Helping Rebuild
Native America
General Mission Statement
To help further develop tribal communities through cooperative community-based projects and social events.
General Vision Statement
A lasting community partner on the Navajo Nation that is entrusted with the duty of helping build a Navajo workforce and a better Navajo community.
Nahata Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit organization located within the beautiful Navajo Nation and the Navajo Four Sacred Mountains, our goal is to "Help Rebuild Native America, One Project at a Time". Nahata Foundation, Inc. was established as a Non-Profit organization in 2016. We have accomplished many important projects since our establishment thanks largely to the partnerships we have made along the way.
Values
Nahata Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization designed to help create opportunity for the Navajo People by bringing resources directly into Navajo communities. The organization values the creation of opportunity through early outreach of Navajo youth by providing on-the-job training experiences. Quality work training is held to be the key that may unlock doors to prosperity for the Navajo People. Nahata Foundation, Inc. is an organization of Navajos helping Navajos reach their full potentials one-project-at-a-time.
Accomplishments from the last 10 Years
1. Helped award over $30,000.00 in scholarship funds to first generation Navajo college and technical training school students through the First Church of Wenham’s Lauren Swisher Memorial Scholarship Fund.
2. Assisted in renovation and weatherization of elder housing within Kayenta Chapter.
3. Awarded a USDA Housing Preservation Grant for revitalization of housing on the Navajo Nation.
4. Awarded a USDA Regional Business Development Grant for business development training on the Navajo Nation.
5. Assisted the Kayenta Farm Board with farm development projects in partnership with the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) and Wal-Mart.
"My grandchild education is the ladder, Tell our people to take it."
- Chief Manuelito (Navajo)
