Kalliopeia Foundation Grant

Kalliopeia Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Kalliopeia Foundation
Last Updated: December 19, 2025

Summary

The Kalliopeia Foundation Grant focuses on supporting projects that foster cultural and ecological renewal through a deep reverence for the Earth. By prioritizing US-based organizations that demonstrate strong community relationships and intergenerational leadership, the foundation seeks to empower marginalized voices and traditional practices. With an emphasis on land care and Indigenous leadership, Kalliopeia aims to cultivate a resilient future where diverse ways of knowing and being thrive harmoniously with nature.

Overview

NOTE:  We accept proposals by invitation only, and we meet new grantee partners through our networks, field research, and gatherings. Please note our primary focus is our existing network of grantee partners. After reading this page, if you feel your work is strongly aligned with our mission, tell us about it. We read and appreciate each introduction, and while we are not able to respond to every email, we will contact you if we are interested to learn more. Mission Kalliopeia’s grants are dedicated to leaders and projects that model cultural and ecological renewal rooted in reverent connection to the Earth. Our Approach Center the SacredWe consider the spiritual commitments of our grantees to be as important as the outer measures of their work. We look for leaders whose work embodies their most sacred values.Ground in ServiceWe strive to balance our institutional power with humility, knowing that there is greater potential in an ethic of service. We try to return again and again to our own humanity so we can connect with our partners in the most simple and creative ways.Work through RelationshipTrust, respect, and shared values are the medium of our work. We aspire to build funding relationships that unleash creativity, power, and love.Invest in Diverse Ways of Knowing and BeingWe value different cultural and spiritual expressions of Earth connection and hold a specific consideration for those traditions that have been marginalized in the United States. We envision a future in which diverse communities thrive in their own sovereignty while contributing to wider ecological resilience Grants Program All of our grantmaking is dedicated to people and projects that model cultural and ecological renewal rooted in reverent connection to the Earth. Within this overall focus, we have two strong currents of interconnected work. Land Care Kalliopeia supports projects from different cultural contexts that bring people into nourishing, reciprocal relationships with each other and the Earth. We seek out leaders working toward regenerative approaches to land care, with a focus on communities that have been dispossessed or excluded from land ownership. We are especially inspired by intergenerational projects that carry traditional and ancient systems of land care into future generations, and we recognize that women are often the carriers of the Earth-based wisdom that is needed for the deep restoration of our community of life. Indigenous Leadership Kalliopeia builds partnerships with Indigenous leaders who model ways of being in relationship with Mother Earth, and who serve as knowledge keepers and tradition bearers in their communities and beyond. We work with Indigenous leaders who steward and care for their traditional lands and waters, and who preserve their languages and the ancestral knowledge they hold. We focus on organizations that strongly uphold Indigenous values and ways of knowing, and honor Indigenous women who create pathways for community healing and build up generations of new leaders.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. We prioritize organizations and projects that:are US-based, with an element of care for and connection to land;have leadership that is both visionary and grounded;foster leadership in others, especially among younger generations and across generations;are well managed, with clear results;use communications to connect and inspire beyond a single community.

Ineligibility

Please note that we do not prioritize organizations or projects thatfocus singularly on either ecological, spiritual, or cultural renewal without expression of their interconnection, or whose impact and story don’t translate beyond a niche audience: e.g., academia, specific religious communities.