Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

About Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board directs substantial support to tribal public health work across the Northwest, with support programs appearing throughout its recent grant list and a large 2025 award to the National Council of Urban Indian Health. The foundation’s grantmaking is built around American Indian and Alaska Native health status improvement, with tribal-directed public health leadership, policy advocacy, health promotion and disease prevention, training and technical assistance, and epidemiologic research and surveillance all named in its stated focus. That mission shows up in both tribal and research-oriented recipients. Recent awards include $550,000 to Samish Indian Nation and $529,425 to Coeur d'Alene Tribe, each listed for support programs, alongside other grants to Northwest tribal governments and public health organizations. The recipient mix also includes institutions outside the immediate tribal network, such as OHSU, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, which indicates that the board funds both community-based implementation and research or technical partners. Across the recent grants, the pattern is program support rather than individual aid or investments, consistent with a regional public health intermediary working through tribes and allied organizations.

What Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Funds

Tribal public health is the clearest throughline in the grant list. The foundation gave $360,000 to Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians, $320,971 to Quinault Indian Nation, and $220,000 to Spokane Tribe of Indians, all for support programs. It also backed multiple Washington tribes, including the Snoqualmie Tribe, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and Suquamish Tribe. Research and surveillance are also part of the portfolio: it awarded $199,622 to Npc Research in Portland, $191,176 to OHSU in Portland, and $168,137 to Johns Hopkins University. Support for regional public health infrastructure appears in awards to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and the National Council of Urban Indian Health. The combination points to a funder that works through tribal governments, tribal health organizations, and academic or technical partners.

How Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Gives