Financial Literacy Center

Empowering Navajo families through knowledge, confidence, and financial well-being.

The Financial Literacy Center is a new resource dedicated to helping Navajo people build strong money management skills. Here, you’ll find easy-to-understand videos, guides, and hands-on tutorials designed to support smart financial decisions at every stage of life. Whether you’re budgeting for your household, saving for the future, or learning how to use financial tools safely, this center provides the knowledge to help you succeed.

Financial Education Resources within the Navajo Nation

AISES | Advancing Indigenous People in STEM

Opportunities and Resources for Native Students in STEM

Youth Financial Education

American Indian Chamber of Commerce

We are a business chamber dedicated to advancing Native economic development rooted in tribal values, cultural preservation, and environmental sustainability.

Financial Capacity Building

Americans for Indian Opportunity

Advances, from an Indigenous worldview, the cultural, political and economic rights of Indigenous people in the United States and around the world.

Change Labs

We help Native entrepreneurs build what their communities need

Entrepreneur/small business programs

Dineh Chamber of Commerce

Driving Growth, Education, and Connection
Our mission is to promote community prosperity, advocate for local businesses, and be a central hub for economic development and collaboration.

Business development

Diné College

Diné College is the first tribally controlled and accredited collegiate institution in the United States.

First Nations Development Institute

Our mission is to uplift and sustain the lifeways and economies of Native communities through advocacy, financial support, and knowledge sharing.

Grants to nonprofits and tribes.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) Campus serves as a gathering place where Pueblo Culture is celebrated through creative and cultural experiences, while providing economic opportunities to Pueblo and local communities

Small Business support, food incubator, commercial kitchen

MASS Design Group

Research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity

Native Community Capital

Native Community Capital… partnering to build tribal economies.

Home loans, HO assistance fund

Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund

Long-term recovery programs advancing self-determination, food sovereignty, housing security, and cultural revitalization—our journey continues. We remain committed to building stronger, more resilient communities that are pandemic-proof and climate change resilient.

Housing rehabilitation

Navajo Townsite CDC

Providing affordable housing to the Navajo, NM community since 1989

Affordable housing, pocket parks, community development

New Mexico Community Capital

To activate life changing opportunities with Native communities to achieve economic sovereignty.

Small business support, financial education, entrepreneurship

NPH – Native Partnership for Housing

Offers a Home Buyer Education and Financial Fitness classes. Clients must be low income, enrolled in the Navajo Tribe, intake appointment available.

Financial Fitness classes for homebuying

Operation HOPE – Hope Inside Center

Our programs, delivered by Financial Wellbeing Coaches, are here to educate, coach, and connect you to resources. Programs and services are offered at no cost to clients.

Credit and Money Management

Red Feather Development Corporation

We envision a world where healthy and safe housing is available to all and we are all inspired to work collectively to create self-sustaining communities. We partner with Indigenous communities to develop and implement lasting and impactful housing solutions.

Healthy Home Energy & Safety Improvements

SNAC – SW Native Asset Coalition

To combat economic distress by providing culturally relevant education and access to asset-building strategies.

Financial education, financial coaching

Southwest Tribal Homeownership Coalition

To empower Tribal communities in the Southwest to help improve homeownership.

Affordable homeownership

University of AZ – Co-op (out of Tucson)

Built on relationships and local leadership, the Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program connects land-grant institutions, tribal colleges, and community partners to strengthen lives, livelihoods, and communities. Tribal Extension Agents are embedded within Native American communities, building trust and supporting the delivery of locally relevant and responsive programs.

Financial Health for Tribal Producers

UNM Rainforest Center

The New Mexico Tribal Entrepreneurship Enhancement Program (NMTEEP) has created broader opportunity, wealth and job growth through enhancing entrepreneurship in tribal communities throughout New Mexico.

Tribal Entrepreneurship

Oklahoma Native Asset Coalition (ONAC)

Build and support a network of Native people and others who are dedicated to increasing self-sufficiency and prosperity in their communities through the establishment of integrated culturally relevant financial education and financial coaching initiatives, as well as seed funded account programs, down payment assistance, free tax preparation, expanded banking access, and other asset-building strategies.

Financial education & asset building

President Buu Van Nygren

President Nygren