People

Yisroel Quint is a white Jewish man living on Chochenyo Ohlone Land in Oakland, California. Prior to launching the Dollar a Day Fund, Yisroel worked at Progressive Multiplier Fund, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Operation Period and other philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. 

Through his work at these organizations, Yisroel developed, researched and worked on individual giving, independent revenue generation for nonprofits, capacity building, environmental justice, and the dynamics within philanthropy that lead to large disparities in funds distributed to Indigenous organizations and other organizations led by people of color. Yisroel’s experience consulting with and supporting small, grassroots organizations has also shown him the impact that even a relatively small amount of unrestricted funds can have on strengthening an organization. This fund is an attempt to use the knowledge acquired in these different roles to address the cross-cutting issues that lead to under-resourcing of Indigenous organizations. 

Yisroel is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor. One personal reason for creating this fund lies in his recognition that he is living in a country that committed a genocide against Indigenous people and that continues to implement colonial, discriminatory policies that harm the environment and people on Indigenous lands.

Lyn Ishizaki-Brown (she/they) is a mixed-race yonsei living on Muwekma Ohlone land to the south of the San Francisco Bay. In addition to working with the Dollar a Day Fund, Lyn supports ocean conservation grantmaking and program operations at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. In this capacity, Lyn has the pleasure of partnering with environmental organizations, interrogating the role of philanthropy in funding social change, and exploring the relationship between environmental justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and climate crisis.

As a Japanese American, Lyn is the inheritor of 2 legacies of colonization, with familial connections to WWII-era displacement and incarceration; they are also lucky to be sustained by a lush, generous Nikkei community. Living in an oppressive nation, and working to understand and nurture their relationships with the natural world and loved ones, Lyn sees the Dollar a Day Fund as an opportunity to use their skills and knowledge in service of environmental justice.

Joe Hack is a white Jewish man living on Tongva and Acjachenem land in Costa Mesa, California. In addition to his advocacy with the Dollar a Day Fund, Joe works for the Rocky Mountain Institute on electrical transmission policy and has a background in the solar energy industry.

Joe first became involved with Dollar a Day through his friendship with Yisroel in 2023 and now works to create corporate partnerships between companies and grassroots native orgs. He is particularly interested in helping Native partners accomplish their renewable energy goals and has directed over $90,000 in donated panels and unrestricted donations to Dollar a Day partners over the past year. 

He finds the breadth and impact of the work being done by Native organizations thrilling and inspiring and is humbled to play a small part in supporting them.