Our Mission

The mission of the ATNI Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is to act on the member tribes behalf with respect to income producing enterprises collectively owned by the tribes, providing economic development as a separate and distinct entity from the tribal governments.

Our primary purposes are:

• To develop tribal resources in an orderly manner and to maximize shareholder (member tribe) wealth derived from such resources on behalf of the member tribes.
   
• To assist the professionalization of ATNI member tribe’s enterprise management.
   
• To provide opportunities for investing tribal (member tribe) and corporate resources in future enterprises based on viability, feasibility, efficiency, profitability and sustainability, and placing emphasis on specific projects (i.e. tourism, forestry, housing, and gaming).
   
• To generate surplus revenue inuring to the benefit of the corporation with surplus revenues used to provide necessary ATNI governmental services to member tribes.
   
• To improve the flow of capital to tribal-owned enterprises from all sectors of the capital market.

Our customers are:

• Tribal Governments and Tribal Enterprises looking for financial resources and technical assistance.

• Financial Services Organizations looking to make investments or develop economic partnerships in Indian Country.

• State and Federal Agencies and Non-profit Organizations (NGOs) whose missions include business, economic, or community development partnerships with Indian Country.

• Commercial Sector Organizations who want to do business in Indian Country.

• Local non-tribal governments that want to work more closely with tribal governments.

Our principle products are:

• Bank Lending to establish effective communication, speed up the loan process, and increase cost effectiveness.

• Gap Financing/Revolving Loan Fund that is flexible to market demand, sufficiently autonomous, promotes both inter and intra-tribal partnerships, with an emphasis on value added to tribal production, and export from reservation lands.

• Equity Funding to find and facilitate equity investment and development of a venture capital company.

• Bond Financing to educate underwriters/lawyers of how business works in Indian Country, educate tribes on how they can use bond financing, and establish tribal relations with bond underwriters.

• Program Development Services to develop and coordinate programs that support individual member tribes' economic development priorities, while promoting regional collaboration between ATNI member tribes on economic development efforts related to governance, tourism, energy, telecommunications, technology and transportation.

• Management Services to strengthen management in tribally owned businesses, technical assistance to businesses, including executive recruitment, participation on boards of tribal enterprises, loaned executive programs, financial management services, management and operational audits for tribal enterprises.

• Joint Venture Partnership to facilitate joint venture relationships between Tribes and the private sector.