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100 Rural Women

1 Grant

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Marcell, MN

$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Access Philanthropy Charities

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$225,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build upon 2020 civic engagement momentum, expand relationships with elected leaders and decision makers, and organize with partners towards a multi-racial democracy

Aeon

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support operational and organizational development
$600,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to strengthen capacity to advocate for, acquire, rehabilitate, and stabilize affordable housing

African American Leadership Forum

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

African Career Education and Resources

2 Grants

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Brooklyn Park, MN

$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - ACER promotes racial and economic equity, empowering African Diaspora and BIPOC communities, and addressing disparities in housing, health, civic engagement, and community development.
$390,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build out organizational infrastructure

African Development Center

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

African Economic Development Solutions

2 Grants

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St Paul, MN

$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to redevelop a vacant commercial property in the Little Africa Cultural District to include a Halal meat market and grocery, retail space and community spaces, and AEDS offices
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Akiing Community Development Corporation

1 Grant

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Ponsford, MN

$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build regional capacity to scale and prototype hemp housing and expand the indigenous hemp building supply chain

All Square

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and support for the Blue Line Coalition

American Indian OIC

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support native organizations working collectively to secure building capital dollars from state resources
$160,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

American Institute of Architects – Minnesota

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$70,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build neighborhoods of racial equity, environmental justice, and community health in areas affected in the unrest through community advocacy of a multi-sector change agenda; to support and reimagine the Affordable Housing Design Awards program

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

3 Grants

$90,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to conduct, analyze, report, communicate, and engage policy makers, advocates, funders, program staff, and our communities in the Minnesota Homeless Study and the Tribal/Reservation Homeless Study
$335,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand equitable outcomes and create opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color leaders by sustaining and expanding a strong network of civic and public policy leadership programs
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Community Equity Program

Asian Economic Development Association

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Little Mekong Market Cooperative and incubator, which will create up to 50 microbusinesses and anchor wealth building in Little Mekong by helping to transfer an asset to BIPOC business owners

Association for Black Economic Power

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for working capital to launch Arise Community Credit Union as the state’s first Black-led community credit union and provide a pathway to stabilize and build community wealth
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the launch of Village Financial Credit Union

Awood Center

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Ayada Leads

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative

2 Grants

$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative works to advance and provide equitable housing and champion transformative solutions to ensure all people have a home.
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to grow the capacity of the Bring it Home Minnesota campaign to organize a statewide base working towards guaranteeing rent subsidies for all households that qualify

Build from Within Alliance

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support -Build from Within Alliance advances a community development model of supporting low-income entrepreneurs in systemically disinvested communities of color and generates awareness, acceptance, and resources across the country.

Build Wealth MN

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council

3 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council works to advance the human rights of the workers that are building our communities, by setting standards for and monitoring the Twin Cities' construction industry.
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

CAPI USA

3 Grants

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Brooklyn Center, MN

$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build out CAPI’s democratic participation and power building efforts
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$85,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support an inclusive process to assess how a land trust led by Black and Indigenous people can catalyze a transition to a regenerative economy, increase wealth access and intergenerational land stability

Center for Economic Inclusion

3 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$50,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop and launch a family sustaining wage campaign in Minnesota
$670,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to acquire and expand Growth & Justice's products and research as that organization sunsets

Center for Rural Policy and Development

1 Grant

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Mankato, MN

$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support and one-time business plan development support

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha

4 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$125,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support new leadership transition and an updated model of executive roles, ensuring continuity and clarity across CTUL through strategic planning, recruitment, training, and contracted support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support equitable new models for development, housing, and community safety
$175,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Centro Tyrone Guzman

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$60,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand the work of the Jovenes Latinas al Poder program that raises awareness of anti-blackness in the Latine community, including community elders, and promoting a new narrative of Black Latines
$30,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand Jovenes Latinas al Poder girls advocacy group and engage youth participants in raising awareness and working to change the narrative of anti-blackness in the Latine community

Citizens League

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to make Minnesota policymaking more inclusive and accessible, enhancing the civic capacity of community most impacted to lead in public policymaking

City of Bloomington

1 Grant

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Bloomington, MN

$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for predevelopment work including a feasibility demand and viability assessment for a new City-led Small Business Development Center that would support and uplift small business activity to be located in a repurposed fire station

City of Lakes Community Land Trust

2 Grants

$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for project funding to support the first Commercial Land Trust Initiative properties in Minneapolis

CloseKnit

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to catalyze systems change for youth facing homelessness by investing in their relationships with the caring adults already in their lives, removing systemic barriers that devalue vibrant informal support networks, especially in BIPOC communities

Coalition of Asian American Leaders

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$600,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Cogent Consulting SBC

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand the existing impact investing ecosystem in the Twin Cities

Common Cause Education Fund

1 Grant

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Washington, 2000520005

$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Minnesota program

CommonBond Communities

2 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$450,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - CommonBond Communities' mission is to address racial and economic disparities in communities through the development and management of affordable housing.
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina COPAL Education

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$450,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers research project and to support voter education efforts
$40,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

ConnectUP Institute

2 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Corporation for Supportive Housing

2 Grants

$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to fund the partnership of CSH and Hearth Connection to continue a project that unlocks and leverages Medicaid for housing
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to ensure providers across Minnesota are able to become Medicaid billing eligible, allowing them to effectively deliver Housing Stabilization and Support services to the people who are at-risk of or experiencing homelessness

Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Creative Enterprise Zone

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Cultural Wellness Center

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lake Street Alignment Process

Department of Public Transformation

1 Grant

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Granite Falls, MN

$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

East Side Freedom Library

2 Grants

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Saint Paul, MN

$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build organizational capacity and to expand operations of the Housing Justice Program at the East Side Freedom Library
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase the capacity of the East Side Housing Justice program

East Side Neighborhood Development Company

2 Grants

$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

EMERGE Community Development

1 Grant

$405,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to engage in a financial assessment

Engage Winona

1 Grant

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Winona, MN

$160,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to multiply impact on systems and build community and citizen power through homegrown cultural features that build relationships and shift mental models, and for general operating support

Envision Communities

2 Grants

Ham Lake, MN

$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support an innovative housing pilot designed and led by those who have experienced homelessness

Exodus Financial Services

2 Grants

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Saint Paul, MN

$70,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to develop, test, and spread equitable small-dollar consumer lending model through a network of statewide nonprofits reaching financially extracted and excluded Minnesotans
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for anti-payday loan program for accelerating economic mobility

Family Freedom Center

1 Grant

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Duluth, MN

$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

Family Housing Fund

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$3,000,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to build a housing system that ensures equitable housing access, stability, and affordability for the Twin Cities region
$1,500,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build a housing system that ensures housing access, stability, and affordability for everyone
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