Title: Executive director, Native Ways Federation
Education: B.A., history and American Indian studies, University of Minnesota; J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
Native Ways Federation Executive Director Carly Bad Heart Bull is working to encourage greater and more effective philanthropic support for American Indian communities.
While American Indians account for 2% of U.S. population, less than half a percent of philanthropic dollars go to Native communities. Many of the larger grants intended for Indian Country “overwhelmingly go to non-Native organizations and institutions,” Bad Heart Bull said.
The St. Paul-based Native Ways Federation, composed of seven national Native nonprofit organizations, seeks to activate and expand informed giving to Native nonprofits in Indian Country through donor education and advocacy, Bad Heart Bull said.