Power of Ceremony and Healing Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Other requirements
- Native ceremony leaders and organizations supporting Native ceremony
Overview
Partners: Na'ah Illahee Fund and Potlatch Fund
Geographic Scope: Four-state service area (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana)
Eligibility:
Native ceremony leaders and organizations supporting Native ceremony
Focus Areas:
- Native ceremony and cultural practices
- Healing and wellness through ceremony
- Preservation of traditional ceremonies
- Community-centered healing initiatives
Program Overview: Na'ah Illahee Fund and Potlatch Fund have partnered to offer the Power of Ceremony and Healing Grant as a collective gift to Native communities. The grant recognizes ceremony's sacred place in Native culture and its role in nurturing health, empowering communities, and honoring significant beginnings and transitions. The program emphasizes three core values:
- Nurturing: Through ceremony, communities reconnect with traditions, languages, and ancestral songs
- Empowering: Ceremony offers sacred space to maintain connection to wholeness as Native people
- Honoring: Celebrating devoted ceremony leaders who lift up communities
Cultural Approach: The grant recognizes ceremony as a private community concern and honors the privacy of all participants.
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Potlatch Fund's IRS filings)
Des Moines, WA · 2023
$46K
1 grant in Potlatch Fund's 2023 filings reference “Power of Ceremony and Healing Grant” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Potlatch Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 70
- Total given
- $696K
- Median grant
- $8,000
- Range
- $5,300–$100K
- By dollars: Washington 54%, Oregon 16%, Montana 15%. Top recipient cities: Seattle, WA; Lapwai, ID; Spokane, WA.
- 1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Na'ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA
Power of healing grant
$100K
Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services · Seattle, WA
2022-2023 native led organizing grant toward general operations
$16K
New Developed Nations LLC · Spokane, WA
2023 community relations & innovations
$10K
Aaniih and Nakoda Montessori · Harlem, MT
2023 community relations & innovations
$10K
Indigenous Creatives Collective · Seattle, WA
2023 community relations & innovations
$10K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Native americans
- Mental health
- Wellness
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