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Kim Lund

A loyal supporter of Headwaters and other progressive organizations, Kim has consistently and boldly invested her money and time in working to create a just, sustainable world. Her giving and investing is directed to radical social change, addressing the root causes of problems and recognizing that all injustice is interconnected.

Andrew Gokee

What attracted me was the fact that they had identified a couple of very high-priority areas, Native American language preservation and revitalization and Native American land reclamation, which don't normally get enough attention. Whoever was involved with the Fund of the Sacred Circle was very in tune with the issues going on, so that made it worth my time to invest.

Carl Griffin

Economic and social justice are definitely at the top of my list. To me they are really core because they are so interrelated with other issues

Elizabeth Scott

I like to see measurable change not through a survey per se, but through personal accounts where it is trickling down so it is actually measurable in people's lives and you can see it in their lived experience.

Jamie Schweser

Jamie Schweser
I grew up in the punk rock scene. Our slogan was D.I.Y. – Do It Yourself. Since I was young, I’ve known that if we want the world to be a fairer place with justice for everybody, we have to do it ourselves.

Diane Benjamin

Diane Benjamin
"I have many concerns and interests that I'm not involved in personally, but I still care about. This is a way to support a broad range of things I believe in -- way more than I could actively be engaged in at any one time."

Ellie Wiener and Maya Wiener Berkowitz

Ellie Wiener and Maya Wiener Berkowitz
As young girls, the cousins divided their money amongst four categories: short-term savings, long-term savings, spending and tzedakah (the Hebrew word for charity). They eventually created a joint donor-advised fund at Headwaters.