I had the privilege of attending the NAYA Homeownership Orientation last night .06.06.19 with about a dozen people. Superb program and I highly recommend this resource to all Portland residents who want to achieve the goal of home ownership. Kevin S. / Home Ownership Coordinator did an excellent job describing the process of financial preparation and a road map for success. The HUD Section 184 Home Loan Guarantee Program offers special resources to qualified applicants. Kudos to Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East for building and selling excellent starter homes for first time buyers. Best Home Buyers presentation that I have reviewed in the Portland Metro area in that past 12 months! Highly Recommended. *****Ten Stars*****

Morgan was awesome very professional and cared about helping us with our light bill. He took a big stress off us considering we are struggling financially.He returned calls right away when we left messages thanks Morgan

Everyone is helpful and nice. They seemed to be willing to go out of their way to help people out. Just ask someone for help and before you no it you have several people helping you.Its a nice place interesting, and supportive.

We where told they’d help with a small amount of utility money due to getting through to the voicemail like raffle setup they have, when we showed up the worker made up reasons why we can’t obtain help even after asking an insane amount of personal information prior to coming in, again they asked us everything and more prior to coming and and made us an appointment to come in and get a little help and once arriving we got turned away saying we won’t qualify. Simply terrible.. I hope to speak to some sort of supervisor but by the looks of the other reviews I think this is a trend of theirs that is untouched by any mgmt at all. Government funding huh ?.....

I got a food box here and they let me on their WiFi. I felt judged as I entered but by the time I left the feeling was gone. Pretty sparse food box but I am not complaining, I got food. Overall pretty good.

We love naya!! They are always there to help. I have been to ndn centers all over the country, and this is the only one that has so many different activities and programs going on. Thank you NAYA!

NOT a NATIVE organization!!! Absolutely NO PREFERENCE GIVEN TO NATIVES FOR SERVICES OR EMPLOYMENT.They dont return calls, etc. Check their charity rating and financials before giving.

Always love NAYA, such fun

Editing my review from a few years ago. BEWARE of Naya, they dont keep promises, they lie, and on top of everything they act superior to their clients. They promised to pay my rent and then didnt do it. This also happened a friend of mine. Then when you call them they dont return your calls.

Was told I was pick to get help then got my hopes to only find out after crying thinking I had some hope from not getting kicked out my place Christmas is 2 weeks away and I just lost my job to be told they cant help what was th e point of making me think I was going to be ok

NAYA lost $477,552 in Net Assets in FY 18. Cash increased to $1,005,362, however, the assets it holds for NVN, NUIFC, and Canoe Family totals $420,891, $428,667 is restricted for IDA matching funds, deferred revenue (advanced payments received) increased to $318,397, and $103,634 belongs to KSCH & Sawash. The Audit notes a deficit in the Sawash reserve account of $23,724 and ends with reporting 4 significant deficiencies relating to incorrect, conflicting & missing required financial policies, subrecipient monitoring, and revenue recognition (the deficiency on policies may have been corrected during FY 19).NAYA had a FY 17 loss of $446,073 and ended the year with a cash balance of $444,206. After subtracting IDA Matching Funds $345,393, amounts for the Fiscal Sponsorship arrangements with Native Voice Network (NVN) and National Urban Indian Family Coalition (NUIFC) $273,182, and amounts belonging to the two NAYA companies, Sawash & KSCH, that provide low-income affordable housing, it leaves a negative cash balance for general operations. Additionally, in 2019, NAYA is expected to make a large payment on LT debt in the amount of $805,128.Fundraising costs are increasing at a faster rate than the revenue they generate. FY 17 costs increased by $59,830 from the prior year while special events revenue only increased by $35,768.FY16: My rating isnt about the staff or community. I have family and close friends who work or are clients of NAYA. The rating is for the leadership. We have a good thing here, dont mess it up.NAYA lost $160,660 for the year, which is not too bad. However, taking a closer look, NAYA took out an additional $150,000 from its line of credit to max it out at $500,000 while total liabilities increased by over $425,000. They probably had to offset the Coalition of Communities of Color spin-off in which NAYA paid $201,800, and had to refund a prior-year grant award of $214,664.The cash balance, $915,997, is a decrease of $270,121 from the prior year. However, $357,642 is restricted to IDA accounts, $230,273 restricted to Fiscal Sponsorship arrangements with NVN and NUIFC, which doesnt leave much remaining if NVN & NUIFC both suddenly spun off as CCC had done.On another note, the financials disclose a Related-Party Transaction in which NAYA entered into a professional services agreement with a firm owned by one of its Board members. Costs under this agreement totaled $20,163 for 2016. It doesnt look like we can expect pro bono or much volunteer work from, the current Board. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, hope they leave some for the community.FY 14: NAYA lost almost $1.26 million as reported on its most recent publicly available tax return. The tax return shows that this loss was primarily financed with cash and debt. NAYA is a good resource for the Portland Native American Community and the NAYA Board is responsible for ensuring a sustainable future by protecting its assets and providing proper financial oversight.

Very helpful people

Took away our bb [baseball] fields and became possessive of the land wish we could get along