Power of Ceremony and Healing Grant
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Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Power of Ceremony and Healing Grant
Funder: Na'ah Illahee Fund (NIF) and Potlatch Fund (partnership)
Status: Partnership grant offering (announced October 27, 2023)
Focus Areas:
Overview: Na'ah Illahee Fund and Potlatch Fund partnered to share the Power of Ceremony and Healing Grant as a collective gift to relatives. Ceremony holds a sacred place in native culture and nurtures health, empowers communities, and honors significant beginnings and transitions. Through ceremony, communities are woven together, reconnecting with traditions, languages, and ancestral songs. It offers a sacred space to maintain connection to wholeness as Native people.
Beneficiaries: Devoted ceremony leaders who lift up the community
Confidentiality: Ceremony is a private community concern, and the fund honors the privacy of all participants.
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How to Apply
Application Process
Note: Specific application procedures, deadlines, award amounts, required materials, and submission instructions are not detailed in the provided content. The announcement emphasizes the private, community-based nature of ceremony work.
What Na'ah Illahee Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 32
- Total given
- $940K
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $6,000–$359K
- By dollars: Washington 83%, Alaska 8%, Wyoming 5%. Top recipient cities: Seattle, WA; Suquamish, WA; Fort Washakie, WY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 84% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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