named programs · 6 · from sources
What they call their work
Legal Assistance Program
Provides free legal defense for Indigenous communities facing land invasions, environmental crimes, and criminalization; focuses on territorial defense, land titling, and safety of land defenders in partnership with Coshikox and IDL.
Participatory Mapping Project
Uses digital cartographic technologies to combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge for defining territorial borders, enforcing land rights, and creating cultural maps that preserve ancestral stories and spatial knowledge.
Plant-Based Economies / Koshicoop
Fosters the Shipibo Agroforestry Cooperative (Koshicoop) to create sustainable employment through non-timber forest products, reducing out-migration and offering market-based alternatives to deforestation.
Radio Shipibo
Community radio program broadcasting in the Shipibo language to strengthen inter-community communication, cultural pride, language preservation, and coordinated action across dispersed settlements.
Self-Determination Initiative
Supports Coshikox, the Council of Self-Governance of the Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo People, in unifying 176 communities to reclaim ancestral territory, resist extractivism, and build sustainable alternatives through participatory governance and technology.
Union of Healers (ASOMASHK)
Supports the Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo Association of Onanyabo/Ancestral Healers in organizing against spiritual extractivism, promoting Indigenous terms like 'Onanya', and advocating for culturally grounded healing practices.
activities · 6 groups
What they do
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Indigenous-Led Ecosystem Stewardship 2 activities
- Support for Indigenous cooperatives and sustainable economic developmentSupports the Shipibo Agroforestry Cooperative Koshicoop to foster coordination among Indigenous farming communities and create long-term employment through sustainable, market-based use of non-timber forest products.
- Support for Indigenous-led ecological and territorial self-determinationSupports Shipibo-Konibo communities in establishing self-declared Indigenous Ecological Areas, protecting key watersheds, and advancing legal recognition of their territories, while critiquing state titling frameworks that undermine collective self-governance and promoting ancestral ecological knowledge in environmental management.
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Legal Education Scholarships and Fellowships 1 activity
- Funding and implementation of legal assistance programsProvides sustained financial support for emergency legal response, strategic litigation, and the education of future Indigenous legal practitioners through the Legal Assistance Program.
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Emerging Filmmaker Support Programs 1 activity
- Leadership development for Indigenous filmmakersRuns a fellowship program to support Indigenous filmmakers in leading their own artistic representation and creative projects.
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Pro Bono Legal Representation and Support 1 activity
- Legal defense and advocacy for Indigenous rightsProvides free legal defense and coordinates protective actions for Indigenous communities and land defenders facing environmental crimes, land invasions, criminalization, and threats to their lives, while defending collective territorial rights and Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights (DESCA).
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Indigenous and Diaspora Cultural Preservation 1 activity
- Preservation and promotion of Shipibo-Conibo cultural heritageSupports projects that preserve and promote Shipibo-Conibo cultural heritage through art, music, traditional knowledge, and language, including the operation of Radio Shipibo, an independent community radio program broadcasting in the Shipibo language to strengthen cultural pride and inter-community communication.
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Uncategorized 4 activities
- Advocacy through international declarations and diplomacyTranslates and disseminates Indigenous declarations, such as the Yarinacocha Declaration, for international audiences and engages in global advocacy through events parallel to UN forums to advance Indigenous autonomy and rights.
- Capacity building for Indigenous leadership and governanceStrengthens Indigenous self-governance through participatory assemblies like Ani Tsinkiti, training for leaders in navigating legal systems, and participatory mapping that combines Indigenous and scientific spatial knowledge for territorial and environmental management.
- Indigenous cultural events and artistic collaborationsHosts and co-organizes cultural events, film festivals, exhibitions, and performances that integrate historical, spiritual, and contemporary aspects of Shipibo life, including an annual minga event during the UNPFII, ceremonial cleansing events, and collaborations with arts organizations to feature Shipibo artists and reinterpret cultural manifestos through contemporary forms like rap and sound art.
- Indigenous technological and artistic innovationFosters Indigenous-led initiatives that merge traditional knowledge with technology, including translating Kené painting patterns into sound, developing interactive sound installations, and supporting projects that integrate visual and auditory forms in contemporary art exhibitions.
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financials · form 990 · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$1.11M
Contributions & grants$1.06M95%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$1K0%
Other revenue$49K
expenses
Total expenses$914K
Program expenses90%
Admin / overhead10%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$136K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$414K
Cash$124K
Investments$287K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$414K
Liquid reserves5.4 mo
3 years on record · 2020–2023 · YoY revenue +41.3%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023
Who runs it
paid leadership · 1
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOUALI FARMANFARMAIAN | TREASURER | 10 | $90K |
relationships · 31
Who they work with
- AMB Foundation Funder — Funds the Legal Assistance Program.
- Art Space Sanctuary Partner — Collaborates on cultural preservation initiatives, linked through shared programming and branding.
- Austrian Cultural Forum Partner — Hosted the Projective Drawing exhibition featuring collaborative work between Sara Flores and The Shipibo Conibo Center.
- Billy Martin Partner — Collaborated on an improvised concert in response to Sara Flores’ work as part of the Projective Drawing exhibition.
- Brett Littman Partner — Curated the Projective Drawing exhibition in collaboration with The Shipibo Conibo Center and Sara Flores.
- COSHIKOX Partner — Collaborated with The Shipibo Conibo Center to organize the Ani Xeati Film Festival.
- Consejo Shipibo Conibo Partner — Collaborates on providing free legal defense to Indigenous communities.
- Coshikox Partner — Collaborates with Coshikox (Consejo Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo), the representative body of the Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo people, in supporting the Yarinacocha Declaration and the formation of ASOMASHK.
- Coshikox Partner — Collaborates with Coshikox, the Council of Self-Governance of the Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo People, to support self-determination, legal assistance, participatory mapping, and community organizing.
- Coshikox Partner — Collaborates with Coshikox, the representative body of the Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo People, on territorial and governance issues.
- Creative Time Partner — Collaborated with The Shipibo-Conibo Center Inc to co-organize the Parallel Walk during the 2024 minga event.
- Dominga Valles Vargas Partner — Collaborates with the Shipibo Conibo Center as a curandera providing traditional plant-based medicine and leading ceremonial purges.
- EarthRights International Partner — Ximena Saskia Warnaars established the regional office for EarthRights International and served as director, overseeing programs on legal advocacy and environmental justice.
- El Ninio Partner — Featured artist in the Shipibo rap performance produced by the Shipibo Conibo Center.
- Escuela de Cine Amazónico Partner — Partnered with The Shipibo Conibo Center to produce and present the Ani Xeati Film Festival.
- Ford Foundation Funder — Ximena Saskia Warnaars serves as a program officer at the Ford Foundation and leads its global work on extractive industries.
- Global Greengrants Fund Funder — Funds the Legal Assistance Program.
- Global Greengrants Fund Partner — Ximena Saskia Warnaars served on the Andes Advisory Board for the Global Greengrants Fund, responsible for identifying and regranting funds to grassroots organizations working on extractives and climate change.
- Inocencia Izquierdo Valles Partner — Apprentice curandera working with the Shipibo Conibo Center to support ceremonial purges and traditional healing practices.
- Instituto de Defensa Legal Partner — Works with the Legal Assistance Program to promote human rights and the self-determination of the Shipibo Nation.
- Maker Studios Partner — Lilly Ladjevardi worked at Maker Studios, a YouTube talent network, where she managed top YouTubers and helped shape digital content for millennial audiences.
- Noguchi Museum Partner — Collaborated with Brett Littman, director of the Noguchi Museum, to co-curate an exhibition at the Outsider Art Fair NYC.
- Outsider Art Fair Partner — Co-curated an exhibition of Shipibo artists at the Outsider Art Fair NYC.
- Seeds of Peace Partner — Lilly Ladjevardi was a fellow at Seeds of Peace and has co-facilitated youth dialogue groups on identity and belonging.
- Shipibo Agroforestry Cooperative Koshicoop Partner — Supported by the Shipibo Conibo Center to coordinate indigenous farming communities and market agroforestry products.
- Shipibo communities Partner — Collaborates with Shipibo communities in managing and protecting their territories through Indigenous Ecological Areas.
- Susanna Gartmayer Partner — Performed in an improvised concert with Billy Martin in response to Sara Flores’ work during the Projective Drawing exhibition.
- The New School for Social Research Government — Abou Farman is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research.
- Wihtner FaGo Partner — Collaborated with the Center to create and perform a Shipibo rap reinterpretation of the Purga manifesto.
- Yankung Partner — Featured artist in the Shipibo rap performance produced by the Shipibo Conibo Center.
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strategies · 4
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Art and Storytelling as Mnemonic and Political Resistancemethodology: artistic_activismBy using traditional and contemporary art forms — including kené patterns, film, and artistic activism — the organization transmits ancestral knowledge and resists cultural erasure because visual and performative expression serves as both a healing practice and a tool for political mobilization and intergenerational memory.
- Cultural Regeneration as Anti-Colonial Healingmethodology: healing_as_anti-colonial_praxisBy integrating ancestral spiritual practices, language reclamation, and ceremonial healing with political consciousness, the organization fosters individual and collective healing because the organization views cultural erosion and colonial violence as root causes of ongoing trauma, and sees healing as inseparable from self-determination.
- Ecological Stewardship Through Ancestral-Modern Knowledge Integrationmethodology: intercultural_ecological_governanceBy combining ancestral agroforestry, hydro-spiritual cosmology, and intercultural mapping with permaculture and scientific validation, the organization sustains biodiversity and territorial integrity because it views ecological health as inseparable from cultural survival and spiritual worldview.
- Indigenous-Led Innovation and Self-Determinationmethodology: indigenous_led_innovationBy centering Indigenous governance, knowledge systems, and leadership in all initiatives — from ecological conservation to legal advocacy — the organization advances cultural continuity and political autonomy because externally imposed models have historically undermined Indigenous sovereignty and sustainability.