Native Voices Rising (NVR), a community-driven participatory grantmaking partnership between Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common Counsel Foundation, has announced $3.5 million in grants to 114 Indigenous and Native-led advocacy groups in support of issues closely aligned with the health and well-being of Indigenous communities in the United States.

The grants include support for promotion of the Indigenous worldview, addressing trauma created by the U.S. Indian Boarding School policy, climate and water justice, and preventing incarceration in Native communities, among other efforts that empower American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. In addition, NVR has awarded its first multiyear awards to 10 Native-led organizations—three-year planning grants to develop sustainable infrastructure and strengthen strategic goals for Indigenous communities.

“Native Voices Rising’s participatory grantmaking has been crucial in ensuring that Native voices are the ones dictating their own vision,” said Common Counsel Foundation executive director Peggy Saika. “For far too long, philanthropy has failed Native communities, and Native Voices Rising is one avenue to ensure that Native organizers and leaders are claiming the space to dream, innovate, and create change.”

For a complete list of grantees, see the NVR website.

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