Give Holiday Gifts Via the Southwest Indian Foundation

Whether you are spending money for your business or your household, you can maximize
your expenditures by making them count for more than one purpose.

Part of being a savvy business owner is knowing how to spend your money wisely. For example, if you're in charge of the budget, and need to purchase Thank You gifts for your special customers, here's a way to make your money count thrice.

Once - > Your gift purchases can count as a tax-deductible donation!

Buy gifts from a charitable organization. Here's just one worthy example.

The Southwest Indian Foundation's mission is to lessen poverty and unemployment among the Indians of the Southwest through self-help initiatives and charitable donations. Their catalog of primarily handmade goods, filled with the beautiful artistry of the Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, Laguna, Acoma, and Apache tribes, is made with superior quality and craftsmanship. Their headquarters is located in Gallup, New Mexico.

Because they are a charitable organization, all your purchases are tax-deductible donations. Save money on your taxes, while wowing your customers with these memorable gifts.

Twice - -> All the items are handmade, increasing the self-reliance and personal dignity of many impoverished families.

Along with combating the Navajo Reservation's staggering 43% unemployment rate by providing jobs for Indian artisans, as well as the staff of the catalog, you are helping people maintain their self-reliance by purchasing gifts made on the Reservation.

They carry exquisite, original clothing from dresses to Pendleton coats, and their jewelry is made from silver and turquoise, along with many other natural gemstones. They have moccasins, leather purses and other leather accessories. Well-stocked with regional salsas and sauces, blue popcorn and gourmet pecans, they can even sell you "Kokopelli's Cook Book" to show you how to put it all together.

With everything from T-shirts to ceramic pottery, they offer something for the whole family.

Thrice - - > The profits are returned to the Reservation's community through the Southwest Indian Foundation's charitable donations. You are helping to rebuild lives, and save others.

In over thirty years, the Southwest Indian Foundation has donated over $902,000 to fifteen different schools, in the form of grants and tuition assistance for Native American children.

They have delivered 1,575 Christmas food baskets and 4,000 Christmas stockings to needy Indian families during the holidays, and continued to support the arts by offering nine scholarships totaling $25,000 to established Indian artists in the Gallup area.

Along with other assistance the Southwest Indian Foundation has built housing for the poor, and installed wood stoves in homes, providing heat and cooking fuel. They've contributed to the Emergency Charity Centers on the Navajo Reservation, and the Fighting Back in Tohatchi Youth Programs, designed to fight drug addiction and gang activities.

The Navajo Census fact box:

·43% of the labor force on the Navajo Reservation is unemployed.
·5% Navajo persons 25 years+ have completed four or more years of college.

·56 % of Indian persons on the Navajo reservation live below the poverty level.
·44% of Navajo persons 25 years+ do not have high-school diplomas.

·24% of Navajo persons 25 years+ have less than a ninth grade education.
·The average per capita income on the Navajo reservation is to $6,217 annually.

You can check out of their catalog online at
Southwest Indian Foundation.