TRIBAL MINDS INC
EIN 85-2724658 · Cultural & Ethnic Awareness (A23)
What they do
WE HAD A MISSION to SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES THAT SUFFERED GREATLY FROM ENORMOUS DISPARITIES DURING AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS. WE SAW A NEED IN THE TRIBAL SPACE WHERE A THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATION COULD PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE and SKILLSET WHEN NEEDED THE MOST. IN OUR EFFORTS to BE KIND, CONSIDERATE, and VALUABLE, WE DISCOVERED A ROAD FULL of POSSIBILITIES and ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WINTER of UNCERTAINTY. AS A NATIVE-LED GRASSROOTS NONPROFIT IN NEVADA, WE TAKE A STATEWIDE APPROACH to THE WORK. THERE ARE 28 FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBES and COLONIES of NEVADA, ALL of WHOM WITH WHICH WE STRIVE to MAINTAIN and BUILD HEALTHY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS. TRIBAL MINDS AIMS to SPARK A MOVEMENT ACROSS NEVADA and WITHIN OTHER PARTS of INDIAN COUNTRY to CHALLENGE THE BUSINESS-AS-USUAL ATTITUDES of OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY SPACES, and INDUSTRY STANDARDS. OUR ORGANIZATION is SUPPORTED BY ITS FOUNDER, BRIAN BB MELENDEZ, ALONG WITH OUR BOARD of DIRECTORS ASSISTED BY A NETWORK of EXPERIENCED STA
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- 2155 GREEN VISTA DR STE 201, SPARKS, NV 89431-8512
- County
- Washoe
- In care of
- BRIAN MELENDEZ