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
What Our Partnership Journey Looks Like
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.
Let’s Talk About What You Need
Send us your needs and we’ll draft a custom proposal.