California Indian Museum & Cultural Center

Give 30 - Be Part of Our Story of Impact

This Native Non-Profit Day

Give $30 to celebrate our 30 years—and help us build the next 30.

Since 1996, the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center has worked alongside our communities to honor and advance the cultural vitality, sovereignty, and resilience of California Indians, recognizing their enduring relationships to land and place.

Our Goal

• $30,000 or more for 30 years of impact
• Every contribution no matter the amount helps ensure our work continues to grow.
• Secure our future and your legacy by joining the Myers Circle. Visit https://cimcc.org/donate/planned-giving/

Your donation supports our next impactful chapter.

• 100% of Native youth served reinforce cultural knowledge and skills by connecting with their elders and ancestral homelands.
• Thousands of California K-12 students learn about California history and cultures in over 400 new culturally sustaining lesson plans.
• Eight community-curated exhibits in 2025 generate awareness and excitement about California Indian arts and cultures from Native perspectives.
• Hundreds of partners educated about Native environmental stewardship and the benefits; hundreds of K-12 educators trained to better support Native students.
• Building a model resilience hub and increasing emergency preparedness in Tribal and frontline communities.
• Read our impact reports and strategic plan to learn about all of our effective work.

Yahwi (thank you) for honoring 30 years and helping us grow the next 30!

Purpose

The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (CIMCC) exists to honor and advance the cultural vitality, sovereignty, and resilience of California Indians, recognizing their enduring relationships to land and place. Led by California Indian expertise, we amplify traditional knowledge, lifeways, and voices. Through education and advocacy, we deepen public understanding of California Indian histories, cultures, and contemporary leadership.

What We Do

We achieve our purpose by being a dynamic and innovative museum and cultural center, providing exhibits and educational programs for diverse audiences, and a resilience hub for Native communities. We represent and champion California Indian knowledge, perspectives, and voices, and work to change systems by increasing California Indian visibility and authority within them. 

Vision

We strive to inspire a more compassionate, equitable, and unified society based in reciprocity and shared care for our collective future, one in which California Indians thrive and continue to lead with courage and excellence.

Programs and Services

Currently, CIMCC offers the following cultural strengths-based programs and services tailored to meet the needs of its primary audiences in the Greater Bay Area and beyond: Native youth and families, K-12 students and teachers, the general public. Please see the Annual Reports tab to view our recent reports and learn more about CIMCC and our incredible impacts or sign up for our e-newsletter! 

Your donations support these efforts, helping us reach thousands of people annually with innovative and effective programs. 

• Tribal Youth Ambassadors – creative development program for Native youth ages 10 -24
• Native community traditional food ways education
• Resilience hub and programming
• California Indian Traditional Food Incubator and Acorn Bites
• Community Native plants garden
• Food Assistance Program
• Healing through Cultural Arts Wellness Workshops
• Career Pipeline Program for Climate Ready Tribal Community Health Representatives
• Being with Bears
• Traditional food sovereignty and security research and advocacy
• K-12 curricula from Native perspectives
• Native STEM Maker Program
• K-12 school group tours
• Cultural and Historical Intelligence Training for educators and policy makers
• Permanent and temporary exhibits on California Indians
• Online exhibits and educational websites
• Native arts markets
• Native arts gift store
• Pomo language distance learning courses and mobile applications