LAND, WATER AND US, TOGETHER — URGENT FUNDRAISING
Land, water and Us, Together. This is the heart of our work. The Northern Chumash Tribal Council is in a critical moment as sacred lands along the Central Coast face immediate threats from development, extraction, and irreversible damage. These places carry our ancestors, our stories, and the teachings that guide us to care for Mother Earth. We cannot wait. We must act now.
Returning land to Tribal stewardship is an urgent act of protection and healing. Every day without action puts cultural sites, fragile ecosystems, and future generations at risk. Philanthropic support at this moment directly determines which land can be saved, which sites can be protected, and what future we can build.
Your contribution today fuels rapid land acquisition, due diligence, purchase negotiations, and the immediate response needed to secure culturally significant properties before they are lost. Every gift — whether modest or transformational — becomes part of a shared legacy of protection, responsibility, and return.
Giving Levels
$10 — Protect Sacred Places Help safeguard cultural sites and fragile ecosystems under immediate threat.
$25 — Restore Land & Water Support restoration projects that must begin as soon as land is secured.
$50 — Advance Land Back Strengthen Tribal-led land return efforts happening right now across the region.
$100 — Support Marine Protection Fuel stewardship of Point Sal and nearby Marine Protected Areas facing pressure.
$250 — Tribal Land Acquisition Fund Directly support urgent land purchases before they are taken off the table.
$500 — Governance & Advocacy Enable rapid policy response and community mobilization to protect sacred places.
$1,000 — Stewardship Leadership Circle Provide sustained support for long-term restoration, cultural revitalization, and land protection.
$2,500 — Land Back Visionary: Make a transformational investment that immediately expands the land we can return to Chumash care.
This is a decisive moment. Your support today helps bring land home, protect cultural heritage, and ensure that future generations inherit a coastline rooted in balance, healing, and stewardship. For major gifts or partnership inquiries, please contact
To talk with our team about more ways to make contributions or larger commitments, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]