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Change Labs receives grant from Target Foundation
An unrestricted contribution helps funds new ideas and initiatives.
Business incubator helps entrepreneurs lift up their communities
With its new cohort of twelve Indigenous entrepreneurs, the Change Labs incubator is seeing a new wave of ideas targeting the community success and wellbeing.
Kinship Lending welcomes 17 new Navajo and Hopi borrowers
Change Labs uses USDA funds to welcome 17 new Native American borrowers into its Kinship Lending program for business owners and nonprofit leaders on Navajo and Hopi land.
Change Labs graduate wins $500k grant
Nááts’íilid Initiative, an Indigenous-led, coalition-driven non-profit is awarded a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place Program.
Technology gaps aren’t stopping Navajo entrepreneurs
Change Labs and Nez Technologics teamed up with LISC and the Better Business Bureau to improve internet speeds and provide technology and digital training program for Navajo business owners.
2022 Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Nine incredible gifts from Native hands for the matriarchs in your life! Don’t forget to #BuyNative for Mother’s Day this year.
Kinship-inspired lending opportunities help small business in Indian Country
Change Labs' Kinship Lending Program helps Navajo and Hopi business owners find their way in an uncertain time, it also helps first-time borrowers learn the ins and outs of what it takes to have a loan and how to manage one.
Our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
#BuyNative this holiday season with our recommendations for gifts for all ages. We’ve scoured our community, Instagram, and Facebook for ideas, and here’s our top picks for fun and unique gifts made by Indigenous hands.
Change Labs hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new headquarters
Change Labs is celebrating a big win as we break ground on our new headquarters in Tuba City, Arizona.
Change Labs selected for national grant to advance economic mobility in communities of color
Grant enables funding to make local businesses in Tuba City more visible to non-locals
Native-led organizations secure $3 million to expand Native-led entrepreneurship support
Change Labs, Native Community Capital, Native Women Lead, and New Mexico Community Capital will launch a new entity to boost locally-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems and economic development in Southwestern Indigenous communities.
To’Nanees’Dizi Local Government approves Change Labs’ request for land
To’Nanees’Dizi Local Government leaders unanimously approve a Chapter Resolution providing a tract of land on Main Street in Tuba City for the new Change Labs Headquarters.
Wells Fargo and LISC support the digital needs of Native entrepreneurs
Wells Fargo and LISC award Change Labs with $110,000 to support Native entrepreneurs with business training and provide critical digital literacy programming.
Change Labs Incubator selects 12 Native Businesses for 2021 Spring Cohort
After a year of uncertainty for many businesses and entrepreneurs, Change Labs welcomes 12 new Native entrepreneurs who are ready to make a difference in their communities amid a pandemic.
2021 Mother’s Day gift guide
Honor the matriarchs in your family with Native-made gifts from Native-owned businesse
Change Labs Named Winner of the 2020 .ORG Impact Awards
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the People behind .ORG, today named Change Labs as one of the 10 winners of the 2nd annual .ORG Impact Awards.
Shop early and #BuyNative for the Holidays!
This holiday season, support Native-owned small businesses with your dollars. We’ve curated a list of inspired gift ideas from some of our favorite vendors!
New Art Installation Advocates for Infrastructure for Local Navajo Businesses
We partnered with Hundred Storms Creative, a Navajo-owned creative agency in Tuba City, to bring visibility to injustice. In late July they put up two biodegradable installations on one of the largest BIA buildings on Main Street and the vacant Van’s Trading Post on Highway 160.
From frybread making to construction work, why it’s difficult to start and grow a business on the Navajo Nation
New research ranks the Navajo Nation amongst the worst nations in the world for doing business.