“Native Americans in Philanthropy envisions a future with healthy and sustainable Native communities supported by responsive philanthropy,” Begay, Seminole and Muscogee Creek, said.Īlso joining the event, Linda Tracy, western director at the Steele-Reese Foundation, said it’s important to keep conversations between funders and grantors on the forefront. The NAP includes a network of Native and non-Native nonprofits, tribal communities and foundations.
Kelli Begay, Kickapoo, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer for Native Americans in Philanthropy, joined the virtual conference as a present. Nick Tilsen, CEO of NDN Collective, a nonprofit, Indigenous changemaker organization based in Rapid City, S.D. The event nearly doubled its attendance this year to 150 Native leaders because more people could attend virtually. The conference also helps build grantee and grantor relationships.īonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, executive director for Hopa Mountain, serves as the managing partner of Strengthening the Circle along with four other nonprofit organizations. This allows for ideology sharing, providing resources and networks through the lens of Indigenous traditional ways of learning and governing. Strengthening the Circle’s Native Nonprofit Leadership Program invests in Indigenous-led organizations. Group discussions centered on rethinking philanthropy from an Indigenous perspective. With the ongoing global pandemic, individuals joined the event on Zoom. Tilsen, Oglala Lakota, joined grant-funding presenters and Native nonprofit participants during the 15th annual Strengthening the Circle virtual gathering April 19-22. He recently spoke with Native nonprofit leaders on the role of Western-based philanthropy, which often leads to the “active erasure of Indigenous people.” His organization provides grants within an Indigenous framework to Native changemakers. Nick Tilsen stands within a noteworthy philanthropic circle.
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