The Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation works alongside the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area to keep our language, ceremonies and culture strong, to care for our ancestral lands, and to bring our youth, families and Elders together. None of this happens alone.
Since 2024, these foundations, public agencies and community partners have invested in that work. We are deeply grateful for their trust. Where a partner has described its grant in its own words, we share that description here, with a link to the original.
The 11th Hour Project, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation
Three-year general operating grant
General operating support over three years.
Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA)
Living Cultures Grant: “Muwekma Ohlone Tribe: Cultural Revitalization Program”
“Funding will support the Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation’s efforts to pass on Chochenyo language skills, traditional dances, regalia-making, and songs to tribal members.”
In the partner’s words. Read the original
ACTA’s Living Cultures grants are made with support from the California Arts Council, a state agency.
California Coastal Commission, WHALE TAIL® Grants Program
“Oochamin ’Ooyakma Youth Campout: A Muwekma Ohlone & Stanford University Partnership for Land and Marine Stewardship”
“Tribal community members will enjoy two-night campouts at Jasper Ridge and coastal sites for cultural activities, Chochenyo language learning, traditional cooking, and watershed education.”
In the partner’s words. Read the original
East Bay Regional Park District
Community Engagement Grant Pilot Program
“The Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation will host an intergenerational overnight campout at Sunol-Ohlone Regional Wilderness in October 2026. Muwekma leadership and MOPF staff will guide Tribal youth and families in reconnecting with their ancestral homelands through culturally grounded hikes, language practice, song and dance, oral history, and hands-on time with the Tribe’s sacred horses.”
In the partner’s words. Read the original
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen)
“Restoring Fire, Restoring Kinship: Muwekma Ohlone Cultural Burning Capacity Building”
“This project will strengthen an established cultural fire stewardship network with Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (’Ootchamin ’Ooyakma), North Fork Mono cultural fire leadership, and CAL FIRE (CZU) through bi-monthly convenings, coordinated trainings/site visits, and outreach. Deliverables include a Cultural Burning Stewardship Plan and trained Muwekma members and intergenerational workforce pathways.”
In the partner’s words. Read the original
Network for Landscape Conservation
Catalyst Fund grant for the ’Ootchamin ’Ooyakma Landscape Partnership
“Support from the Catalyst Fund will ensure dedicated leadership and coordination support from Tribal leaders. Additionally, support will allow the Partnership to develop a monitoring framework and site assessment protocol.”
In the partner’s words. Read the original
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Urban Grant Program: “Mexica New Year: Reviving the Túupentak through Ceremony, Climate Resilience & Cultural Revitalization”
“In spring 2027, the Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation will help lead the 29th Mexica New Year celebration at Emma Prusch Farm Park in San José. … Visitors of all ages will learn how intentional cultural burning restores native plants, reduces wildfire risk and strengthens the relationship between people and the land.”
In the partner’s words. Read the original
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Arts and Culture grant
Arts and Culture grant
Arts and Culture grant (Round 2)
Organizational Wellness
Thank you to every partner listed here, and to the individual donors and volunteers who stand with the Muwekma Ohlone community. If you would like to support this work, please visit our Donate page or contact us.