NDN Collective

This general operating award renews NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and nations to exercise their right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and the planet. NDN’s ‘collective’ approach moves power and resources into the hands of Indigenous communities, shifting traditional models of philanthropy, investment, and advocacy which often ignore Indigenous Peoples while working on issues that directly affect their lives and wellbeing.

NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations to exercise their right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and the planet. The NDN Collective Climate Justice Campaign builds power among Indigenous People to solve the climate crisis. The campaign seeks to significantly expand climate solutions while ending fossil fuel extraction, contamination, and associated violence in Indigenous territories. The Climate Justice Campaign is enabled by NDN Collective's ecosystem approach, which utilizes grantmaking, investments, community organizing, alongside custom and culturally relevant technical assistance and capacity building to achieve its mission. This general operating award supports all aspects of NDN Collective’s work.

NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and nations to exercise their right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and the planet. NDN’s ‘collective’ approach moves power and resources into the hands of Indigenous communities, shifting traditional models of philanthropy, investment, and advocacy which often ignore Indigenous Peoples while working on issues that directly affect their lives and wellbeing.