Here's the situation
We currently do a lot, but are only funded for about 29% of all our activities. Indigenous grassroots participation in our programs and services far outstrips our funding and support each year. In 2022, our Indigenous site visits grew by over 350%! We achieve amazing results, but this path is not sustainable, we need more partnership and support.
How you can help
- Support us to get our own charity off the ground
- Directly support us with grant money or in-kind contributions
- Fund training program, or community days, or our food production
- If you are a Nation, partner with us on training and land-based programming
Please navigate through this site to see a variety of ways we can be supported!
Most needed supports
- Core funding, or multi-year program support
- Support to develop our programming, staff, and site
- Support to continue and expand existing Indigenous training and food sovereignty training
How funds flow
- Through a Nation partner to our programming and services (you fund a Nation, they hire Tea Creek or IFSA)
- Directly to Tea Creek, our social enterprise
- Through Indigenous Food Sovereignty Assn, our Non-profit
- Through Raven Impact, an Indigenous charity based in Victoria BC, or other charity
Contact us now to discuss supporting our work
Email: peter@teacreek.ca
Where the money goes
As of October 2022 monies are spent this way:
- 43% to wages - including staff, instructors, honourariums, trainee living allowances, and other support people.
- 32% to site costs including running the farm and overhead costs
- 20% program supplies, meals costs, and expenses including participant support
- 2% Travel
- 1% Site Improvements
- 2% other including professional development
Examples of how you can support on this site
- Fund-a-field - adopt a field block at Tea Creek. This will pay for farmer wages and input costs.
- Fund a skills training cohort or program.
- Support expansion of infrastructure to free up bottlenecks such as our lack of a food hub and root cellars.
- Support land-based healing, health, and wellness programming
- Support employment and self-employment readiness programs and cohorts
- Fund community days at Tea Creek
- Lots more ideas on this site!