Tyler Hurley is Tiwahe Foundation’s Director of Strategic Initiatives. He leads organization-wide project management and moves ideas from concept to implementation, aligning teams, timelines, and resources. Before this role, Tyler worked with Tiwahe for two years as a development and operations consultant before joining as the Strategic Communications Director in 2023. He continues to steward Tiwahe’s grant-seeking portfolio and develop key messaging about our growing work and impact. Over more than a decade in nonprofit management, Tyler has built partnerships and mobilized community resources to address complex challenges including chronic homelessness and food insecurity. He believes narrative work is essential to driving change and that we all benefit from uplifting Indigenous leadership and knowledge. His short documentary films examining how place and political histories shape lived experience have been featured by the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Docudays Human Rights Film Festival (Kyiv), and The Atlantic.

Personal Motto: “What is explained can be denied but what is felt cannot be forgotten.” (Charles Bowden) 

CONTACT ME FOR   

• Donations, sponsorships, or grant opportunities for Tiwahe 
• Resources for raising awareness of our work and impact 
• Deep discussions on Tiwahe’s unique value proposition in the field of philanthropy and beyond 
• Ways to get involved
  

3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ME    

• I can usually be found in my yard playing baseball with my two young sons.
• I spend a lot of time making soup. Let’s talk broth.
• I speak conversational Bulgarian after living there for three years with the Peace Corps. I hope to learn more Ojibwe this year.
  

POSITION & EDUCATION 

• Strategic Communications Director 
• MPA, University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  

EMAIL  [email protected]

PHONE 612-722-0999 

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