Fund Indigenous Women's Leadership
Your investment builds the legal, political, and cultural infrastructure for Indigenous women's self-determination.
An Investment Rooted in Reciprocity
Investing in Indigenous Women's Leadership Decolonizes Philanthropy.
In most Indigenous languages, there is no word for "philanthropy." What exists are original instructions: values and principles rooted in reciprocity, abundance, and collective responsibility.
When you invest in PLUME, you are not making a charitable donation. You are entering a relationship grounded in those principles.
We are an Indigenous women-led organization building the legal strategy, political infrastructure, and cultural authority that makes self-determination real, from tribal councils to the United Nations. Indigenous women are original healers, knowledge holders, and decision-makers.
Funding our leadership multiplies impact across families, Nations, and generations.
Where We Are Focused Now
Your Support Funds Five Converging Priorities
Advancing CEDAW GR39
Pillar: Advocacy & Education
A national education and mobilization campaign positioning GR39 as a self-determined legal pathway for Indigenous women's rights, without waiting for U.S. federal action. We develop accessible materials, host regional workshops, and provide technical assistance to Tribal Nations and Indigenous women's organizations.
Cultural Rematriation
Pillar: Culture & Leadership
Supporting land-based practices, intergenerational knowledge transfer, and community-led cultural initiatives that re-center matriarchal traditions as the foundation of governance and law.
Strengthening Indigenous Women's Political Leadership
Pillar: Leadership & Advocacy
Building training cohorts for Indigenous women and gender-diverse leaders to engage in tribal, local, national, and international policy arenas, including UN mechanisms such as the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
PLUME's FY2025- 26 programmatic work is organized around five strategic priorities, each grounded in Indigenous women's leadership and the L.A.C.E. framework.
Legal and Policy Advocacy
Pillar: Advocacy & Education
Providing technical support to Tribal Nations and Indigenous organizations integrating international human rights standards, including UNDRIP, GR39, and ILO 169, into governance, community consultations, and strategic litigation rooted in Indigenous legal traditions.
Research and Narrative Change
Pillar: Education & Culture
Conducting Indigenous-led research documenting the lived realities of Indigenous women in tribal and urban contexts, and developing storytelling strategies that amplify Indigenous women's solutions and shift philanthropic and public understanding.
Ready to Invest in Indigenous Women's Leadership?
Every contribution funds the infrastructure Indigenous women's movements need to build power that lasts, legal, political, cultural, and intergenerational
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PLUME is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
We welcome general operating support, program-specific grants, multi-year commitments, and gifts from donor-advised funds (DAFs). We prioritize relationships built on trust, reciprocity, and shared commitment to Indigenous self-determination.
