Indigenous Community Media Fund

Indigenous Community Media Fund

Overview: Supports Indigenous community radio stations and other media outlets to strengthen their broadcast infrastructure, systems, and capacity while ensuring sustainability of Indigenous community-controlled media.

Status: Active since 2017

Track Record: Awarded 227 grants to community radios and other community media outlets in 24 countries totaling over $1,569,348

Eligibility

• Indigenous community radio stations
• Other Indigenous community media outlets
• Individual projects
• Projects shared by networks or groups of radio stations

Geographic Scope

Active in 24 countries: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Colombia, Haiti, México, USA, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Congo, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India

Focus Areas

The fund supports:
• Strengthening broadcast infrastructure and systems
• Capacity building for radio teams
• Advocacy efforts
• Organizational strengthening
• Network development
• Establishing and ensuring sustainability of Indigenous community-controlled media

Approach

Cultural Survival listens and responds to the self-determined needs of Indigenous communities to provide sustainable and pertinent support. Indigenous youth development and leadership are highlighted as integral to ensuring communities' well-being.

Contact

Cultural Survival, Inc. 2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 441-5400 Email: [contact through website]

Organization Background

Cultural Survival is a non-profit organization with federal 501(c)(3) status (EIN: 23-7182593) advocating for Indigenous Peoples' rights since 1972.