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- EIN 73-1712905
- 206-624-6076
- 801 2ND Ave Suite 304 Seattle WA 98104 USA
- http://www.potlatchfund.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Civil Rights, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
Mission: Inspiring and building upon the Native tradition of giving and expanding philanthropy within Tribal Nations and Native communities in the Northwest.
Results: Potlatch Fund is a grant-making foundation and leadership development organization serving Native communities.
Target demographics: inspire and build upon the Native tradition of giving and to expand philanthropy within Tribal Nations and Native Communities in the Northwest.
Geographic areas served: Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Programs: Grantmaking program: potlatch fund runs four discretionary grant cycles and in 2014 awarded the following: intertribal canoe journey grants, community building grants, native arts grants, and language preservation and education fund grants to native nonprofits and tribes from wa, or, id, mt. We also provided 2 donor advised grants to washington tribes in support of securing old growth cedar trees, and 1 grant to a native nonprofit for the social innovation award.
capacity building program:potlatch fund continued its work of delivering trainings to native and tribal communities on nonprofit management skills including: nonprofit start-up, journey to successful fundraising, financial management for nonprofits, strategic planning, and media management. Potlatch fund also worked on a major redesign of this program to deliver more comprehensive services to our grantee cohorts and brought on new staff and consultants to help us with the planning.