Akiptan is seeking separate sealed proposals for

2025 Akiptan Strategic Planning Project

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Akiptan is a Native American Community Development Financial Institution working for Native American agricultural producers.  Akiptan is a current staff of 15 (both full-time and part-time) with more hires coming in the near future.  Employees are located both in-the-office in Eagle Butte, SD and throughout the USA in remote work locations. The organization has grown immensely in the past two years both in employees as well as clients and funds. The client's Akiptan serves are focused in agriculture and agri-businesses uplifting the Native food economies. Partners that support Akiptan include a broad range of stakeholders including Native CDFI’s, government, community-based organizations, policy makers, business leaders and Native American agricultural advocates. The group works together to strengthen Native agricultural community capacity through patient capital, technical assistance and relational lending. In addition to lending and educational programming, Akiptan is focusing on using our 5 years of data to prove our Theory of Change. Akiptan’s Theory of Change is that utilizing patient capital, one-to-one technical assistance and building relationships with clients supports a stronger business model with higher repayment ability for our Native American agricultural system and having that guide our 5 year strategic plan.

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Request for Proposal Issuance: October 1, 2024 

​Request for Proposal Due Date: October 30, 2024 at 5 pm MST