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The Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI) is a comprehensive online resource that allows people to connect with and donate to grassroots Indigenous nonprofits and community initiatives at the local level. Through a network of relationships with trusted organizers throughout the Americas, this Indigenous-centered, community-driven list represents a range of projects addressing everything from food and environmental health to land-tenure, reforestation, and cultural conservation, including educational, economic, and institutional support. Our ultimate goal is to build a grassroots support network, create an educational resource, and promote organizations designed and implemented by local Indigenous people to address their own self-determined needs. Rather than imposing outside ideas of sustainability, IRI is the product of working directly with Indigenous leaders and small, non-profit coordinators who prioritize the autonomy of local people. To accompany this resource, as well as serve the needs of those who do not have institutional support or capacity to receive donations online, Chacruna also developed the IRI Program.