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Better Way Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 36-3608625 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $2.7M
- Grants reported
- 45
- Median grant
- $30K
- Future commitments
- $855K
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45 | $2.7M |
Where Better Way Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | Mashpee, MA | Cultural Curriculum for Weetumuw School and Beyond! | 2024 | $200K |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | American Indian Catholic Schools Network (AICSN) Support 2020-2024 | 2024 | $185K |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | Morton, MN | Transition Grant - Lower Sioux | 2024 | $160K |
| Hearts Gathered | Omak, WA | Building for the Future | 2024 | $150K |
| Oceti Sakowin Community Academy | Rapid City, SD | Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Community-based Indigenous Education | 2024 | $150K |
| Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation | Porcupine, SD | Transition Grant - Thunder Valley CDC | 2024 | $120K |
| Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network | Dodoma | Transition Grant - TECDEN | 2024 | $100K |
| Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee | Lawton, OK | Building the Capacity of CLCPC | 2024 | $100K |
| Tumaini Letu | Bukoba | Transition Grant - Tumaini Letu | 2024 | $100K |
| Keres Children's Learning Center | Cochiti Pueblo, NM | Indigenous Montessori Institute Strategic Growth Phase | 2024 | $100K |
| Mama's Hope Organization for Legal Assistance | Kagera | Transition Grant - MHOLA | 2024 | $100K |
| Montessori American Indian Childcare Center | St Paul, MN | Continuity, Growth & Vision | 2024 | $100K |
| Amani Girls Home | Mwanza | Transition Grant - AGH | 2024 | $100K |
| NACA-Inspired Schools Network | Albuquerque, NM | Expanding professional development & IECD programming | 2024 | $100K |
| Tanzania Home Economics Association | Mwanza | Transition Grant - TAHEA | 2024 | $100K |
| Wicoie Nandagikendan | Minneapolis, MN | Growing Wicoie Nandagikendan's Capacity for Continued Growth | 2024 | $100K |
| Red Cloud Indian School | Pine Ridge, SD | Truth & Healing Project - Part II | 2024 | $100K |
| Wicoie Nandagikendan | Minneapolis, MN | Growing Wicoie Nandagikendan's Capacity for Continued Growth | 2024 | $100K |
| St Joseph Mission School | San Fidel, NM | Shaping the Future of Indigenous Early Learning | 2024 | $80K |
| Saad K'idilye | Albuquerque, NM | Caretaker Language Apprentice Program | 2024 | $75K |
| De La Salle Blackfeet School | Browning, MT | Little Flower Academy Initiative | 2024 | $50K |
| St Augustine Indian Mission | Winnebago, NE | Community and Family Engagement and Healing | 2024 | $30K |
| St Mary's Mission School | Red Lake, MN | Expanding Donor Base and Increasing Donations Launch | 2024 | $30K |
| St Charles Catholic School | San Carlos, AZ | Apache Language and Cultural Program 2024-2025 | 2024 | $30K |
| St Anthony Indian Mission | Zuni, NM | Zuni Language & Culture Project 2024-2025 | 2024 | $30K |
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Better Way Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.