Funding is vital to the success of our mission. Join MFI in creating new pathways with Indigenous Peoples that lead to a more just system by funding the critical efforts to get there. Read below to find out what your contribution goes towards.

Responding to Emerging Needs

We aim to say "yes!" to the programming needs of Indigenous partners as much as possible. Our experience has shown that responding to immediate needs is key to long-term progress. Whether it is supporting a partner organization to acquire a breast pump for a new family, or problem-solving transportation challenges to ensure students can attend their literacy block, having private funding available allows MFI to efficiently adapt and allocate funds for initiatives that make programming efforts responsive, and ultimately more effective.

Enabling Human Power

Setting up solid programming is one thing—putting it in place and making it run is another. MFI enables the necessary human power to coordinate and facilitate activities that live beyond the boundaries of government funding but remain essential in advancing Indigenous well-being outcomes. Think admin, logistical gymnastics, and other behind-the-scenes stuff. Funding from supporters covers these frequently invisible but absolutely necessary human-capital costs.

Creating Local Change

Working with more than 50 Indigenous schools and communities across Canada on any given day, MFI connects our partners to regional efforts that advance family, educational, and economic well-being outcomes for Indigenous youth and children. Continuously striving for cultural adaptability, MFI enables private and corporate funders looking to create local, positive change by advancing Indigenous reconciliation in ways that are suited to the needs of every community.

Amplifying Indigenous Voices

Through networking efforts, MFI counters Indigenous invisibility by actively platforming and promoting the views and voices of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit People. Private funding makes a critical contribution as MFI engages Indigenous artists, educators, and Knowledge Keepers to enhance and strengthen programming. Additionally, it enables MFI to grow Canadian allyship through storytelling that brings Canadian audiences closer to Indigenous perspectives in authentic and hopeful ways.