By International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Staff “We are not small islands. We are a vast oceanscape,” said Maureen Penjueli at the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples’ Pacific Hui convening…
By Ashley Hernandez, Program Associate with International Funders for Indigenous Peoples In recent years, the funding sector has been more prominently embracing equity, justice and a human rights lens. Simultaneously,…
By International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Staff Indigenous women have made a vast imprint on global processes as change agents. This includes within their communities to secure collective rights of…
by Yumi Sera with Setareki Macanawai “Vanua is a traditional, indigenous concept embracing people and the land. It is how we in Fiji, and in much of the Pacific Islands,…
Steven Heim is a Managing Director at Boston Common Asset Management, an investment firm that targets global impact initiatives in pursuit of, both financial return and social change. Over the…
Based on an interview with Shaun Paul, CEO of Ejido Verde, a Mexican regenerative forestry initiative and former IFIP Board. Relationships and Reciprocity – two of 4 Rs (alongside respect,…
By Duncan Phillips, Vice President, Mitacs “The Mitacs collaborative web-based mapping tool project is partially funded by Mitsubishi Foundation for the Americas, an IFIP corporate funder member. Please read more about…
By Erika Edwards, Grant Maker, Charitable Giving, North America of LUSH FRESH HANDMADE COSMETICS and Ashley Hernandez, Program Associate of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Lush Handmade Cosmetics is a…
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) and The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (The Circle) jointly denounce the actions of the government of Philippines against a number…