The Christensen Fund

What they fund

indigenousfiscallyrightssponsoredcorepeoplescommunitycommunities

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “coca” · $110,000

• $10,000

  Tsikini Ac · 2024

  Provide access to justice for the coca indigenous community of ayotitln in jalisco, mexico

• $50,000

  Community Agroecology Network · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

  Core support for the coca indigenous community of mezcala -- a fiscally-sponsored project of community agroecology network

• $50,000

  Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  Rapid response to address security threats to environmental defenders from the coca de mezcala indigenous community, lake chapala, mexico and the kichwa indigenous communities of napo province, ecuador.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Native Americans in Philanthropy7 grants · $1.9M
• Rainforest Foundation6 grants · $1.0M
• International Indian Treaty Council5 grants · $1.0M
• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs6 grants · $1.0M
• Fondo Defensores Ac4 grants · $890,000
• Indigenous Peoples Rights5 grants · $765,000
• Cultural Survival3 grants · $750,000
• Alliance for a Just Society4 grants · $750,000
• Native American Rights Fund2 grants · $750,000
• Land Is Life4 grants · $680,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 426 grants.

• $1.0M

  Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022

  Core support for the tribal nations biodiversity fund

• $500,000

  Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023

  Core support for the tribal nations biodiversity fund

• $500,000

  Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2022

  General support for the line of work that seeks to assist tribal nations in addressing the boarding school history, traumas, efforts toward truth and reconciliation, and, ultimately, a self-determinative approach toward… read allGeneral support for the line of work that seeks to assist tribal nations in addressing the boarding school history, traumas, efforts toward truth and reconciliation, and, ultimately, a self-determinative approach toward healing. less
• $400,000

  Servicios Integrales Emuri (Sine) Ac · 2023

  General support

• $400,000

  Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  Core support for the global alliance of territorial communities -- a fiscally sponsored project of the rainforest foundation, inc.

• $370,000

  Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

  General operating support

• $350,000

  Indigenous Peoples Rights · West Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2024

  General support

• $350,000

  International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2024

  General support

• $350,000

  Indigenous Peoples Rights · West Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2022

  General operating support

• $350,000

  International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2022

  General operating support

• $325,000

  Snowchange Cooperative · 2024

  General support

• $325,000

  Snowchange Cooperative · 2022

  General operating support

• $300,000

  Center for Research and Development in Drylands · 2024

  General support

• $300,000

  Rights and Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  General support

• $300,000

  Rudolf Steiner Foundation Dba Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Support for the pawanka fund

• $300,000

  Fondo Defensores Ac · 2023

  Support for the latin american observatory of indigenous rights and socioenvironmental conflicts -- a fiscally-sponsored project of fondo defensores ac

• $300,000

  Land Is Life · New York, NY · 2023

  General support

• $300,000

  National Congress of American Indians Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  General support

• $300,000

  Center for Research and Development in Drylands · 2022

  To generate data for evidence-based policymaking in support of the recognition of pastoralism as a viable livelihood system in the arid and semiarid rangelands of kenya and highlight the important contributions of indig… read allTo generate data for evidence-based policymaking in support of the recognition of pastoralism as a viable livelihood system in the arid and semiarid rangelands of kenya and highlight the important contributions of indigenous livestock-based economies to the national development agenda. less
• $300,000

  Land Is Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  General operating support

• $300,000

  National Congress of American Indians Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

  General operating support

• $300,000

  Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation · Honolulu, HI · 2022

  General operating support

• $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

• $260,000

  Forest Peoples Programme · 2022

  General operating support

• $250,000

  Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  Fondo Defensores Ac · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  Illuminative · Tusla, OK · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  International Indian Treaty Council · Tucson, AZ · 2024

  Support to engage with the united nations environment programme (unep)

• $250,000

  International Indian Treaty Council · Tucson, AZ · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  International Indigenous Women'S Forum · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  International Land and Forest Tenure Facility · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  Native Americans in Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024

  Support for the tribal community vision partnership

• $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

  Tebtebba Foundation · 2024

  General support

• $250,000

  Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023

  Core support for the decolonizing wealth project and liberated capital fund--a fiscally sponsored project of allied media projects.

• $250,000

  Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  General operating support

• $250,000

  Fondo Defensores Ac · 2023

  General support

• $250,000

  Illuminative · Tusla, OK · 2023

  General operating support for illumunative, a fiscally-sponsored project of new venture fund.

• $250,000

  International Indian Treaty Council · Tucson, CA · 2023

  General operating support

• $250,000

  Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023

  General support for the line of work that seeks to assist tribal nations in addressing the boarding school history, traumas, efforts toward truth and reconciliation, and, ultimately, a self-determinative approach toward… read allGeneral support for the line of work that seeks to assist tribal nations in addressing the boarding school history, traumas, efforts toward truth and reconciliation, and, ultimately, a self-determinative approach toward healing. less
• $250,000

  Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Core support for the global alliance of territorial communities -- a fiscally sponsored project of the rainforest foundation, inc.

• $250,000

  Somos Viento Ac · 2023

  To support a national network of indigenous women that uses research and advocacy to promote the recognition of indigenous women's rights in academia and decision-making spaces.

• $250,000

  Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  General operating support

• $250,000

  International Indian Treaty Council · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  General operating support

• $250,000

  International Land and Forest Tenure Facility · 2022

  General operating support

• $250,000

  Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2022

  General operating support

• $250,000

  Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2022

  General operating support

• $250,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  General operating support for illumunative, a fiscally-sponsored project of new venture fund.

• $250,000

  Organizacion Nacional Indigena De Colombia (Onic) · 2022

  General support

• $250,000

  Tebtebba Foundation · 2022

  General operating 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

• $210,000

  Impact Charitable · Denver, CO · 2023

  Contribution to the indigenous food pathways fund

• $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

• $200,000

  Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Kivulini Trust · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Legal Advice Centre · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Namati · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Reseau Des Populations Autochtones Et Locales Pour La Gestion Durable Des E · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2023

  General operating support for native organizers alliance -- a fiscally sponsored project of the alliance for a just society

• $200,000

  Kivulini Trust · 2023

  General support

• $200,000

  Tequio Juridico Ac · 2023

  General support

• $200,000

  Tribal Government of St Paul Island · Anchorage, AK · 2023

  To support the environmental preservation of regional alaskan native landscapes.

• $200,000

  Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2022

  General operating support for native organizers alliance -- a fiscally sponsored project of the alliance for a just society

• $200,000

  American Indian Science and Engineering Society · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

  General operating support

• $200,000

  Honor the Earth · Callaway, MN · 2022

  General operating support

• $200,000

  Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Little Canada, MN · 2022

  General operating support

• $200,000

  Instituto Mexicano De Desarrollo Comunitario Ac · 2022

  Support for fondo defensores, the 1st indigenous rights fund in mxico that will act as a hub for experts, building connections, networks, communications, and capacity to strengthen indigenous peoples' rights regarding t… read allSupport for fondo defensores, the 1st indigenous rights fund in mxico that will act as a hub for experts, building connections, networks, communications, and capacity to strengthen indigenous peoples' rights regarding their lands and territories. less
• $200,000

  Oweesta Corporation · Longmont, CO · 2022

  General operating support

• $190,000

  Kivulini Trust · 2022

  Mobilization ofcommunities towards peace and cohesionat the grass-root level to support the implementation of community land act 2016

• $185,000

  Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

  General support

• $180,000

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  Support for the research on tribally-led conservation carried out by the harvard project on american indian economic development at the harvard kennedy school.

• $170,000

  Solidaritas Masyarakat Adat Asia · 2024

  General support

• $170,000

  Acuavita Foundation · San Diego Ca, CA · 2023

  General support

• $160,000

  Friends of Lake Turkana Trust · 2024

  General support

• $160,000

  Ogiek Peoples' Development Program · 2024

  General support

• $160,000

  Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives (Dlci) · 2023

  General support

• $160,000

  Periodismo De Abajo Ac · 2023

  General support

• $160,000

  Redes Por La Diversidad Equidad Y Sustentabilidad Ac · 2023

  General support

• $160,000

  Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (Impa · 2022

  Establish partnerships with state agencies to promote the implementation of relevant legislation in support of secure resources rights in light of the community land act of 2016.

• $160,000

  Ogiek Peoples' Development Program · 2022

  General operating support

• $150,000

  Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara · 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

  Colorado Plateau Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024

  General support

• $150,000

  Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2024

  Core support for an art program

• $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

  Dynamique Des Groupes De Peuples Autochtones · 2024

  General support

• $150,000

  International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 2024

  To enhance participation in united nations human rights processes

• $150,000

  Resource Conflict Institute · 2024

  General support

• $150,000

  Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024

  Support for initiatives in latin america

• $150,000

  Strategies for Northern Development · 2024

  General support

• $150,000

  Ujamaa Community Resource Team · 2024

  General support

• $150,000

  Colorado Plateau Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023

  General support

• $150,000

  Consultoria Tecnica Comunitaria Ac · 2023

  General support

• $150,000

  Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2023

  Core support for the native american program

• $150,000

  Instituto Mexicano De Desarrollo Comunitario Ac · 2023

  General support

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