Regenerative Agriculture Is Having a Moment. Here's How the Rockefeller Foundation's Pitching In

Regenerative Agriculture Is Having a Moment. Here's How the Rockefeller Foundation's Pitching In

With a new slate of grants, Rockefeller wants to scale up holistic agriculture practices to improve food production systems, mitigate climate change and help the planet heal — all while empowering Indigenous people.

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Six Questions for Michael Roberts, President and CEO of First Nations Development Institute

Six Questions for Michael Roberts, President and CEO of First Nations Development Institute

Michael Roberts heads First Nations Development Institute, which seeks to improve economic conditions for Native Americans. We chatted with him about the best advice he’s ever received, the perils of “racial equity fatigue,” and more.

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Foundations and Governments Pledged $1.7 Billion to Indigenous Land Protection. How Are They Doing?

Foundations and Governments Pledged $1.7 Billion to Indigenous Land Protection. How Are They Doing?

A pledge to help Indigenous people protect the world’s tropical forests is moving millions, but so far, most of the money isn’t going to Indigenous-led groups. Participants call it “quite alarming” and hope to see that change.

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How the American Indian College Fund is Strengthening Early Ed in Native Communities

How the American Indian College Fund is Strengthening Early Ed in Native Communities

The Bezos Family Foundation is the latest funder to throw its support behind an effort to strengthen early education in Native American communities. The place-based approach emphasizes local strengths and traditions.

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With a Higher Ed Partnership, a New Foundation Is Spotlighting Indigenous History and Culture

With a Higher Ed Partnership, a New Foundation Is Spotlighting Indigenous History and Culture

The Gochman Family Foundation is a new grantmaker founded in 2021. Here’s a look at how it’s joining forces with the Open Society Foundations to launch new Indigenous arts and history programs at Bard College.

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How MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett Center Native Communities in Their Equity Funding

How MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett Center Native Communities in Their Equity Funding

One thread that has run throughout MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett’s giving, from the first round up until the most recent, is support for Native American communities. Here’s a roundup of who they’ve backed and why.

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A Growing Number of Bay Area Foundations Are Paying “Land Taxes” to Native Peoples

A Growing Number of Bay Area Foundations Are Paying “Land Taxes” to Native Peoples

A small but rising number of foundations in California make annual contributions to the Native people whose traditional territory they work on. It’s a powerful form of reparative giving that’s popping up all over the country.

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MacKenzie Scott’s Green Giving Expands, Sending Millions to the Front Lines of Climate Change

MacKenzie Scott’s Green Giving Expands, Sending Millions to the Front Lines of Climate Change

MacKenzie Scott’s latest round of grants gave unprecedented, unrestricted resources to regranters working with marginalized communities confronting climate change globally. “It’s seismic,” said one grantee.

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Power Play: Here's a List of Top NHL Stars Who Give

Power Play: Here's a List of Top NHL Stars Who Give

Completing our round-up of philanthropy across all major American sports leagues, this time we look at the philanthropy of top NHL players. On our list are seven names to watch.

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Six Questions for Carla Fredericks, CEO of the Christensen Fund

Six Questions for Carla Fredericks, CEO of the Christensen Fund

The first-ever Native American leader of the Christensen Fund, Carla Fredericks is one of very few Indigenous leaders at a major private foundation. Read about her “really disruptive” vision for the fund and tips for philanthropy.

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This New Global Conservation Fund Aims to Move Dollars Directly to Indigenous Groups

This New Global Conservation Fund Aims to Move Dollars Directly to Indigenous Groups

Indigenous peoples have long received less than 1% of climate finance—with most such funding going to international NGOs. In the wake of two billion-dollar-plus pledges, a new fund is looking to change that reality.

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How Philanthropy Can Support Truth and Healing in Native American Communities

How Philanthropy Can Support Truth and Healing in Native American Communities

Edgar Villanueva of Decolonizing Wealth and Christina Snider, tribal advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom, explain philanthropy’s role in a historic reconciliation process between Native and non-Native people in California.

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Governments and Foundations Make $1.7 Billion Pledge for Indigenous Protection of Tropical Forests

Governments and Foundations Make $1.7 Billion Pledge for Indigenous Protection of Tropical Forests

Indigenous peoples are some of the world’s best land stewards, but receive a tiny fraction of related funding. Five nations and 17 funders are pledging a historic sum, although questions remain about where the money will go.

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Philanthropy Must Support Indigenous-Led Climate Solutions

Philanthropy Must Support Indigenous-Led Climate Solutions

As world leaders gather in Scotland this week for COP26, the heads of four funders that back Indigenous Peoples explain why it is so critical for the sector to increase support for Indigenous-led climate solutions.

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A Veteran in Native American Philanthropy and Advocacy Sees Progress. Will It Continue?

A Veteran in Native American Philanthropy and Advocacy Sees Progress. Will It Continue?

“Doors are opening” in philanthropy for Native Americans, says Sherry Salway Black, but there remains a massive funding gap. The 40-year champion of Native causes discusses her career and where the field is headed.

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“We Were Ready.” Behind the American Indian College Fund’s Impressive Fundraising Surge

“We Were Ready.” Behind the American Indian College Fund’s Impressive Fundraising Surge

The American Indian College Fund raised a record amount this year by showing how the pandemic is impacting Native American students. But fundraising head NancyJo Houk explains that fund’s success was years in the making.

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In the Latest Big Campus Environmental Gift, a Push to Cross Boundaries

In the Latest Big Campus Environmental Gift, a Push to Cross Boundaries

Higher ed donors are stepping up support for programs focused on conservation, climate change and other green issues. A donation for a new interdisciplinary center at William & Mary shows how such gifts can play out.

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