Donate from the United States
We encourage you to make a donation to our school.
Big or small, every bit helps us in our important work.
Over 1,400 graduates of the Rural Leaders Training Program have returned to their home organizations in positions of leadership. They have led transitions to sustainable agriculture, building just economic systems while improving soil health and species biodiversity. Their successes are only possible thanks to donations from the global ARI community.
More than half of ARI’s yearly revenue depends on general donations. Organizations, groups, and individuals like you ensure that our education programs continue to impact lives and change the world for the better.
You sustain our efforts to fulfill our mission: to build an environmentally healthy, just and peaceful world.
Support our most urgent needs with a donation to ARI programming, or donate to an endowment fund dedicated to the memory of our founder, Toshihiro Takami.
Endowment funds support Participants each year with scholarships to train the future leaders of rural communities worldwide, providing practical and theoretical techniques immediately applicable to a multitude of contexts, and the leadership and community development skills to convey these techniques to grassroots communities.
Our US-based partner organization, the 501(c)(3) American Friends of ARI (AFARI), handles individual donations to ARI from the United States and will issue receipts for tax exemption.
Official supporters receive our newsletters, are invited to special events, and can visit ARI at discounted fees.
Support ari programming
Support ARI’s programming and everyday operations. We will use it where it is needed most.
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Support the Takami Scholarship Fund
Support the training of ARI Participants by donating to our scholarship endowment fund.
General donations keep ARI running
We use general donations to finance our school’s operating costs: personnel, administration, and educational activities, and research.
In 2023, total operating expenses were over 1.25 million USD (JPY 185m)
General donations make up almost half of ARI’s revenue
General donations made up 44% of ARI’s total revenue in 2023. The rest of income was generated by sales and services (18%) and through scholarships and grants specifically aimed to support the Rural Leaders Training Program (1%).
Total operating revenue was over 1 million USD (JPY 148m)
