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Julianna Smith 6/23/25 Julianna Smith 6/23/25

A beginner’s guide to marketing for mission-driven organizations

MARKETING | Sharing your story with clarity and heart can help build real connection, inspire action, and drive the change you’re working toward.

Julianna Smith 6/11/25 Julianna Smith 6/11/25

Native nonprofits deserve tech partners who truly understand their work

DATA IMPACT | We share what to look for in a true tech partner who respects your values, builds for your reality, and grows with your work.

Julianna Smith 5/23/25 Julianna Smith 5/23/25

What philanthropy can learn from Indigenous funders

PHILANTHROPY | Mainstream philanthropy often operates on control and oversight. Indigenous leaders are showing a different way – one rooted in trust and cultural vitality.

Julianna Smith 5/5/25 Julianna Smith 5/5/25

Four Bands Community Fund uses data to transform Indigenous finance

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT | Blending data with deep community knowledge, Four Bands is reshaping what lending looks like on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

Julianna Smith 10/17/24 Julianna Smith 10/17/24

Building financial capacity in Indigenous communities with NACDC Financial Services

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT | We talk with Angie Main, executive director of NACDC Financial Services, about her steadfast work addressing critical needs in Native financing on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.