Equity For Native American Communities: Using Mission Investments Alongside Grants

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A 2018 report shows that only 0.23 percent of philanthropic funding goes to Native communities.

Native people constitute two percent of the US population and experience a disproportionate level of need.

Funders looking for opportunities to support Native communities should learn more about them.

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