To ensure Native children achieve their full potential by advancing cultures of Native American community health.
The Notah Begay III Foundation Inc. channels its recent grantmaking through a community-health lens for Native children, with 2024 awards centered on Native-led organizations and tribal communities. Its largest recent grant in the data is $90,000 to Drive for Juniors Inc in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and several other awards reach $75,000 or $50,000, showing a grantmaking pattern built around mid-sized program support rather than small one-off gifts. The foundation’s work is tied to physical activity, healthy nutrition, youth development, cultural connections, and water access. Recent grantees include Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council Inc in Wisconsin, Community Outreach & Patient Empowerment in Gallup, New Mexico, and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Assoc in Alaska. Those awards sit within a broader national program that supports Native American communities, tribes, and Native-led organizations working on healthy hydration, policy and systems change, capacity building, and other efforts aimed at Native children’s health. Across the current grant list, the foundation gives exclusively in the United States and often supports organizations in New Mexico, while also funding recipients in other states. The overall pattern points to a mix of statewide concentration and national reach, with tribal and Native-serving groups appearing repeatedly in the portfolio.
A central topic in the foundation’s portfolio is community empowerment. In 2024, it gave $75,000 to Ho-Chunk Nation Youth Services in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, through Community Empowerment grantmaking focused on measurable impact and sustainable change in community health for Native children. The same grantmaking stream also supported First Nations Community Health Source in Albuquerque with $50,000. Healthy nutrition and food-related work appear alongside youth health. The Ben Initiative Fiscal Sponsor Bidii Baby Foods in Gallup received $50,000, and Navajo Ethno-agriculture in Fruitland received $50,000, both within the Community Empowerment program. The foundation also funds physical activity and play. Its program descriptions highlight safe places to play and youth health promotion, and recent support includes $90,000 to Drive for Juniors Inc. The grant list also shows support for One Generation Tides Center in Los Angeles and Pueblo of Zia in Zia Pueblo, New Mexico, through the same community health framework.
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Most grants fall between $50K and $75K, with a median of $50K.
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Typical grants cluster at $50,000, with the middle of the distribution also at $50,000 and the upper quartile at $75,000. That places most awards in a relatively tight band, even though the top recent grant reaches $90,000. The 2024 list shows multiple grants in the same year, which suggests active ongoing grantmaking rather than a single annual award. The foundation does not fund individuals, and its active programs include both invitation-style grantmaking and some programs that accept unsolicited requests, such as Water First! II Community Action Grant and the COVID-19 Response Fund.
The foundation gives nationally, but New Mexico is the most common recipient state in the data and accounts for 54% of grants in the HQ state. Recent New Mexico recipients include Community Outreach & Patient Empowerment in Gallup, First Nations Community Health Source in Albuquerque, Pueblo of Zia in Zia Pueblo, Navajo Ethno-agriculture in Fruitland, and Ramah Navajo School Board Inc in Pinehill. Outside New Mexico, the recent grants reach Wisconsin, Alaska, Florida, California, and other U.S. locations.
It funds Native-led organizations, tribal communities, Native American communities, and Native-serving groups. Recent grants include Community Outreach & Patient Empowerment in Gallup, First Nations Community Health Source in Albuquerque, and Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council Inc in Wisconsin, all within a community-health framework for Native children.
The foundation’s active programs emphasize physical activity, healthy nutrition, youth development, cultural connections, water access, and policy, systems, and environmental change. Recent examples include support for Bidii Baby Foods in Gallup, Native youth health through Community Empowerment, and water-access work through Water First! II.
Typical grant size is $50,000, with the median also at $50,000 and the 75th percentile at $75,000. In the recent grant list, awards include $50,000, $75,000, and a high of $90,000.
Some programs do. The Water First! II Community Action Grant accepts unsolicited applications, and the COVID-19 Response Fund also accepts unsolicited requests. Other programs in the data, including Community Empowerment (National Grantmaking), do not accept unsolicited applications.
The foundation gives nationally, but New Mexico receives the largest share of grants in the data at 54% of grants in the HQ state. Recent New Mexico grantees include Gallup, Albuquerque, Zia Pueblo, Fruitland, and Pinehill, showing a strong concentration in Native communities there.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN | SCOTTDALE, AZ | $75,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| DRIVE FOR JUNIORS INC | PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL | $90,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| COMMUNITY OUTREACH & PATIENT | GALLUP, NM | $75,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| GREAT LAKES INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL | LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WI | $75,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| HO-CHUNK NATION YOUTH SERVICES | BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI | $75,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| ALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOC | ANCHORAGE, AK | $75,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITY HEALTH | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $50,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| THE BEN INITIATIVE FISCAL SPONSOR | GALLUP, NM | $50,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| NAVAJO ETHNO-AGRICULTURE | FRUITLAND, NM | $50,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| RAMAH NAVAJO SCHOOL BOARD INC | PINEHILL, NM | $50,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| ONE GENERATION TIDES CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| PUEBLO OF ZIA | ZIA PUEBLO, NM | $50,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT |
| RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL | SANTA FE, NM | $10,408 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPLIES |
SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN
$75,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
DRIVE FOR JUNIORS INC
$90,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & PATIENT
$75,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
HO-CHUNK NATION YOUTH SERVICES
$75,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITY HEALTH
$50,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
NAVAJO ETHNO-AGRICULTURE
$50,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
RAMAH NAVAJO SCHOOL BOARD INC
$50,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
PUEBLO OF ZIA
$50,000COMMUNITY EMPOWERMNT
RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL
$10,408PROGRAM SUPPLIES
