determination throughout Indian Country. Engagement and EducationOur research and data team has also facilitated workshops using the "5Rs of Indigenous Philanthropy" discussion card deck, developed by our Director of Research and Education. These workshops foster meaningful engagement between Indigenous peoples and non-Native philanthropic partners, building knowledge and facilitating conversations rarely held in traditional philanthropic spaces. We conducted workshops at four conferences in 2025, with plans for four additional workshops in 2026. Seeds of ConnectionIn Fall 2023, Native Americans in Philanthropy released Indigenous Centered, a report exploring the relationship between community foundations and Native communities across the U.S., with recommendations to strengthen accountability to Native peoples. Building on this, the Seeds of Connection project offers place-based workshops that foster mutual learning and relationship-building between Tribal communities and community foundations. These workshops aim to identify collaboration opportunities and align Indigenous priorities with regional philanthropic efforts. Additionally, the Seeds of Connection community of practice serves as a support network for Indigenous leaders and philanthropic partners to connect, share knowledge, and deepen investment in Native communities.Grounded in the findings and recommendations of the "Indigenous Centered" report; in February of 2025 NAP hosted a two-day gathering of Indigenous Community Leaders and Community Foundation Leaders. The two-day event featured place-based learning, facilitated dialogue, and collaborative activities designed to deepen relationships and foster shared understanding. Seeds of Connection offered a space to explore partnership models rooted in mutual respect, trust, and collective growth.In addition to the Seeds of Connection gathering, NAP also partnered with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to fund an additional four to five Native organizations across the state of Oklahoma, as a part of the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Grant Program. Looking ahead, we are committed to developing a national matching grant initiative that will invite community foundations to co-invest in Native communities in a regionally responsive way. This future initiative will prioritize Native organizations and solutions that reflect the unique needs and strengths of each community.NAP Membership ProgramOur membership program is centered on Indigenous values and is informed by our relationships and a meaningful connection to the greater work in the sector. Our membership types include Individuals, Tribes & Native Non-Profits, Non-Profit Funder & Affiliate Organizations, and Philanthropic Institutions. Through our long-standing membership program, we offer a variety of resources and tools such as webinars, current research, and professional development opportunities while fostering a of community through exclusive access to virtual events, networking groups, and our gatherings held throughout Indian Country.NAP has designed and facilitated thirteen, member education sessions, created member-exclusive content, and hosted membership coffee chats covering diverse topics ranging from Indigenous Journalism to Healthcare in Indian Country. Our Member Education Sessions (MES) and Member Exclusive Content (MEC) broadcasts have garnered strong engagement, averaging 1058 total views on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Building on this success, the NAP membership program plans to launch six additional Member Education Sessions in 2026, uplifting professional insights and collaborative action methods to support areas including: building power in rural and Tribal communities, funding challenges in Native arts and culture, nation building, and many others.

  Expenses $388,039

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

• Erik Stegman

  Chief Executive Officer/Secretary

  Total calculated

  $279,522

  From this org

  $252,083

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $27,439

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $252,083

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $12,604

  Nontaxable benefits

  $14,835

  Filer's total

  $279,522

• Eileen Briggs

  Chair

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Tashina Banks Rama

  Vice Chair

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Emily Edenshaw

  Treasurer

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Tony Johnson

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Cynthia Mueller

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Michael Painter

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Theresa Sheldon

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Zeke Smith

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jennifer Vickers

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Matt Morton

  Director (term ended 11/24/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Vicky Stott

  Director (term ended 11/24/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Carly Bad Heart Bull

  Director (term ended 11/24/24)

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jeanette Ziegler

  Chief Operating Officer

  Total calculated

  $251,467

  From this org

  $228,333

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $23,134

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $228,333

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $8,054

  Nontaxable benefits

  $15,080

  Filer's total

  $251,467

• Brittany Schulman

  Senior Vice President of Programs

  Total calculated

  $210,987

  From this org

  $174,958

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $36,029

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $174,958

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $8,748

  Nontaxable benefits

  $27,281

  Filer's total

  $210,987

• Joel Tumyeptseyo Moffett

  Vice President of Tribal Nations Engagement

  Total calculated

  $153,367

  From this org

  $132,591

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $20,776

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $132,591

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $0

  Nontaxable benefits

  $20,776

  Filer's total

  $153,367

• Roseanne Maria David

  Chief of Staff to the CEO

  Total calculated

  $144,151

  From this org

  $122,823

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $21,328

  Hours/week

  40

• Estakio H Beltran

  Partnership Advisor

  Total calculated

  $147,355

  From this org

  $120,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $27,355

  Hours/week

  40

• Kelsey Derek Woody

  Director of Membership & Indigenous Leadership

  Total calculated

  $145,526

  From this org

  $119,510

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $26,016

  Hours/week

  40

• Toni A Sanchez

  Director of Communications

  Total calculated

  $119,375

  From this org

  $110,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $9,375

  Hours/week

  40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $14,041,600

  Expenses

  $11,674,251

  Contributions

  $12,893,744

  Grants paid

  $4,439,729

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,762,037

  Expenses

  $9,233,562

  Contributions

  $12,251,155

  Grants paid

  $2,508,654

• 2022

  Revenue

  $13,666,990

  Expenses

  $8,080,261

  Contributions

  $12,714,574

  Grants paid

  $2,640,020

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,285,064

  Expenses

  $3,765,517

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,060,528

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,905,015

  Expenses

  $1,525,334

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,744,268

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,109,796

  Expenses

  $1,547,366

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,340,953

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,751,938

  Expenses

  $1,813,790

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,855,995

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,403,120

  Expenses

  $1,554,795

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,651,607

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,366,413

  Expenses

  $1,144,075

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,678,535

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,035,265

  Expenses

  $1,010,259

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,398,677

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $815,653

  Expenses

  $867,067

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,377,222

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,898,890

  Expenses

  $1,224,894

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,472,757

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $859,298

  Assets (EOY)

  $927,343

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

  $2,191,850

  2024 · Climate and Conservation.

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

  $1,508,654

  2023 · Conservation

• Common Counsel Foundation

  $1,100,000

  2022 · Capacity Building and Native Voices Rising Program Grants

• The Nature Conservancy

  $962,500

  2024 · To support movement of buffalo back to Tribal lands.

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

  $825,433

  2022 · Conservation

• USET Sovereignty Protection Fund

  $605,000

  2023 · Education - Tribal Infrastructure Development Program

• Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

  $364,587

  2022 · Regranting

• United South and Eastern Tribes

  $300,000

  2024 · Education - Tribal Infrastructure Development Program.

• USET Sovereignty Protection Fund

  $250,000

  2022 · Education/General Operating Support

• Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council

  $200,000

  2024 · Support of resources and capacity needs that support consultation and review of potential mining projects.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,000,500

  2022 · General Nonprofit Support

• WATER FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2024 · WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION

• ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC

  $340,000

  2024 · TO HELP SUPPORT ABFE'S RACIAL EQUITY ADVANCEMENT AND DEFENSE INITIATIVE

• ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC

  $325,000

  2023 · TO HELP SUPPORT ABFE'S RACIAL EQUITY ADVANCEMENT AND DEFENSE INITIATIVE

• BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY

  $279,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY

• CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION

  $275,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• TIDES CENTER

  $175,000

  2023 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• THE SKOLL FUND

  $150,000

  2024 · GENERAL NONPROFIT SUPPORT

• BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY

  $100,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $100,000

  2022 · GENERAL

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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