In This Newsletter:

•  NAP News
•     Fall 2011 Regional Action Network Gatherings
•     Save the Date: 7th Annual Native Philanthropy Institute
• Call to Action
• Member News
• Philanthropy News
• Calendar
• Resources
• Ways to Support NAP

NAP NEWS
Regional Action Network Gatherings: Updated Schedule
All are encouraged to engage in this opportunity to join Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) board members and staff as they highlight opportunities for partnership, share resources and illustrate programs available through NAP that work to advance philanthropic practices grounded in Native values and traditions.  Registration is FREE.  If you would like to host an upcoming regional gathering please contact Crystal Pelchat via e-mail.

Regional Action Network Gatherings, date(s) and locations:

Northwest Region
Visit us at our booth during the NCAI Conference on October 30 - November 4.

Pacific Region  
December 1 (1/2 Day) in Oakland, CA at The California Endowment- Oakland Conference Center.
December 15 (1/2 Day) in Los Angeles, CA at The California Endowment.
 
Northeast Region
October 12 (1/2-Day) in Washington, D.C. at the National Congress of American Indians.
October 13 (1/2-Day) in New York, NY at the North Star Fund.

Southeast Region
Visit us at our booth during the USET Annual Conference on November 7 - 10.

Southwest Region
October 27 (1/2-Day) in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM at the Tamaya Hyatt Resort and Spa.
December 7 (1/2-Day) in Phoenix, AZ.  Looking for host.

Central Region
Late November (1/2-Days); looking for hosts in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

SAVE THE DATE! 7th Annual Native Philanthropy Institute
The 7th Annual Native Philanthropy Institute (NPI) will be April 26-27, 2012 in downtown Los Angeles. CA.  Held just prior to the 2012 Council on Foundations annual conference, Native Americans in Philanthropy will bring together members and allies from Tribal giving programs, foundations, affinity partners, and nonprofits to engage in dialogue, interaction, and co-learning.

The NPI will create opportunities for attendees to build new and deepen existing relationships; broaden and enhance the Native leadership pipeline; promote knowledge and resource sharing among attendees; highlight philanthropic and community partnerships; and explore intersections of identity and equity within diverse communities.  Breakout session tracks include leadership, strategic partnerships and capacity building.  NAP’s annual membership meeting, awards dinner and silent auction will also be on the program agenda.

We look forward to seeing you in downtown Los Angeles, CA on April 26-27, 2012.  More updates will be available in the November 2011 e-Newsletter!

CALL TO ACTION
Share Your Stories!
Do you have recent story of impact in Indian Country?
Native Americans in Philanthropy is asking you to help weave together the voices and stories about the positive impact being made in Indian Country.  We will highlight and share these stories on the NAP website, in our monthly E-Newsletters, at our regional gatherings and Native Philanthropy Institute.

Do you have a digital story?  Send us the video clip or link.
Do you have an oral/written story? Send us a podcast or download the form here and email it to Elaine Stephens.

Call To Action: Profiles on Native Leadership
In each e-newsletter, Native Americans in Philanthropy brings you profiles on Native American leaders that are impacting Indian country and helping to change the face of philanthropy.  The ‘Profiles on Native Leadership’ section serves as a spotlight for those people in hopes to bring awareness to their journey and their work in philanthropy.  Reading about other Native people’s paths and insight on philanthropy serves as a source of inspiration and bonds us together as a community by exchanging knowledge and advice.
 
So far, several members from NAP’s Board of Directors have been featured along with emerging and established philanthropic Native leaders around Minnesota.  With the second leg of our Regional Action Network tour currently in full effect, we would like to continue to broaden our profiles on a national level.

If you know of any leaders who might be interested in sharing their story, or if you yourself would like to be interviewed for a profile, please email us with a brief summary of who they are, why their story needs to be shared, and how best to contact them.

MEMBER NEWS
New & Renewed Members
NAP would like to take the time to recognize and welcome our new members and our recently renewed members.  Thank You!

Organizations
Land O’ Lakes Foundation

Announcing the 2011 Alston Bannerman Fellows
Center for Social Inclusion announced the selection of their 2011 Alston Bannerman Fellows. The Sabbatical Fellowship honors and supports longtime community organizers of color by giving them the resources they need to take time out for reflection and renewal.  Fellows receive a $25,000 award to take sabbaticals for three months or more.

Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) member, Barbara Poley was selected as one of the fellows.  Barbara is Executive Director of The Hopi Foundation, based on the Hopi reservation in Kykotsmovi, AZ.  She works to strengthen communities through collaborative and innovative programs that preserve and enhance the traditional Hopi way of life while helping indigenous people meet the challenges of the technological era.  These include community radio station KUYI; the Natwani Coalition, promoting traditional farming practices that create a path to a healthy lifestyle, and a program for emerging leaders.

Ain Dah Yung Center (ADYC) launches new Website
By: Deb Foster, Executive Director for ADYC
Greetings Friends and Community Partners…we at the Ain Dah Yung Center are very excited and pleased to launch our new website!

Our goals here were to provide a site that is user friendly and a great resource for youth, families, agencies, and businesses.  We also wanted to have lots of space to share the success stories of our young people and their families along with being able to showcase our fabulous partners.

A very special THANKS goes out to Buffalo Nickel Creative who spent hundreds of hours helping us to design this site. They were fabulous to work with!

 Please visit our new domain at adycenter.org.

Where’s your thank you?
Thank you to those who sent us a ‘Thank You’ in your Native language.  Here is what we have so far.  Is yours on the list?

Email the words thank you and the name of your tribe and language to Elaine.

PHILANTHROPY NEWS
First Nations Development Institute launches new online series on American Indian entrepreneurs to increase awareness on Native economic development  
LONGMONT, Colorado – First Nations Development Institute announces the launch of a new Native American entrepreneur online series to share success stories about American Indian business owners. Titled, “Native Entrepreneurs: Faces and Stories of Economic Development”, this series is dedicated to illustrating why healthy Native economies require innovative and successful entrepreneurs.

“With approximately 200,000 American Indian and Alaska Native owned businesses, Indian Country stands on the cusp of great economic change,” shared Michael E. Roberts, president of First Nations.  Roberts also discussed the importance of Native business owners, “When we talk about Native economies, I cannot help thinking about the importance of entrepreneurship as perhaps the only way for tribes to realize economic sovereignty.  Sovereignty gives us the freedom to set the economic course for our communities and our people.”

First Nations is launching the series by featuring Tocabe, which is the only Native American restaurant located in Denver, Colorado.  Co-owned by Ben Jacobs (Osage) and Matt Chandra, Tocabe specializes in contemporary American Indian cuisine by serving award-winning Indian tacos, along with other delicious Native foods.  Jacobs and Chandra are highlighted because of their vision as entrepreneurs to become the industry standard of Native cuisine.  They are great examples of what entrepreneurs can do when they have the resources necessary for effective business development.
Read more about the online series here.

CALENDAR
Non-profit Leadership & Management Training Opportunity
If you are passionate about leading your nonprofit organization to fulfill the mission and serve the community, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofit’s (MCN) Performance Management Leadership Institute is for you.  Join the 2012 Institute to gain skills and tools to become a more effective leader and to create a more dynamic organization.  At its core, the 9-month Performance Management Leadership Institute intertwines principles of nonprofit organizational management and leadership development into a training program that guides participants toward implementing a performance management system.  The Institute tuition is $2,250, but participants will be enrolled for free due to MCN’s generous funding partners.  The 9-month Institute is open to nonprofit staff or board members working in Northern or Central Minnesota.  The Institute will meet in the Brainerd/Little Falls area for monthly training and networking sessions, January through September 2012.
 
Come learn more about the 2012 Performance Management Leadership Institute by clicking here. There are seven statewide informational sessions or via webinar.  Decide if this is a good fit for you and your organization.

Application deadline is October 27, 2011.  The informational sessions are free; RSVP required. Or contact Paul Masiarchin at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, (651) 757-3087 or pmasiarchin@minnesotanonprofits.org.


Neighborhood Funders Group 2011 Annual Conference
October 25, 2011 thru Oct 27 at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa
1300 Tuyuna Trail in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

The Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) 2011 Conference, “Advancing Community Power through Culture, Equity and Justice,” will examine the roles culture, equity, and justice play in building community power for people in low- and moderate-income communities and the innovative ways philanthropy is helping to advance these issues.

The 2011 conference will also examine how philanthropy can act to influence these changes to create a more hopeful and just future.

Click here to register or visit www.nfg.org.


Southern Organizing Working Group Session
By Nat Williams for the Steering Committee
We encourage you to join us for a gathering of the Southern Organizing Working Group (SOWG) at this year’s Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) Conference in Albuquerque.  If you don’t plan to be at the Conference or can’t make our pre-conference session, we would like to share a little more about the Working Group and encourage your participation.

We are pleased to be hosting a pre-conference session on Tuesday morning, October 25th, from 8:30-11:30 a.m., and your presence would be a valuable addition to our work together.  During that session, we will spend some time orienting new and current members of the Working Group to our current efforts. This will be followed by the first of our Southern Social Justice Dialogue Series, entitled: “The Miners’ Canaries: The South and the Fate of the Nation.” Flozell Daniels at The Foundation for Louisiana will moderate a panel with a terrific group of guests from NC, Mississippi, and Florida representing powerful work throughout the region.  Perhaps most importantly, we will take time to discuss as a group your interests and concerns about the region, so that we can more actively collaborate.

We are extremely grateful to NFG for making this pre-conference session time and space available to SOWG.  The session description is on the NFG website, and you can read more about it here.

If you would like to join our efforts and/or learn more about SOWG, please contact Julie Mooney, our Coordinator, at southernorganizingworkinggroup@gmail.com or 919.698.7722.


2012 LGBTQ Grantmakers Retreat January 11th - January 14th
LGBTQ Grantology: It's All In the Mix
    * Cross-Issue Movement Building,
    * Grantmaking for Gender Justice.
    * Capacity Building for Sustainable & Effective Organizations & Alliances. and
    * Creating Opportunities for Collective Strategy & Action.

Please join Funders for LGBTQ Issues for four days of discussion, strategy, and knowledge sharing at our annual national retreat for LGBTQ grantmakers In January 2012.

Registration is open to representatives from any grantmaking entity or philanthropic infrastructure organization (e.g. board members, staff, grant advisory committee members, etc.).

When: 10am Wednesday January 11th - 2pm Saturday January 14th, 2012
Where: Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach, Florida.

Fore more information and conference registration, click here.


Hawai‘i People’s Fund Vision & Voice Expo for Community Change
Saturday, November 5, 2011
A Community Gathering for Justice featuring Emcee Kealoha

Price: Individual Seats from $60, Tables from $750
Location: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
2454 S. Beretania St. Honolulu
RSVP by October 21
Visit changenotcharity.org for more information.

For more events, visit our website.

RESOURCES

United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) Seeks Chief Executive Officer
Primary Function: To implement the strategic goals and objectives of the organization and provide direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization’s philosophy and mission.

Major Responsibilities: Oversees design, marketing, promotion, delivery and quality of programs, products and services; Recommends yearly budget for Trustees’ approval and prudently manages organization’s resources within those budget guidelines; Effectively manages the human resources of the organization according to authorized personnel policies and procedures; Serves as UNITY’s primary spokesperson; Manages fundraising planning and implementation efforts; Administers annual National UNITY Conferences.
For the full job description and how to apply, click here.

Program Director position for Bolder Giving, NY
Bolder Giving seeks nothing less than to shift the collective culture of giving. Our mission is to inspire and support people to give to their full lifetime potential. We challenge the norms and stereotypes that limit charitable giving through a two-pronged approach. The first is through Inspiration: We gather and share inspirational stories of bold giving from diverse people across the economic spectrum. The second is through Action: We develop tools and advice to help people translate that inspiration into actionable steps to transform their giving.

Bolder Giving seeks a talented and engaging Program Director to lead the organization’s programmatic work to promote greater philanthropy.  Start date: December 1, 2011. Application deadline: November 1, 2011. For the full job description and how to apply, click here.

For more resources from NAP, click here.
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WAYS TO SUPPORT NAP
There are a number of ways you can support NAP. There is something for every level of commitment. Here are just a few:
 
Membership - You can become a member of NAP with a level of your choosing. Individual gifts from members provide a large source of funding for general operating expenses such as our office space, phones, and other daily activities that are not always supported through grants.  Check out the benefits of membership here.
 
In-kind services/donations – Promote your business or products to Native communities. Donate your products or services to NAP for distribution at NAP events, programs attendees, and other opportunities.
 
Corporate and Foundation underwriting – NAP has a range of regional and national work that is sustained though programmatic-supported grants. If you are a funder and you are interested in partnering with NAP or would like to know more about the work NAP is doing, contact Elaine.
 
Major Giving – Individuals may offer unrestricted, philanthropic support in larger amounts (typically $1000+). Major gifts are the sustaining funds that often support the ongoing, strategic efforts of NAP’s work across the country.
 
Endowment – Your gift can be designated to go into the NAP Endowment.  Endowments are funds that are earmarked and invested as principal to remain intact in perpetuity to ensure the security and growth of NAP.
 
Planned Giving - You can leave a powerful legacy — to ensure the future financial stability of Native philanthropy in your community.
 
Volunteer activities – You can volunteer your time to NAP. Volunteer opportunities range from helping with mailings to leading panel discussions at events and organizing special events.
 
How will you support NAP?  Email us today.