Vadon Foundation Grant

The Vadon Foundation Grant supports innovative, community-based initiatives aimed at sustaining healthy indigenous nations. By empowering visionary changemakers, the foundation addresses multi-generational challenges through focused programming in areas like language revitalization, community leadership, and addressing crises such as food insecurity. The foundation seeks to foster self-determination and sustainability within native communities, ensuring that future generations can thrive culturally and socially.

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About Vadon Foundation
The Vadon Foundation supports innovative community-based initiatives that sustain healthy thriving indigenous nations in perpetuity. We support programs working to ensure that every successive generation of indigenous people and culture will face an increasingly brighter future of healthy self-determination, autonomy, evolution, and sustainability.
Our Focus Areas
Vadon Foundation funds programming that seeks to strengthen Native communities. We look for leaders who aspire to break multi-generational cycles to create better possibilities for future generations.
Language Revitalization:
Language is the glue that connects traditional culture, values, identity, and sovereignty. Restoring the vibrant, living ecosystems of Native languages creates cascading benefits that intersect every aspect of Native community and lives.
MMIWG2S—Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‑Spirit People:
Disproportionate violence against the most vulnerable members of Native communities continues to be largely ignored and unaddressed. Institutional transparency, accountability, and the will to create real change must driven by Native grassroots leaders.
Innovative Community Leadership:
Dynamic leaders identify their communities’ unique challenges, create solutions, take risks, and create sustainable change. Fostering positive support particularly for youth and families creates healthier communities for today and future generations.
COVID-19 Food Insecurity and Essential Needs
COVID-19 poses particular risks to Native communities and populations. In addition to the significant challenges to under-funded healthcare and public health systems, Native communities are faced with massive food insecurity and lack of access to essential supplies for vulnerable populations.

Eligibility

We support innovative community-based initiatives that sustain healthy thriving indigenous nations in perpetuity.Vadon Foundation Indirect Cost PolicyThe Vadon Foundation permits a maximum indirect cost rate of 10% for any grant, award, or gift made directly to or passed through a U.S. college/university, Tribal or other governmental entity, or hospital/health system. Indirect cost rates for grants, awards, or gifts made directly to 501(c)3 non-profit organizations are determined on a case-by-case basis.