Reimagining Philanthropy
Video created by Rucha Chitnis We are thrilled to launch our video, Reimagining Philanthropy, which highlights the critical need to indigenize philanthropy and support funds that are led by Indigenous Peoples…
Indigenous Funds are Changing the Conversation in Global Philanthropy
By IFIP Staff Since the implementation of our strategic framework, IFIP’s global community is growing. This includes Indigenous-led funds that are shaping the thinking on ‘Indigenous and Intercultural Philanthropy’. These…
Skill-sharing on Grantmaking – A Journey in Engaged Indigenous Philanthropy
By Miriam Anne Frank, Foundations Relations Manager, Amazon Watch In 2018, during an informal meeting between Leila Salazar-López, Amazon Watch’s (AW) Executive Director; Lourdes Inga, Executive Director of International Funders…
Lessons in Listening: Guidance from Indigenous Leaders
By Danielle Fuller-Wimbush, Director of Partner Support and Grantmaking, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). Please see the original version of this blog post at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)…
Language is born of land
By Sonja Swift, Co-director of the Windrose Fund, trustee for Swift Foundation and board member of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, Community Agroecology Network and Oakland Institute. When my Danish…
The power of participatory video and digital dictionaries in preserving Indigenous languages
by Nick Lunch, co-founder at InsightShare “We need to have our language back as a matter of pride, because if we don’t have our language, we are forever dependent on…
?así horįsha dëne: Indigenous Languages the Key to Solving the Climate Crisis
by Indigenous Climate Action staff At Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) we believe that Indigenous peoples are the keepers of valuable knowledge necessary to address the climate crisis and that by…
Indigenous Language, Climate Change & Forced Displacement
by Salote Soqo, Senior Partnership Officer, Climate Justice & Crisis Response, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) During the First Peoples Convening on Climate-Forced Displacement, which brought together over sixty First…
A Journey of Trust and Reciprocity: Philanthropy Voices for Equity
Photo Essay by Rucha Chitnis “The first step for philanthropists is to educate themselves and begin the process of decolonizing. There’s so much imposition of narratives and assumptions upon all…