The IHA Foundation.
A non-profit arm of Indigenous Healthcare Advancements, in formation. The three IHA pillars (Clinics, Technology, Consulting) generate the revenue that sustains the operational work. The Foundation is the counterweight: a non-profit vehicle for the work that does not belong inside a commercial relationship.
Some work should not require an invoice.
IHA's commercial pillars exist because tribal health operations cost money and the people running them deserve to be paid for it. Clinics, software, and consulting are businesses. They should be run like businesses.
But some of the most important work in tribal health communities does not fit that model. Grant-making for community initiatives, fiscal sponsorship for emerging tribal programs, support for cultural and food-sovereignty work, scholarships, community health research. This is the ground the Foundation is built to cover.
Specific programs, focus areas, and application processes will be announced as the Foundation formally launches. For now, what we can share is who will lead it.
Pui Reeves will lead the Foundation.
Pui Reeves will serve as Executive Director of the IHA Foundation on launch, continuing in her role as Chief Executive of Indigenous Healthcare Advancements. She brings over a decade of senior non-profit leadership to the role.
Her executive career has moved across the full range of human-services and community work: HIV and homeless services, YMCA community programming, University of Washington arts and theatre development, and agriculture and food-sovereignty initiatives. Government experience rounds out that portfolio, giving her a working knowledge of the policy, procurement, and funding infrastructure most non-profits have to navigate from the outside.
This breadth is what the Foundation needs. Tribal health philanthropy does not respect the usual sector boundaries. A foundation supporting tribal health has to understand clinical operations, cultural programs, food systems, housing, arts-based healing, and government contracting as one connected landscape, not as separate buckets. Pui has led in most of those sectors directly.
In formation. Intentionally.
The Foundation is being stood up carefully. That means 501(c)(3) filing, governance structure, initial board composition, program scope, and funding strategy are all getting worked out now rather than after launch. We would rather announce specific programs once they exist than pre-announce a vague mission and backfill.
Expect first formal communications by late 2026. Board composition will be announced alongside the operational launch.
Follow along as the Foundation launches.
IHA publishes news and announcements on the Insights page. Foundation-specific updates will show up there as they become public. For direct inquiries, partnership conversations, or press, write to info@indigenous.health with “Foundation” in the subject line.