Four Years of Impact and Growth

In our recent Four-Year Reflection Report, SGF looked back on the work we’ve done and the impact we’ve had within the Indigenous community in the years since the COVID-19 crisis took hold. As others pulled back, we did our best to reach out. Our grantmaking grew, our Fellowships expanded, our Affiliates thrived, and when it was safe to gather together again, we did. Below is an excerpt regarding our impact and growth.

SGF was organized and founded to help bolster, provide advocacy to, and directly support the Indigenous Peoples movement. Over the four-year period from 2020 to 2024, we were able to back Indigenous Peoples projects and initiatives by providing over $17.3 million of direct support across 465 Nations and Peoples. 

At a time when so many nonprofits and philanthropies contracted and cut back on staff, we were able to grow our staff — adding seven new staff members — to be even more responsive to the ongoing needs of the communities we serve. Our current staff and board reflect the multiculturality and contemporary experience of Indigenous Peoples — from people impacted by the Indigenous diaspora of the south to those negatively impacted by federal Indian policy and tribal affiliations.

During this same period in time, our organization was able to purchase the Eagle Feather Center, which now serves as our headquarters in ancestral Wiyot homelands. We are thrilled to now have a home from which we can strengthen our capacity to continue being in alignment with the grassroots communities we serve. The Eagle Feather Center helps illuminate the path forward of Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty and self-determination, a path generated by the prayers of our Ancestors and the dreams of our founders.

If you’re interested in learning more about our work over the last four years, you can read the full Four-Year Reflection Report which goes into greater detail on the work we’ve been able to achieve.