Seva Foundation partners with Native Americans working to build healthy communities, sustain their culture, and protect sacred lands and the environment. We began in 1982, when we helped establish the Porcupine Clinic on the Pine Ridge Reservation — the first Native American-operated health clinic in the country.
Our support is vital — Native American causes and concerns receive only 0.3 percent of the total grant dollars given by U.S. foundations, even though Native communities are in great need.
After suffering years of cultural devastation, extreme poverty is widespread among Native American communities, and Native people suffer the worst health outcomes and lowest life expectancy rate of any population group in the United States.
Seva is working with Native communities to change the situation through two important initiatives: our Grants Program and our Diabetes Wellness Program.
