About Native Movement
Native Movement is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to movement-building grounded in an Indigenized worldview and decolonizing practices, supporting action & advocacy, community education, and movement infrastructure to strengthen Indigenous nations, communities, and Mother Earth.
Focus Areas
Indigenous rightsEnvironmental justiceClimate justiceLanguage revitalizationArts & cultureGender justiceCommunity educationLeadership developmentGrassroots media
Who They Fund
Fairbanks Native artists / Indigenous artistsyouth (local)residents / households in Fairbanks (for weatherization and carbon reduction)
About Native Movement
Native Movement’s giving shows a strong pattern of re-granting to Alaska-based organizations and community groups, with most awards staying in Alaska and many tied to general support. Recent grants include $100,000 to the University of Alaska Foundation for support for Fairbanks Native arts and $60,000 to Kotzebue Ira Council for an emergency response grant. The foundation also backs Indigenous-led infrastructure through intermediaries and local organizations, such as Alaska Public Interest Research Group Inc., New Venture Fund Alaska Native Birthworkers, and Qizhjeh Vena Alaska. Its portfolio reflects a broad Indigenous agenda: arts and culture, community education, environmental and climate justice, leadership development, language revitalization, gender justice, and grassroots media. The foundation also funds individuals, and its active programs include open-call movement funds for Alaska Native artists and collectives, along with a supplementary food-assistance program. Across the recent grants list, the work is consistently anchored in Alaska communities and in projects that support Indigenous rights, movement-building, and community capacity.
What Native Movement Funds
Arts and culture are a clear thread in Native Movement’s recent grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $100,000 to the University of Alaska Foundation for support for Fairbanks Native arts, and it also awarded $25,000 to Outer Coast in Fairbanks for general support. Another area is environmental and energy-related work. The foundation gave $10,000 to University Community Presbyterian Church for a sustainable energy grant, and it funded Alaska Community Action on Toxics with $20,000 in 2024 and $10,000 in 2025 for general support. Native Movement also supports Indigenous leadership and community infrastructure through re-grants. Examples include $60,000 to Association of Interior Native Educators in 2024 and $30,000 to Aware in Juneau, both listed as re-grants for general support. The grant list also shows support for wildfire-related capacity through a $10,000 wildfire fellowship scholarship to Social Good Fund.
How Native Movement Gives
Typical awards cluster at a modest, project-level scale: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are $20,000, $20,000, and $30,000. The recent grant list shows both repeat funding and repeated recipients, including Alaska Public Interest Research Group Inc., Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Data for Indigenous Justice, Chickaloon Village, and Umoja Coworking & Incubator across multiple years. Native Movement operates as a re-granting intermediary in many cases, especially for general support, while also making targeted project grants and scholarships. The foundation funds individuals and accepts unsolicited applications through its open-call movement fund programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$817K
Total Assets
$13.6M
Total Revenue
$10.9M
Total Expenses
$9.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $30K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ENEI PETER
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