Partner With Us

We’re a Native-led nonprofit delivering financial empowerment, credit counseling, and relational-based lending to tribal communities. We don’t do one-session-and-a-certificate. We do extended technical assistance, and we stay until the job is done.

The Access Gap Is Real

Tribal communities face a credit desert. Predatory lenders surround our communities while banks pull out. 95% of tribal lands are held in federal trust and can’t be used as collateral. Traditional lending criteria — character, capital, capability, cash, and collateral — create immediate failure for most tribal community members.

The result: wealth extraction, not wealth building. Families turn to pawn shops, signature lenders, and pre-season tax loans. Cultural identity gets put at risk to cover household expenses.

SWNAC exists to change that math.

Results That Make Your Investment Visible

941

Participants served in 9 months

70%

Average DTI ratio at intake

15+

Active predatory accounts per community member

Documented outcomes: 99% DTI reduced to 20%. A gym tripled in size. Families moved from collections to financial stability.

Our trust-based model gets community members to engage in ways that transactional programs cannot. We are Native-led, community-embedded, and accountable to the people we serve.

What a Partnership Looks Like Our Journey So Far

We offer fee-for-service technical assistance for TDHEs, financial institutions, and organizations. That includes financial empowerment programming, credit counseling, and community-based outreach tailored to your population.

We don’t use a template. We sit down with you, learn your needs, and build a custom proposal that fits. Whether it’s a chapter house workshop series or a full-scale community lending program, we design it around your people and your goals.

What we bring: 20+ years banking and finance experience. On-the-ground, in-person delivery inside tribal communities. Culturally grounded curriculum and materials. A kinship approach that builds trust and sustained engagement.

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Let’s Talk About What You Need

Send us your needs and we’ll draft a custom proposal.

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mlee@swnativeassets.com
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