Colorado Plateau Foundation

What happened

The Colorado Plateau Foundation (CPF) is a grantmaking foundation based in Flagstaff, Arizona. ProPublica lists it under EIN 83-0959411, with tax exemption issued in April 2019. CPF describes itself as "a Native-led foundation that supports the cultures, lands, and waters of the Colorado Plateau."

CPF says it invests in Native-led organizations in four priority areas: culture, environmental stewardship, community foodways, and leadership innovation. It says those priorities came out of inter-tribal gatherings of cultural leaders. Its about page names Jim Enote, a Zuni tribal member, as chief executive officer, and Heather Herold as managing director.

CPF reports its own totals, and its site gives two different ones. The home page says it has given $6.6 million to over 250 Native-led initiatives since 2012. The about page says $8 million to more than 275 initiatives. Its grantee pages describe projects such as language preservation, water protection by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's water resources department, and protection of sacred places.

CPF regrants money; it does not buy or hold land itself. It does not state a land-return count. Its grantees, not CPF, would be the ones to ask about any land transactions.

Good to know. A grantmaker, not a land holder. Its own site gives two giving totals ($6.6 million to 250+ initiatives and $8 million to 275+), probably updated at different times.

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