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The Christensen Fund

$40.1M
in grants paid: 426
grants: 231
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$350,000
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2024
General support
$350,000
Indigenous Peoples Rights · West Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2024
General support
$325,000
Snowchange Cooperative · 2024
General support
$300,000
Rights and Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$300,000
Center for Research and Development in Drylands · 2024
General support
$300,000
Rudolf Steiner Foundation Dba Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for the pawanka fund
$280,000
Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives · 2024
Genral support
$260,000
Forest Peoples Programme · 2024
General support
$260,000
Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation · 2024
General support
$250,000
International Indian Treaty Council · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support to engage with the united nations environment programme (unep)
$250,000
Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Core support for the global alliance of territorial communities -- a fiscally sponsored project of the rainforest foundation, inc.
$250,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Tebtebba Foundation · 2024
General support
$250,000
Illuminative · Tusla, OK · 2024
General support
$250,000
Fondo Defensores Ac · 2024
General support
$250,000
Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for the tribal community vision partnership
$250,000
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility · 2024
General support
$250,000
International Indigenous Women'S Forum · 2024
General support
$250,000
International Indian Treaty Council · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General support
$240,000
Samburu Women Trust · 2024
General support
$230,000
Pastoralist Women for Health and Education · 2024
General support
$225,000
Law College Association of the University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support for the united nations special rapporteur
$220,000
The Pastoralists Indigenous Non Governmental Organization'S Forum (Pingo'S) · 2024
General support
$200,000
Legal Advice Centre · 2024
General support
$200,000
Kivulini Trust · 2024
General support
$200,000
Reseau Des Populations Autochtones Et Locales Pour La Gestion Durable Des E · 2024
General support
$200,000
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation · 2024
General support
$200,000
Namati · 2024
General support
$200,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for native organizers alliance -- a fiscally sponsored project of the alliance for a just society
$170,000
Solidaritas Masyarakat Adat Asia · 2024
General support
$160,000
Ogiek Peoples' Development Program · 2024
General support
$160,000
Friends of Lake Turkana Trust · 2024
General support
$150,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for native organizers alliance -- a fiscally-sponsored project of alliance for a just society
$150,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Support for initiatives in latin america
$150,000
Ujamaa Community Resource Team · 2024
General support
$150,000
Strategies for Northern Development · 2024
General support
$150,000
Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives (Dlci) · 2024
Promote networking and capacity-building of peoples toward implementing national policies for securing customary tenure, focusing on marsabit and isiolo counties in kenya.
$150,000
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2024
To enhance participation in united nations human rights processes
$150,000
Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara · 2024
General support
$150,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2024
Core support for an art program
$150,000
Colorado Plateau Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
General support
$150,000
Resource Conflict Institute · 2024
General support
$150,000
Dynamique Des Groupes De Peuples Autochtones · 2024
General support
$130,000
Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative · 2024
General support
$120,000
Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organizations · 2024
To enhance the pastoralist network in northeastern uganda and its cross-border collaboration with northern kenya.
$120,000
Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation Across Nations · 2024
General support
$120,000
Horn of Africa Development Initiative · 2024
Support of pastoralist communities in northern kenya.
$120,000
Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners · 2024
To support maasai pastoralists
$110,000
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation · 2024
Support for 2025 meeting in thailand
$110,000
North Eastern Province Aid · 2024
Facilitate dialogue amoung kenya's wajir county cross-border communities
$100,000
Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rapid response addressing the needs of communities affected by the fires in belize.
$100,000
Alliance of Local Communities in Hardship Areas · 2024
Support creation of multi-stakeholder platform to promote peoples in dabel artisanal mining sites.
$100,000
Indian Law Resource Center · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
$100,000
Yayasan Anak Dusun Papua · 2024
General support
$100,000
Indigenous Resource Management Organization-Iremo · 2024
General support
$100,000
Karamoja Herders of the Horn · 2024
To promote dialogue karamoja and turkana peoples
$100,000
Frontier Counties Development Council · 2024
Support for the frontier counties leaders conference 2024
$100,000
Asociacion Civil De Trabajo Socioambiental De La Amazonia Wataniba · 2024
General support
$100,000
Pastoral Women'S Council · 2024
General support
$100,000
Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme · 2024
Support for the dasanach people
$100,000
Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara · 2024
Promotion and defense of rights in the the philippines.
$100,000
Podaali - Fundo Indigena Da Amazonia Brasileira · 2024
General support
$80,000
Pueblo Originario Kichwa De Sarayaku · 2024
To increase dialogue with the kichwa people and the greater community
$80,000
Marsabit Women Advocacy and Development Organization · 2024
To document, celebrate, and promote pastoral cultural self-expressions
$80,000
Mongabay Org Corporation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
General support
$80,000
Indigenous Media Foundation · 2024
General support
$77,250
Impact Charitable · Denver, CO · 2024
Contribution to a special purpose fund
$75,000
If Not US Then Who · Venice, CA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
General support for the environmental defenders collaborative, fiscally sponsored by global greengrants fund, inc.
$75,000
The National Foundation On Fitness Sports and Nutrition · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for a sports gathering celebration designed to share the basic foundational principles of lacrosse.
$60,000
Pastoralists Peoples' Initiative · 2024
To support women's participation in decision-making processes, knowledge preservation, and cultural celebration within their community.
$60,000
Community Initiatives Facilitation and Assistance New Ethiopia · 2024
To support community resilience building, cross-border conflict resolution and fair use of natural resources in partnership with community institutions.
$55,000
Dynamic Agro Pastoralist Development Organisation · 2024
Support the pastoralists' land rights program in northeastern uganda .
$50,000
Business and Human Rights Resource Center · 2024
Support for april 2024 event
$50,000
Ardha Jabesa Foundation · 2024
To promote awareness of and support for customary tenure registration, community cohesion, and solidarity in isiolo south.
$50,000
Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation · 2024
General support
$45,000
Pastoralist Initiative Development Aid · 2024
Support the rehabilitation of degraded environments across the ethiopia-kenya border region
$45,000
Rebuilding Pastoralist Livelihoods · 2024
To enhance the resilience of pastoralist communities in marsabit south.
$35,000
Strategies for Northern Development · 2024
Address the emergency needs of pastoralists in northern kenya, which has been affected by years of droughts and a destructive flood.
$30,000
Land Is Life · New York, NY · 2024
Event support: cultural event and reception on the occasion of the 23rd session of a united nations permanent forum.
$30,000
Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara · 2024
Support for an aman-hosted international conference in indonesia in august 2024.
$30,000
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2024
Support for addressing opportunities in asia
$30,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Contribution to the christensen fund donor advised fund.
$30,000
Pastoral Women'S Council · 2024
Increase democractic participation in ngorongoro conservation area.
$25,000
Rainforest Foundation Norway · 2024
General support
$25,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Forest Peoples Programme · 2024
Support for peoples living in uganda.
$25,000
Asociacion Civil De Trabajo Socioambiental De La Amazonia Wataniba · 2024
Support and resilience building for peoples living in the amazon
$25,000
Ogiek Peoples' Development Program · 2024
Rapid response to recover and bolster opdp's office security systems
$25,000
La Plazita Institute · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Engage youth in a multi-media community-building program.
$22,000
Fundacion Pro Defensa De La Naturaleza Y Sus Derechos · 2024
Support for emergent actions for the protection of the pachamama.
$20,000
Labata Fantalle Organization · 2024
To enhance the resilience of the karrayyu community
$20,000
If Not US Then Who · Venice, CA · 2024
Support for the a partner gathering
$20,000
Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Synchronicity Earth USA · New York, NY · 2024
Rapid response following the rio grande do sul flooding affecting communities in southern brazil, including the commission guarani yvyrupa.
$15,000
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Muuch-Kambal · 2024
Support for the establishing meeting of the pan-peninsular maya alliance
$12,500
Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$12,000
Rights and Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Event on the importance of supporting communities in the congo basin.

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