While Native American communities are barely on the radars of philanthropists in many parts of the country, concerns about indigenous tribes are front-and-center for a select few funders who are in tune with local needs. For example, the Northwest Area Foundation (NAF)—which awards grants in an eight-state region that stretches from Minnesota to Washington, Washington—recently devoted 40 percent of its new grant dollars to Native-led organizations, which added up to 46 grants worth more than $5.