During our first 20 months of operations, the Potlatch Fund attracted more than $800,000

in grants from 20 different private and Tribal foundations and individual major donors, and received $15,000 in smaller contributions from more than 150 individuals.

This fall, we received two major grants to build the capacity of the Potlatch Fund. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $300,000 grant to be awarded over the next three years. This funding supports our organizational infrastructure and staffing. We have ambitious goals for our technical assistance and grant making programs that will be made possible by this generous grant.

We are also honored to receive a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to be awarded over the next two years. This grant will directly benefit Potlatch Fund’s Native Art Program. The funding will support technical assistance and grant making to Native artists and art organizations.

The Potlatch Fund appreciates all of our contributors and looks forward to building relationships with many other foundations, Tribes, companies, individuals, and other donors. In addition to the Gates and Ford foundations, our list of foundation and Tribal contributors include:

Andrea & Alan Rabinowitz	A Territory Resource Foundation
Channel Foundation	Colville Tribe
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	Family Leadership Fund
Ellen Ferguson	First Nations Development Institute’s Eagle Staff Fund
Freedom Forum	Konsggaard Goldman Foundation
Lower Elwha Klallam Nation	Lummi Nation
Marguerite Casey Foundation	Needmor Fund
Paul Allen Foundation	Quinault Indian Nation
Seattle Foundation	Spirit of the Salmon Fund
Squaxin Island Tribe	The Russell Family Foundation
Tides Foundation	Washington Mutual Foundation
Wild Horse Casino

We are very thankful to all of these foundations and tribes who have invested early in this pioneering work and have thus demonstrated the depth of their commitment to the preservation and well being of Northwest Indian Country!