Community Building


Native Arts


The Canoe Journey


Leadership


Philanthropy

Grants

Together, We Can Make Dreams Come True...

We can teach our children the language of their great-grandparents. We can build sea-going canoes and revive our traditions of potlatch. We can create art, and pass along our artistic traditions to the next generation.

It Simply Takes an Idea, a Group of People to Catch the Vision, and Sometimes, the Money to Make It Happen

You have the idea, and you have the community with the vision.

Potlatch Finds the Funds to Make Your Dream a Reality

Potlatch grants are open to any Tribe throughout Northwest Indian Country, in

  • Washington
  • Oregon
  • Idaho
  • Montana

Grants and awards are given for:

The Canoe Journey

OPEN: February 8, 2010 CLOSE: March 19, 2010 (Application)
Participants in the annual Northwest Canoe Journey gathering

Community Building

OPEN: March 8, 2010 CLOSE: April 16, 2010 (Tentative)
Groups working for our common good

Native Arts

OPEN: June 7, 2010 CLOSE: July 16, 2010 (Tentative)
Individual artists and arts organizations

 

Leadership

Honoring emerging leaders in economic development, civic participation, natural resource protection, education, and cultural preservation

Philanthropy

Honoring individuals and groups demonstrating the Potlatch spirit of giving