NACDI Joins the Good Relatives Collaborative

We are excited to announce that we have joined the Good Relatives Collaborative (GRC). The collaborative is made up of the Sacred Pipe Resource Center, Four Bands Community Fund, and Black Hills Community Loan Fund. 

GRC works in partnership with the Bush Foundation to administer two awards; the Bush Prize: Native Nations Award, and the Good Relatives Collaborative Grant. Each organization is deeply rooted in their community and follows their own mission in how they serve Native people. The collaborative came together around shared values and agreed that the current funding models are not responsive to the needs of Native grassroots and constituency-led organizations engaged in community-centered problem-solving. GRC’s theory of change includes applying a Native lens in reframing the grantmaking process to build capacity in our Native communities.

GRC is looking to fund projects that will integrate, enhance and address community leadership, community healing, cultural revitalization, and capacity building by encouraging cooperation, collaboration, and reciprocity across the region in holistic and innovative ways. Annually the GRC awards funds to Native communities in Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Stay tuned for upcoming grant application announcements.  

Learn more about the Good Relatives Collaborative: https://www.goodrelativescollaborative.org/