Funding Philosophy

Our Funding Philosophy

The Haury Program seeks to model and share best practices in “university-embedded” and respectful “trust-based” philanthropy with Indigenous peoples, programs and Native Nations. This includes valuing our grantees and partners as knowledge-holders, and listening to their priorities and values. We build long-term relationships and trust, and do not grant and go. In all our funding, we encourage, expect, and model respectful engagement with tribal communities in research and projects, prioritize community-up solutions and co-creation, and request practicing reciprocity with Indigenous peoples and communities. We reduce the application and reporting burden, and focus on funding gaps as identified by our awardees.

In addition to funding, the Haury Program assists grantees and potential grantees by brokering new connections, activating grantee projects, building capacity of awardees (especially in working with other funders and communications), creating spaces and facilitating collective problem solving, as well as enhancing awardee projects with expertise and resources.

Read about Haury’s approach to trust-based philanthropy with Native Nations here.