Pay Your Rent

“The monthly funds are distributed to 5 persons from different nations including Inuit peoples, Abénakis and Naskapi-Eeyou. 

Some are Indigiqueer, some have kids with learning disabilities, some are neurodivergent. All of the recipients are dealing with the justice system and the health system including mental health. All are dealing with food insecurity. 

All folks are really grateful for those funds, and so are we ! 

People shared that those funds come handy for food expenses, hydro bills, lawyers bills and kids needs.”

Black and Indigenous Harm Reduction Network, Montreal

Pay Your Rent

Pay Your Rent started in July 2018. What began as a one time request for funding assistance on social media so that I could bring menstrual supplies with us to Iqaluit became the online fundraiser Pay Your Rent and although I did not publicize it heavily, it grew and after three years it became the non profit foundation Nii’kinaaganaa. The Black and Indigenous Harm Reduction Network is just one of many organizations that we support each month.

You can support this work through either one time donations or regular monthly support.

In Canada, the most cost effective way to make one time donations is by electronic transfer to niikinaaganaa@gmail.com. If you are outside Canada, you can use the same email address to donate via Paypal. We are a registered non-profit, which means that unlike charities we are unable to provide you with a tax-deductible receipt. We made this decision so that we would have the widest possible latitude in the organizers that we support. Charities are required to be non-partisan, and so often the work that Indigenous people do to build their communities is considered partisan.

Paypal and Patreon offer a monthly subscription that makes it possible for us build our capacity to support organizers working in their communities by giving us a predictable income stream. Intermittent donations help to fill in the gaps. However you are able to support us, we are truly grateful.

Together we’ve been able to do some great things. Miigwech!