Tribes & Native Organizations

Drake Grants & Consulting specializes in work with Tribes and Native-owned or operated institutions.


With more than six years of experience fundraising in Indian Country, Natasha has developed an extensive network of clients from across the United States.  She has worked with a diversity of federally-recognized Tribes, national Native nonprofits, and local organizations based on reservations.


Learn more about Natasha's specialized work below. 

Grant Training & Technical Assistance
Spotlight: First Nations Development Institute

In conjunction with FNDI, Natasha has hosted a variety of training and technical assistance webinars designed to assist Tribes and Native organizations with the grant development process. 

Ranging from large webcasts across the country to customized webinars for individual organizations, Natasha Drake Grants offers training and technical assistance for Tribes and Native organizations seeking to learn more about grant development.  

Grant Writing

Natasha works with a diversity of Tribes and Native organizations seeking to increase revenue and enhance donor relationships through grant writing.

In an effort to grow the internal capacity of client organizations, Natasha offers a flexible range of services--including co-writing work with small groups or those new to fundraising.  

Natasha serves as a lead grant writer for a variety of clients. She has experience writing multi-million federal grant requests, as well as proposals to foundations, corporations, and other private funders.

Check out the Grant Writing for Success Webinar hosted by Natasha Drake Grants & First Nations at:
http://www.firstnations.org/fnk

Donor Research

Finding the right funder for work with a Tribe or Native organization is just as important as the proposal itself. 

In addition to writing grant applications, Natasha also specializes in targeted donor research. Utilizing an extensive network of databases and years of experience as a researcher, Natasha assists Tribes and Native organizations with securing lists of suitable donors for general funding and different project focus areas.