International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Ninth Annual Conference - Building and Sustaining Coalitions: Finding Common Ground for Education, Environment and Human Rights Advocacy
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) is an affinity group of the Council on Foundations and currently serves more than 200 individual and institutional grantmakers who are committed to sharing knowledge, building coalitions, and increasing funding to Indigenous Peoples.
A special feature of IFIP conferences—somewhat unique among donor affinity groups is the opportunity to network and engage in person-to-person exchanges of cultural learning with grantmakers, NGOs, and Indigenous leaders from around the world. The presence of Indigenous leaders at IFIP conferences provides greater immediacy, poignancy, and relevancy to donor discussions of grantmaking methodologies.
More than 130 participants will gather at IFIP’s 2010 Conference in beautiful Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia to share and learn from each other. Our main conference sessions will be held at Tin-Wis Resort, owned by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and named "BC Aboriginal Business of the Year" for 2008 by the British Columbia Achievement Foundation and also "Strength in Marketing" award from Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC.
Post-site visits include the opportunity to explore the region’s exquisite beauty and rich biological and cultural diversity with members of the International Society of Ethnobiology; or attend the May 18th meeting of Mission Related Investment (MRI) conducted by Confluence Philanthropy.
IFIP’s 2010 Conference will explore emerging trends in Indigenous Philanthropy, with a focus on coalition-building to enhance donors’ effectiveness, increase grantees’ capacity, and ensure program sustainability.
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