What Partnership With Native Americans does

Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1990 and headquartered in Addison, Texas, with a regional office in Rapid City, South Dakota. Its mission is to deliver relief, education, health, food, holiday, and animal welfare services to Native American communities on remote, isolated, and impoverished reservations across the Northern Plains (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Washington) and the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico). Service delivery is executed through a distributed model of local volunteer Program Partners embedded within reservation communities, with PWNA providing funding, supplies, and operational coordination rather than direct field staffing in most cases.

The organization operates eight branded programs (American Indian Education Fund, Native American Aid, Navajo Relief Fund, Northern Plains Reservation Aid, Reservation Animal Rescue, Sioux Nation Relief Fund, Southwest Indian Relief Council, and Southwest Reservation Aid), each registered as a trademark, organized under six core service pillars: Food & Water, Emergency Services, Education, Health, Holiday Support, and Animal Welfare. The underlying technology stack is minimal and mission-aligned: an online donation portal (secure.nativepartnership.org) backed by SSL encryption and PCI DSS-compliant payment processing, supplemented by a peer-to-peer fundraising presence on JustGiving and an awareness content platform (NativeAware). There is no proprietary software product, mobile application, API, or SDK; the technology serves fundraising rather than program delivery.

PWNA's revenue model is entirely donation-based, spanning seven streams: individual donations (one-time and monthly recurring), corporate matching gifts, foundation grants, the Combined Federal Campaign, gifts-in-kind, planned giving (bequests, retirement plan designations, donor-advised funds, stock gifts, annuities), and peer-to-peer fundraising. Specific revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Governance is exercised through a board of directors with explicit tribal representation (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Cherokee Nation, Gros Ventre/Aaniiih Tribe, Puyallup Tribe), and the organization is led by President & CEO Josh Arce, a citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation who joined in January 2020.

Name

Partnership With Native Americans

Legal name

Partnership With Native Americans

Website

https://nativepartnership.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Tribal Aid Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Federated Giving Organizations (e.g., United Way-type) (BPAGAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Intergovernmental Affairs & Federal Grants Administration (BPAIAAAC)

Keywords

• Nonprofit tribal aid
• Reservation community support
• Native American relief services
• Food and emergency assistance
• Tribal education funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Addison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals supporting Native American communities on reservations
2. Corporate Matching Gifts: Corporate matching gift programs where employers match employee donations
3. Grants: Grant funding from foundations and organizations supporting Native American causes
4. Combined Federal Campaign: Federal employee workplace giving through the Combined Federal Campaign program
5. Gifts-In-Kind: Non-cash donations of goods and supplies integral to meeting needs in remote Tribal communities
6. Planned Giving: Bequests, life insurance, retirement plan designations, donor-advised funds, donation of stock, and gift annuities
7. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: Individual supporters raising funds on behalf of PWNA through personal fundraising campaigns

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that delivers food, water, emergency, education, health, holiday, and animal welfare services to Native Americans living on remote, isolated, and impoverished reservations in the Northern Plains and Southwest regions of the United States. Services are channeled through a network of local volunteer Program Partners who distribute aid within their communities, and operations are funded through individual donations, corporate matching gifts, grants, gifts-in-kind, and federal workplace giving.

Product overview

Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates as a collection of service programs rather than a unified technology product. The organization provides a portfolio of eight distinct programs: American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) for educational support; Northern Plains Reservation Aid (NPRA), Southwest Reservation Aid (SWRA), Native American Aid (NAA), Sioux Nation Relief Fund (SNRF), Navajo Relief Fund (NRF), Southwest Indian Relief Council (SWIRC) for food, health, emergency, and holiday support; and Reservation Animal Rescue (RAR) for animal welfare. These programs are delivered through six core service pillars: Food & Water, Emergency Services, Education, Health, Holiday Support, and Animal Welfare. PWNA also runs the NativeAware awareness campaign. The organization serves remote reservation communities in the Northern Plains (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Washington) and Southwest regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• American Indian Education Fund (AIEF)

Quantifiable outcome

• In 2019, nearly one in six AIAN families (16%) were living below the federal poverty level
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Humane World for AnimalsnotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 April 2026Humane World for Animals announced Partnership With Native Americans as the nominating organization for Chantal Wadsworth as the 2026 More Than a Pet Community Hero Award winner. PWNA will receive a $10,000 grant to continue supporting pets and families in underserved communities. The award recognizes grassroots leaders addressing barriers to pet care in areas facing resource shortages.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest U.S. hunger-relief nonprofit with extensive food distribution infrastructure — analogous to PWNA's food and water service pillar but operating nationally rather than reservation-specific.
• United Way: Federated giving organization running the Combined Federal Campaign and aggregating donations across multiple causes — directly comparable to PWNA's federated, multi-program structure and CFC participation.
• National Council of Urban Indian Health: National advocacy and support organization for urban Indian health programs, sharing PWNA's health-programming focus but serving urban rather than reservation populations.

Emerging players

• American Indian Graduate Center: Nonprofit providing scholarships and fellowships to Native American students, comparable to PWNA's AIEF scholarship component with a narrower educational focus.
• National Indian Education Association: Membership-based organization advocating for Native American education policy and resources, partially overlapping with PWNA's AIEF scholarship and education programming.

Direct peers

• Native American Rights Fund: National nonprofit providing legal advocacy for Native American tribes and communities, sharing the same beneficiary population and major-donor fundraising channels as PWNA.
• American Indian College Fund: National nonprofit providing scholarships and educational support to Native American students — directly comparable to PWNA's AIEF program and overlapping donor audience in Indian Country.
• First Nations Development Institute: Native-led nonprofit focused on economic development, food sovereignty, and grantmaking for Native communities — closely aligned with PWNA's mission and multi-program structure.
• Running Strong for American Indian Youth: 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting Native American youth and families with food, water, and youth programming on reservations, sharing a similar Program Partner distribution model with PWNA.
• Notah Begay III Foundation: Native-led nonprofit investing in Native American youth through health, education, and sports programming — comparable in scope, beneficiary focus, and grantmaking approach to PWNA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nativepartners
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/NativepartnershipOrg4hope/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/nativepartnership
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/partnership-with-native-americans
• Instagraminstagram.com/pwna4hope

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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