Stars and Seeds (Kindle Project / Kalliopeia Foundation)

Kindle Project aligns bold donors with inspired communities to forge resilient futures. We join forces with partners who know that investing in community self-determination is not only the right thing to do, it’s also the most effective. For more than 15 years we have innovated strategies to move money differently—creating funds that resonate beyond the transactional and weaving partnerships that build the world we urgently need.

Funding Purpose: In 2023, Kindle Project and the Kalliopeia Foundation launched Stars and Seeds, a participatory grantmaking fund supporting women in New Mexico who are reconnecting with spirit, community, and the Earth. The fund is guided by women community-based decision-makers, known as Flow Funders, who direct resources to local leaders and projects.

The goals of the Stars and Seeds Fund are to:

• Identify, celebrate, and support women working through deep connection to New Mexico’s natural systems;
• Engage in reciprocal learning and relationship building to amplify the work of grantees and Flow Funders;
• Create a space for visionary and imaginary experiences;
• Support self-determination within communities; and
• Remind the Earth that She is loved and cared for.”