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The NABI Foundation is committed to using sports to encourage Native American youth to further their education by exposing them to colleges, creating scholarship opportunities and granting scholarships to support them through their journey.
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Profound Impact NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. The NABI Foundation has served over 20,000 Native American Youth since its inception in 2003.
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Executive Board Ernie Stevens, Jr. III – Board Chairman Chairman/National Indian Gaming Association Ralph Marchetta – Vice Chairman Sr. Vice President Phoenix Suns & General Manager/Talking Stick Resort Arena Corrine Wilson – Board Member Treasurer/Principal/REDW LLC Jason Coochwytewa – Board Member Owner & President/Red Note, Inc. Michael Crabtree – Board Member Sr. Enterprise Account – Executive/Adobe
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Advisory Board Mark West Former NBA Player & Vice President of Player Programs – Phoenix Suns A.C. Green, Jr. Former NBA Player & NBA “Iron Man” & Founder of the A.C. Green Youth Foundation Brent Cahwee Co-founder & President of NDNSports.com Ann Marie Antone Ak-Chin Indian Community Council Member Donnie Nunez Pac-12 NCAA Official’s Evaluator
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NABI Foundation Major Sponsors
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Measurables to Mitigate
Diabetes National Average: 35% Native Average: 63% Poverty National Average 13% Native Average: 29% High School Graduates National Average: 82% Native Youth Average: 65% Suicide National Average: 8% Native Americans (Ages 10 – 24): 15%
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High School Graduation Rate
Student-athletes who compete in the NABI Tournament must be enrolled in a High School program to participate, a factor proven to have a positive and encouraging impact on NABI participants to complete his/her High School education.
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Financial Support The NABI Foundation has provided collegiate funding for over 200 student-athletes since the Foundation’s inception in 2003, which includes over $250,000 in scholarship funds.
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Collegiate Effect The Foundation’s new focus is to enhance educational opportunities through the Tournament as a tool to inspire and create college opportunities Left to Right: Adrianna Haozous | San Carlos Apache | Phoenix College Sophia Anaya | Navajo | Cochise College Mya Timms | Hopi | Phoenix College
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Collegiate Effect The Tournament attracts approximately Junior College and Tribal University Recruiters to scout participants. This is a great introduction to college basketball, with an opportunity to possibly transfer to Division I or II play. Ramona Tsosie (Navajo) | Precious Jose (Tohono O’odham, Gila River) | Rebecca Hererra (Navajo) | Idalis Galindo (Tohono O’odham) | Caronda Yazzie (Navajo) “NABI use to be a well-kept secret where I can find great players, now the word is out and I have to compete with other colleges!” -Matthew Vargas, Tohono O’odham Community College Basketball Coach, 2017
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A Foundation Dedicated to Programs
Annual Budget $450,000 - $500,000 Revenue Sponsorships & Small Grants: 75% Registration Fees, Products Sales, Entry Fees, and Golf Tournament: 25% Expense Programs: 83% Administrative & Fundraising: 17% Paid Staff: 3 full-time; 1 part-time Data can be accessed via the Annual Federal Tax Report at (NABI Foundation 990).
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A Foundation Built on Success
Haskell University has been one of the strongest recruiting programs since the Foundation’s inception in 2003. In 2010, Haskell’s Women’s Basketball team advanced to their first Championship game in school history with a team predominately comprised of NABI alumni. Fittingly, the late Coach Phil Homeratha contributed their success to recruiting talent from NABI. In 2011 the NABI Leadership Award was renamed to the Phil Homeratha Leadership Award to honor Coach Phil Homeratha
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Geographical Impact 300+ Tribes Represented 30+ States
Including Countries New Zealand & Canada NABI Represented States New Zealand
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2017 TRIBAL REPRESENTATION
Ak-Chin Indian Community Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Haida Akiak Native Community Chickasaw Crow Tribe Hidatsa Alaskan Native Chippewa Cree Tribe Deleware Nation Ho Chuck Aleut Choctaw Diegueno Hopi Aniak Traditional Council Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribe Hualapai Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Coeur D'Alene Tribe Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Jemez Pueblo Arikara Nation Colorado River Indian Tribes Eastern Shoshone Jicarilla Apache Assiniboine Colville Confederated Tribes Elem Pomo Tribe Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Bad River Tribe Commanche Nation Fort Duchesne Ute Kiowa Tribe Bering Straits Native Corportation Confederated Salish Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Kitasoo Nation Bishop Paiute Tribe Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Kitasoo Xai'xais Blackfeet Nation Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Fort Mohave Indian Tribe Klamath Tribe Cayuse Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Ft. Hall Shoshone Bannock Kootenai Tribes Cherokee Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Oregon Gila River Indian Community Kuskokwim Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Cree Gros-Ventre Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
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2017 TRIBAL REPRESENTATION
Laguna Pueblo Muskogee Creek Nation Nuxalk Nation Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Lakota Sioux Native Village of Savoonga Ngahi Rauhaura Pueblo de San Ildefonso Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Native Village of Shaktoolik Ngati Ira Puyallup Tribe of Indians Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Navajo Nation Oglala Lakota Sioux Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Lower Sioux Indian Community Nebraska Ponca Ohkay Owingeh Quechan Indian Tribe Lummi Nation Nez Perce Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Quinault Makah Tribe Nga Puhi Oneida Nation Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Mandan Ngati Kahu Organized Village of Kwethluk Reno Sparks Indian Colony Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians Ngati Kahungunu Otoe Missouria Tribe Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians Mescalero Apache Ngati Poron Owyhee Shoshone-Paiute Tribe Rosebud Sioux Tribe Meskwaki Ngati Porou Pascua Yaqui Tribe Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma MHA Nation Ngati Rankawa Pawnee Nation Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Nome Eskimo Community Pechanga San Carlos Apache Tribe Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Northern Arapaho Pit River San Felipe Pueblo Muckleshoot Northern Cheyenne Ponca Tribe San Ildefonso Pueblo
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2017 TRIBAL REPRESENTATION
Santa Ysabel Taos Wichita Tribes of Oklahoma Santee Sioux Nation Taranaki Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Santo Domingo Pueblo Te Rarawa Wintu Saulteaux Cree Tesuque Pueblo Yakama Nation Scammon Bay Tohono O'odham Nation Yankton Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma Tonto Apache Tribe Yavapai-Apache Nation Seneca Nation of Indians Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Yavapai-Prescott Tribe Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation Umatilla Yerington Paiute Tribe Seminole Tribe of Florida Viejas Zuni Pueblo Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Wailacki Sitnasnak Walla Walla Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe Warm Springs Spokane Tribe Wasco Standing Rock Sioux Tribe White Earth Tainui White Mountain Apache Tribe
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