Wisteqn'eemit Fund
(Wiss-tack-nammit)
Nez Perce Giving & Sharing
Wisteqn’eemit fund embodies the Nez Perce Tribe’s long history of giving and sharing as the way one interacts with people, place, and natural resources.
People &
Community
Working to benefit Tribal members' quality of life in their communities.
Arts &
Culture
Working to benefit Tribal tradition, past and present.
Nature &
Environment
Working to benefit our natural resources.
An anonymous benefactor has made a generous donation of $50,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe Biocontrol Center. The Center plans to utilize a large portion of the funds to replace the climate controller along with other upgrades to their greenhouses. The Center is still determining how best to utilize the remainder of the funds. “We are very grateful for this extremely generous gift. It will greatly aid in supporting our mission to help restore traditional hunting and gathering grounds for the Nez Perce People as well as to benefit the larger Inland Northwest community by fighting invasive weeds, which are a widespread problem in our region.”- Levi Pinkham, Coordinator, Nez Perce Biocontrol Center. The Nez Perce Tribe Biocontrol Center, located in Lapwai,…
Latest Projects
Working to embrace the Nez Perce community and culture and to help fill funding gaps for important Tribal programs and services.
Giving & Sharing the Nez Perce Way
With years of experience in government, finance, and nonprofits, we are a 501(c)(3) organization created to benefit and provide assistance to the Tribal community capital through fiscal sponsorship, technical assistance, and collaboration for projects and programs of the Tribal community.