Thank you for your commitment to MRG and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Your gift will directly benefit the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs as they work to restore their access and infrastructure for clean water.

Thanks to you and thousands of folks across the country, the Chúush Fund has been able to raise over $240,000 since it was established last year to secure access to and infrastructure for clean water for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

“Water is life, Chúush iwa Waqishwit in the Sahaptin language commonly spoken in Warm Springs. A motto that many tribal people have adopted takes on new meaning when water issues hit home.” — Kayla Godowa-Tufti

About the Chúush Fund

MRG Foundation is honored to host this first-of-its-kind fund partnership between a non-Tribal Foundation and a Sovereign Nation. The Chúush Fund gathers donations from individuals, businesses or foundations, and sends them directly to the Tribe. This is the only way to get funds directly and quickly to the Tribe without them having to spend significant time and capacity processing payments and signing grant agreements. Other fundraisers, such as GoFundMe and Facebook, take out larger fees and have significant time delays before they reach the Tribe. MRG, on the other hand, has committed to charging no administrative fees.

Welcome to MRG!

If you are a new donor to MRG, we would like to welcome you to a family of people who believe in creating a just and joyful world where people, cultures, and ecosystems thrive. We are committed to funding social, racial, environmental, disability, and gender justice movements through leveraging community relationships, resources, and wealth, and by moving money — and power! — into the movement. And we have been at it since 1976!

“Investments from MRG are not just dollars. They are the embodiment of hope. They remind us that people care about us, love us, and see us.” — Manuel Mose, former grantee with the Lakota Oyate Ki Club at Oregon State Penitentiary

We practice activist-led grantmaking, where community organizers from all over the region now known as Oregon make up our selection committee. In other words, the very folks on the ground, working within the movement are the ones who are making our grantmaking decisions.

We are so grateful for your help in bringing justice to Warm Springs, and we hope you will continue to be a part of our work as we move forward to bring justice everywhere.

In solidarity always,

Se-ah-dom Edmo, Executive Director
Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce, Yakama

Please contact us if you have any questions: info@mrgf.org or 503-289-1517.

MRG Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and our EIN is 93-0691187. This gift is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. No goods or services were received in exchange for this gift.

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