Capacity Strengthening Grantee Initiatives
| Grantee | About | Geographic Area Served |
|---|---|---|
| A Place For You | A Place For You provides temporary shelter, personal plan development, resource direction, support, and encouragement to men and women facing homelessness in Pine, Kanabec, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, and Mille Lacs counties. | Pine, Kanabec, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs counties |
| All Nations Rise | All Nations Rise (ANR) was launched in 2021 to fill a gap in the current landscape: fostering indigenous parent and community empowerment to promote tribal early childhood sovereignty through policy and systems advocacy and economic development grounded in tribally administered childcare. | Tribal Communities in the State of Minnesota |
| Be Meditation Group | Be Meditation Group (BMG), a BIPOC and woman-owned nonprofit, began in June of 2016 with a single purpose – to promote and support organizations bringing meditation, mindfulness, and awareness-based practices into mainstream culture. In accordance with this work, Black Zen is BMG's flagship program that provides virtual and in-person guided meditation services to businesses looking to support their teams, build caring leaders and offer a culturally aware wellness offering to an increasingly diverse workforce. | Hennepin and Ramsey Counties |
| Beyond the Dance Network | Beyond the Dance Network is a transformative organization dedicated to empowering individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness and/or recovering from trauma and abuse. The mission is to use movement, especially dance, for positive transformation in lives facing challenges. Beyond physical benefits, it focuses on renewing minds, promoting self-expression, and addressing spiritual needs to break the cycle of adversity, instilling empowerment, self-love, and resilience. | Saint Paul and Minneapolis Metro Area |
| Community Junction | Community Junction tackles significant health disparities in the Black community of Hennepin County, focusing on housing and mental health. Through initiatives like housing stabilization events and mental health workshops, we seek to empower the community and improve overall well-being. Our long-term vision includes eradicating health disparities and advancing racial equity with specific goals and a commitment to community-driven assessments, ensuring last-longing positive change. | Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County |
| Empowering Kids Perham | Empowering Kids is committed to making a positive impact on the lives of individuals with autism and ADHD, their families, and the community. Through our diverse programs and services, we aim to provide ongoing support and empowerment, promoting a future filled with hope, happiness, dignity, and purpose for all. Due to our rapid growth, we have struggled to keep up with the development of policies and procedures for all aspects of our organization. We see the need to provide a more comprehensive training program for our employees that not only meets requirements, but also ensures that our providers are well-equipped, and confident in their abilities, to provide competent and compassionate care to young clients. | Otter Tail, Wadena, Becker Counties |
| Envision Communities | Envision Community is an intentional affordable housing community founded, designed, and led by people with lived experience of homelessness. Our mission is to address housing instability by empowering potential residents as designers, problem solvers, and decision-makers to create a place where all people have what they need to live their healthiest lives. | City of Minneapolis |
| Hope Dental Clinic | Hope Dental provides free care for uninsured, low-income community members. We serve patients of all ages who have fallen through other safety nets – many of whom come to us in pain to receive dental care that is long overdue. Of patients surveyed last year, 19% had either never been to a dentist or their last visit was more than five years ago. Approximately 65% of our patients are Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC). | Ramsey, Washington, Dakota Counties |
| Korean Adoptees Ministry Center | Korean Adoptees Ministry Center (KAMCenter), founded in 2000, is a non-profit organization providing vital services to Korean adoptees in Minnesota, recognized as the Korean Adoptee Homeland. Over the years, 15,000 to 20,000 Korean children have found homes in MN families. International adoption brings profound issues such as identity, belonging, trust, racial dynamics, trauma, neglect, and grief. To respond these issues, KAM Center provides cultural education and connection, mental health related services, trip to Korea, educational workshops, crisis intervention services, and sensitivity trainings for teachers, faith groups and gate keepers. | Seven Metro Area Counties |
| MAD DADs of Minneapolis | The mission of the Minneapolis Chapter of Men Against Destruction is Defending Against Drugs and Social Disorder (MAD DADS) is to serve the community with integrity and dedication by providing safety, positive youth programming, and job creation. Focused primarily on the African American community of Minneapolis, our organization keeps our community safe by creating alternative employment for our community members. We employ and train people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. As a result, our work creates unique positive and community-based impact with our three-pronged approach of employment, access and mentorship. | North and South Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center |
| Metro Youth Diversion Center | Metro Youth Diversion Center was founded to address and establish a youth justice program for first- and second-time court ordered offenders in the East African communities. The organization’s services were designed to prevent recidivism among youth, prevent Opioid overdoses and address increased violence amongst youth. | Twin Cities Metro Area |
| Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming | Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming is dedicated to addressing maternal-infant health disparities among Native American community members in Northwest Minnesota. Rooted in the vision of mino-bimaadiziwin, or living well, our mission is to empower American Indian families, advancing racial, social, and economic justice. Focused on holistic and integrated health pathways, our organization recognizes the impact of colonization and a for-profit healthcare model on rural American Indian families, striving to provide culturally appropriate care and support. | Beltrami County, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Red Lake Nation, White Earth Nation |
| Mi CASA MN | Mi CASA is a dynamic Latino-led nonprofit dedicated to fostering social and economic equality. Our mission, " Comunidad, Apoyo, Solidaridad y Amistad" (Community, Support, Solidarity, Friendship), underscores our commitment to cultural and linguistic services. Major programs include Mi Casita Pantry, addressing food insecurity with dignity. Cultural Navigators offer bilingual support, connecting individuals to vital services. In Youth Development, Summer and Soccer Camps empower the younger generation, fostering leadership and increasing graduation rates. | Scott, Carver Counties |
| Minnesota Deaf Muslim Community | Minnesota Deaf Muslim Community (MDMC) has worked to ensure effective access to communication, education, and resources for the most disenfranchised members of the Deaf, DeafPlus (deaf with additional disabilities) and Hard of Hearing community, especially those who are Black, Indigenous, or other people of color (BIPOC). MDMC works to improve overall quality of life and self-sufficiency and helps guarantee the legal rights of the Deaf Hard of Hearing BIPOC community. | Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and surrounding suburbs |
| Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Program | Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Program (PPGJLI) was founded in 2017 in direct response to community concerns related to ending the school-to-prison pipeline. The programming addresses racial and educational inequities in literacy, arts and humanities. | Saint Paul, Twin Cities Metro Area |
| Seed Community Fund | Seed Community Fund addresses the profound disparities experienced by African American and Native American birthing families. Seed Community Fund was formed to serve the charitable goals of Roots Community Birth Center. | North Minneapolis, Northwest suburbs, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, Robbinsdale |
| Transforming Families | Transforming Families’ (TFF) mission is to create a better world for transgender youth and their families. TFF gives parents tools and support to create a safe, trans-positive home, provides trans youth with spaces to be in community and learn from trans-identified facilitators, celebrates transgender youth and advocates for trans youth. | Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Eagan, Mahtomedi, Rochester, St. Cloud |
| United Hmong with Disabilities | The United Hmong with Disabilities (UHD)is the only Hmong disability organization in the country dedicated to supporting and building the leadership of Hmong individuals with disabilities, promoting disability justice, and raising awareness about ableism, and providing advocacy and resources to foster inclusion within the Hmong and larger community. The mission of UHD is to build a movement disability justice within the Hmong community to create a future that is inclusive of Hmong people with disabilities. | Twin Cites and State of Minnesota |
| Upstream Arts, Inc. | Upstream Arts (UA) uses the power of the creative arts to activate and amplify the voice and choice of individuals with disabilities. UA is best known for its high-quality multidisciplinary arts residencies designed for individuals with disabilities that nurture social/emotional, communication, and self-advocacy skills. | Twin Cities Metro Area |
| Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment | Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE) supports immigrant and refugee women, girls and those on the feminine gender spectrum in their journey of self-actualization through culturally responsive education, advocacy, systems change and resource development. | Saint Paul and the Twin Cities |
| Women’s Wellness and Parenting Support Center | Women’s Wellness & Parenting Support Center (WWPSC) is dedicated to empowering Somali women by providing programs and resources to enhance their health, wellness, and parenting skills. | Twin Cities Metro area and Greater Minnesota |
Last Updated: 11/26/2024