Na'ah Illahee Fund

What happened

The Na'ah Illahee Fund (NIF) describes itself as "an Indigenous-led Intermediary centering on regranting, advocacy and capacity-building" to strengthen Indigenous economies, protect land and water, and sustain cultural practices. ProPublica lists it in Seattle under the name Na Ah Illahee Fund, EIN 05-0630992, with tax exemption issued in June 2007. Its staff page lists Lisa Fruichantie (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) as executive director.

Its Land Back page says Land Back is "at the heart of who we are." It says it builds on the vision of the E'lip Tilikum (First Peoples) Land Conservancy and resources the Land Back movement through grants, capacity building and support for practitioners. It says it partners with tribes, Native nonprofits and allied organizations "to identify opportunities, raise capital, and move land back into Indigenous hands," in rural homelands and urban neighborhoods.

Examples on that page include a participant profile of the Indigenous Creatives Collective, whose land it describes as a protected natural resource area serving as a gathering space in urban Seattle, and a Native Neighborhood Community Study led by an Indigenous planning group to envision an urban Native neighborhood in Seattle.

NIF is a funder and intermediary. It does not state that it holds title to land, or name any acreage or completed transfer of its own.

Good to know. A grantmaker, not a land holder; it funds Land Back projects run by others. Its Land Back gifts go through a Kindful form, so check the payee there.

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