Missed the first two Land Justice for Funders sessions? Check out our blog post on Rekindling Right Relationship: Lessons from the Tributary Project Land Justice Webinar and Beyond Ownership: What the Community Movement Commons Teaches Us About Land Justice in Urban Contexts.

What becomes possible when land is returned to the Indigenous communities who have cared for it for generations—and what role can philanthropy play in helping make that possible?

Join fellow funders for the third webinar in our 2026 Land Justice for Funders virtual series, a conversation exploring land return as a powerful form of repair, restoration, and Indigenous self-determination.

Guided by Land Justice Futures, we’ll hear from Indigenous leaders and philanthropy practitioners about a diverse array of land return examples. From rural to urban, full donations to philanthropy-supported buybacks, public partnerships to Catholic nuns seeking repair — you’ll learn just how vast the possibilities are in this growing movement — and how philanthropy can play a catalytic role in supporting these complex, relationship-based processes.

Together, we’ll consider how land return fits within the broader movement for land justice: protecting land, regenerating its health, and expanding equity and access for communities most harmed by racism and colonization. Participants will leave with practical ideas for beginning or deepening land justice approaches within their grantmaking and philanthropic partnerships.

About Land Justice Futures: Land Justice Futures is a “bridging organization” in the land justice movement, helping connect historically marginalized and overlooked land stewards to religious institutions who are discerning the future of their properties. In addition to this specific focus on religious land transitions, LJF serves as a broader educator and connector in service of the growing movement for land return.

From Land Grabs to Land Return: Indigenous Sovereignty and Philanthropy is the third webinar in a 2026 Land Justice series co-hosted by Blue Sky Funders Forum, Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Highstead Foundation, Resist, and the Maine Climate and Environmental Funders Network. This series highlights working examples of land justice in practice, featuring bold funders integrating land justice into their portfolios alongside the visionary community partners with whom they work. Participants will leave inspired to begin or deepen land justice practices in their grantmaking and be better prepared to turn conversation into aligned, collaborative philanthropic action.

This webinar is open to funders only and the recording will be shared with registrants.