Jack grew up in Sandwich, Massachusetts, known as Cape Cod, within the ancestral territory of the Wampanoag Nation. He wanted to honor the place from where he is from, the watery liminal space between ocean and freshwater, the brackish zones, by making sure that the waters mixed within the fund.

Studio ‘Iwa pledges that at the end of each fiscal year, 10% to 100% of profits beyond salary and business needs will be redistributed through the Nippe Fund, a donor-advised fund named in honor of water and led by wisdom council of Indigenous Elders and systems advisors who will provide guidance on ‘Iwa’s work as well designating the appropriate beneficiaries of the Nippe Fund. This ensures that any surplus flows directly to Indigenous-led initiatives and regenerative work. The intention is to actively resource life through the Studio.

Studio ‘Iwa’s purpose is to channel resources toward Indigenous wisdom keepers and regenerative projects through a model rooted in sufficiency, capped compensation, and the redistribution of surplus. This is our relational ethic engineered into financial design. When we receive, we also give back (and forward). When we resource something, we commit to its regeneration. Our fee structure follows this principle: we take only what is needed to sustain the work and ourselves, and all excess flows back to causes that support life. In an industry that often masks accumulation behind mission-driven language, this stands as a radical act of realignment to function as a source of inspiration for others.