Our Projects and Process
*We uniquely fund Indigenous women led grassroots organizations .
We give small grants to small organizations to maximize impact.
We invest in new or under supported non-profit organizations (annual budgets under $1 Million).
Board Members invite proposals from qualified 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.
We offer 3 year general support grants.
We focus on Indigenous Women-led organizations
They Stand Up. Step Forward. Use Their Voices.
Collectively, they are changing the world.
Current Grant Partners
BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST
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CAMINOS DE ACCION
Caminos de Accion works in solidarity with Salvadorans to faciliate community organization in order to address locally identified challenges, including social, educational and health issues, with a focus on gender equality. We will provide them with general operating funds, as well as funds for their Farming for the Future program.
Lander, WY
www.caminosdeaccion.org
FUND FOR CONGOLESE WOMEN
FONDS POUR LES FEMMES CONGOLAISES (FFC)FFC, the only women’s fund in this country, is working to build communities in the Congo free from violence, where women and girls have rights to physical integrity and economic justice; where women participate in all levels of decision-making that affect their lives and communities. FFC is not only a funder of smaller CSOs but also serves to strengthen the technical and administrative capacity of beneficiary organizations.
Kinshasa, DRC
www.ffcrdc.org
ITINERANT UNIVERSITY OF HAITI
The mission of the Itinerant University of Haiti (UNITE in their Spanish and Kreyol acronym) to help Haitians – especially Haitian women – break free from their literal and figurative island. Their work addresses the problems of (a) mining and other damaging megaprojects; (b) Haitians’ historic and devastating isolation from Latin American movements; (c) the exclusion of Haitian women from political processes, both at the grassroots and nationally. We will support their new women’s program, addressing the set of barriers that Haitian women face in being actors in movements for change.Chiapas, Mexico and Haiti.no website yet; UniversityofResistanceinHaiti@gmail.com
NUEVA ESPERANZA
The mission of the Salvadoran General Circle (El Salvador Based) is to heal ourselves and our communities from some of the deep wounds of systemic violence, by building and nurturing a sisterhood of transformative community leaders through formal and informal praxis-based education in healing, peacebuilding, and group facilitation. The mission of the Decolonized Relationships Circle (US-based) is to support young women in healing themselves and their communities from the deep wounds of systemic violence, by encouraging North American communities responsible for a great deal of this violence to channel resources towards the healing and resiliency building efforts deemed most effective by the community-based, Salvadoran team. We are supporting their first salaried team member based in El Salvador.
Indiana and El Salvador
nuevaesperanzascholars.org
OMID FOUNDATION
The Omid Foundation strengthens the social, emotional, gender, educational, and economic competencies of marginalized young women in the Persian speaking world, providing them with opportunities to experience a full range of life options through self-empowerment, counseling, education, and training, so that they can overcome the traumas of their past, and not only rebuild their own lives but also play an important role in the transformation of the world around them. We are supporting their program to improve the reproductive health competencies of marginalized young women in Afghanistan.
Maryland, USA
https://omidfoundation.com
OUR INDIGENOUS LIFEWAYS
Grounded in traditional knowledge and wisdom, Our Indigenous Lifeways proactively utilizes modern tools and resources to help build individual and community capacity to restore health and balance for all people and our environment.
We are deeply rooted in the frontlines of activism, engaging with our communities in proactive response to climate adaptation; cultivating green pathways in local economic development; and building individual and community capacity.
New Mexico, USA
ROCK THE REZ
THIS GROUP
SACRED INDIGENOUS PRESERVATION
THIS GROUP
WILD ROSE CENTER
Located in a small community of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, this organization serves as a retreat and community resource center. Their work is to be an ambassador to Native culture, serve the people on the 2 nearby reservations, and protect lands, water and plants. Conscientiously responsive to community needs or requests, their offerings are diverse. They host healing retreats, book clubs, workshops for best land practices, as well as classes for cooking, harvesting and canning.
Busby, Montana
SEEDS OF HARMONY
The purpose of this Navajo organization is to care for the Earth, care for the people and share the bounty. This is achieved by empowering tribal communities to practice and maintain a sustainable and healthy way of life while learning from and teaching about local ecosystems as well as fostering respect and care for watersheds. They engage local communities to return back to a collective action network .The Navajo Nation is matrilineal and so it is mainly women who are assisted with the bureaucratic processes to obtain permits and conservation plans.
Navajo Nation
Round Rock, AZ
Grantee Partners "On the Ground"
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