Ways to Give
Choose Where Your Gift Goes
Every campaign below funds a specific piece of the work: elders recorded before their stories are lost, land restored by Native hands, young people paid to learn the craft. Pick the one that means the most to you, or give to the greatest need and we will put it where it matters most today.
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Give Through Earth Gives
Earth Gives lets you support Wisdom of the Elders directly or start your own fundraiser on our behalf, with 100 percent of every dollar reaching the work.
Become a Friend of Wisdom
The fund that keeps everything else running. Friends of Wisdom sustain the day-to-day work of recording elders, producing films and radio, and putting Indigenous knowledge back into the hands of Native communities.
$100,000 goal
Read the full Become a Friend of Wisdom storySow the Future: Seeds of Wisdom
Protects and restores urban natural lands through Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Your gift funds habitat restoration, records elder stories before they are lost, and pays stipends for the 2026 intern cohort.
$100,000 goal
Read the full Sow the Future: Seeds of Wisdom storyIndigenous Archive Initiative
Twenty years of recorded video sits in storage. This campaign digitizes and organizes it into an interactive online database so tribes, teachers, and families can find and use what their elders left behind.
$100,000 goal
Read the full Indigenous Archive Initiative storyMultimedia Internships Fund
Native young people learn film, radio, photography, and storytelling on real productions, then carry those skills back to their communities. Every gift here becomes paid time behind a camera or a microphone.
$150,000 goal
Read the full Multimedia Internships Fund storyWalking On
A documentary following Karrie Young, a Muscogee Creek flute player who plays for people at the end of their lives. The film looks at death through Indigenous spirituality and at music as ceremony and healing.
$25,000 goal
Read the full Walking On storySeeds of Resilience
Native plants, Native hands. This campaign supports seed collection, propagation, and restoration work led by Indigenous crews, building climate resilience the way it has been built here for thousands of years.
$57,000 goal
Read the full Seeds of Resilience storyOther Ways to Support
More Than One Way to Stand With Us
Some of the most meaningful gifts we receive never touch a donation form. If any of these fit your situation, we would be glad to talk it through.
Give Monthly
A recurring gift of any size is the steadiest support there is. Choose the monthly option inside any campaign form above.
Stock, IRA & Donor-Advised Funds
Gifts of appreciated securities, qualified charitable distributions, and DAF grants are all welcome. Contact us and we will send transfer instructions.
Employer Matching
Many employers double a gift to a 501(c)(3). Ask your HR team about matching, and use our EIN below on the form.
Fundraise For Us
Start a birthday, memorial, or team fundraiser on our behalf through Earth Gives.
Give In Honor Or Memory
Add a dedication in the note field of any donation form and we will acknowledge the person you are honoring.
Partner With Us
Tribes, schools, foundations, and businesses collaborate with us on productions, curriculum, and restoration work. Start a conversation.
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN 93-1164114. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Donations are processed securely by Donorbox and Stripe; we never see or store your card details.