In 2015, Keepers of the Earth Fund awarded its first grants supporting community-led Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Self-Governance strategies, established three Shareholder Advocacy Leadership Training Centers, and funded a variety of Indigenous values-based community development projects.
In 2016, Keepers of the Earth Fund awarded 33 grants totaling $229,150. Three of these grants were awarded for the continued operations of three established Shareholder Advocacy Leadership Training (SALT) Centers, an initiative begun in 2015, in three regions of the world. The centers represent the Fund's first multi-year awards. They operate in Canada, Mexico and Guatemala.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
