For this holiday season, we want to lift up a broader circle of organizations doing meaningful, values-aligned work. Some are long-time friends and collaborators of the IMC Fund; others we have yet to meet in person but whose impact we admire from afar. And while yes, of course, we hope you’ll support the IMC Fund, we also recognize that this movement is bigger than any one organization.
What makes our work unique is the space we steward: the intersection of Indigenous spiritual medicines, biocultural conservation, and the rapidly evolving psychedelic field. Through our global network of Indigenous-led partner organizations, we support culturally grounded systems of care, ceremony, governance, and land stewardship that few others are positioned to hold. We invite you to explore and support this ecosystem of good work alongside us.
In alphabetical order:
Cultural Survival — Advancing Indigenous Peoples' Rights & Cultures Worldwide Since 1972. Indigenous-led advocacy and rights organization that supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultural survival, and political resilience worldwide. Their Keepers of the Earth Fund offers small grants to community-based Indigenous-led projects around the world.
If Not Us Then Who — Who is Protecting Our Forest? If Not Us Then Who supports environmental leadership from Indigenous Peoples and local communities to build networks and cultivate inclusive, impact-driven storytelling. Develops films and stories to help share climate challenges and solutions from Indigenous perspectives.
Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (IPCI) — Empowering Indigenous communities to reconnect with, regenerate, and conserve our sacred Peyote medicine. IPCI is a key partner of the IMC Fund and is a registered 591(c)(3) since 2018. Based in South Texas, IPCI owns and operates 605 acres in the Peyote Gardens, where access to this sacred medicine is otherwise extremely limited for Native Americans.
Pachamama Alliance — Healing Ourselves and the Earth. Organization built from Amazon partnerships, founded by Lynn and Bill Twist, that supports Indigenous-led conservation in Ecuador, including territorial protection and public education/alliances.
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) — Uphold Tribal Sovereignty: Land, Water, Culture, Life. Protect what cannot be replaced. Legal defense and advocacy organization operating since 1970 that protects tribal sovereignty, land rights, and treaty obligations across the U.S.
NDN Collective — Dedicated to Building Indigenous Power. An Indigenous-led organization dedicated to philanthropy, grantmaking, and narrative change, NDN Collective supports community organizing, equity and justice for people and mother earth, and Indigenous self-determination.
Tenure Facility — Living Forests. Thriving Communities. The Tenure Facility works alongside Indigenous communities around the world to advance rights, share knowledge, and ensure land tenureships in the hands of Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Terralingua — The Languages of the Earth and the Language of the Earth. Since 1996, Terralingua has been working to research and disseminate information on Biocultural Diversity. Founded by Luisa Maffi and David Harmon, pioneers in the concept of Biocultural Diversity and championing the importance of Indigenous-led initiatives.
The IMC Fund — Ensuring a Thriving Future for Indigenous Peoples, Their Medicines and Knowledges. The IMC Fund is one of the few Indigenous-led philanthropic funds explicitly organized around spiritual medicines and biocultural conservation, governed by a Conservation Committee of recognized spiritual leaders and community representatives, and built on long-term, trust-based partnerships that center ceremony, Indigenous governance, and intergenerational knowledge transmission.
All of the organizations listed above are registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits and as such, your donations are tax deductible.
Please be in touch if you would like to make a major gift before the end of the year!
Email our Director of Strategic Relationships to connect on major gifts: miriam@imc.fund