Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Americans in Philanthropy was formed in 1990 and "seeks to engage Native and non-Native peoples in understanding and advancing the role of philanthropy through practices that support Native traditional values for current and future generations."


 * Joy Persall - Executive Director
 * Ron Rowell - President
 * N. Bird Runningwater - Former Chair

Directors
Accessed April 2008:


 * Chair - David Cournoyer - (Sicangu Lakota -Rosebud); Lumina Foundation for Education
 * Vice-Chair - Lori Lea Pourier - (Oglala/Mnicoujou Lakota); First Peoples Fund
 * Secretary-Treasurer - Megan Minoka Hill - (Oneida); Honoring Nations, The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
 * Shelley Butler-Allen - (Kiowa/Caddo); Cherokee Nation Education Corporation
 * LuAnn Leonard - (Hopi/Tohno O'odham); Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF)
 * Ricardo Lopez - (Aleut); Rasmuson Foundation
 * Carla Roberts - (Eastern Delaware); Arizona Community Foundation
 * Gabrielle (Gaby) Strong - (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota); Lower Sioux Indian Community
 * Richard B. Williams - (Oglala Lakota); American Indian College Fund

Member Emeritus
 * Louis Delgado - (Oneida); Loyola University Chicago

Funders and Partners
Accessed April 2008:


 * Amy Besaw
 * Arizona Grantmakers Forum
 * Bush Foundation
 * Carnegie Corporation
 * Changemakers
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 * Chippewa Graphics
 * C.J. & Mattie Lowery Fund of the San Francisco Foundation
 * Julie Early - Island Foundation
 * Forest County Potawatomi Community Foundation
 * Lucille Echohawk
 * First Nations Development Institute
 * Ford Foundation
 * Grotto Foundation
 * Headwaters Foundation for Justice
 * Institute of International Education
 * Marguerite Casey Foundation
 * Marsha Kelly, Kelly & Associates, Inc.
 * Lumina Foundation for Education
 * Minnesota Council on Foundation
 * Northwest Area Foundation
 * Otto Bremer Foundation
 * Rasmuson Foundation
 * San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
 * Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Minneapolis Foundation
 * Saint Paul Foundation
 * Two Feathers Fund of the The St. Paul Foundation
 * United Tribes Technical College
 * W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 * Dan & Beth Whittemore

Contact

 * Web: http://www.nativephilanthropy.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Michael E. Roberts