Funding Area
Reconciliation
Partnering with Indigenous organizations and communities for this generation and those to come.
Strengthening a reconciliation economy
McConnell aims to advance a reconciliation economy where wealth and resources are equitably shared and sustainably stewarded for this generation and those to come. Our approach is guided by the National Indigenous Economic Strategy’s 107 Calls to Economic Prosperity. We support Indigenous-led organizations that activate these calls. We also partner with Indigenous-led funding collaboratives that prioritize Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
In December 2025 McConnell joined the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to mark a milestone: 10 years since the Philanthropic Community’s Declaration of Action, a commitment in response to the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
$7.2M
in contributions
We allocated $7.2 million to our Reconciliation focus area.
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Reconciliation partners
In 2025 we developed partnerships with 21 organizations through our Reconciliation focus area. We continued or renewed our partnership with 34 organizations.
Protecting the waters that sustain all life
Keepers of the Water is an Indigenous-led non-profit dedicated to safeguarding the interconnected waters that flow from the Rocky Mountain headwaters through Treaty 6, 8 and 11 territories and onward to the Arctic Ocean.
$468,000
Keepers of the Water
Building mutual accountability and deepening relationships between Indigenous communities and funders
Right Relations Collaborative (RRC) addresses imbalanced power dynamics in conventional philanthropy by cultivating reciprocity between Indigenous leaders and philanthropic funders.
$450,000