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Aeon

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$500,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support and scaled innovation

African American Leadership Forum

1 Grant

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Saint Louis Park, MN

$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
for the Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy

African Development Center

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

African Economic Development Solutions

2 Grants

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St Paul, MN

$302,000
2019
Region & Communities
to build capacity in delivering services that build wealth within the Twin Cities African immigrant communities, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$70,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$400,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for the Regional Equity Project

American Indian OIC, Inc.

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$140,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support Takoda Programs -- career pathway programming

American Institute of Architects – Minnesota

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$45,000
2018
Region & Communities
for the launch of a biennial program recognizing progress made by architects, developers, financial institutions, public and private sector clients, and others in moving forward the core elements of 21st Century development in Minnesota

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

2 Grants

$225,000
2018
Region & Communities
for programmatic support of the Community Equity Pipeline
$300,000
2018
Region & Communities
to help build a leadership pipeline representing people of color and Indigenous communities

Association for Black Economic Power

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$400,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Ayada Leads

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$80,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support leadership development and provide programs that build civic engagement and representative democracy for women across Minnesota, particularly Somali and East African women

Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative

1 Grant

$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and to build capacity in advancing equitable housing policies statewide

Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$300,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating and project support to continue advancing active transportation and safe routes to school and to explore active transportation related greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and business initiatives in the Twin Cities

Build Wealth MN, Inc.

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$320,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support and one-time capital support to assist with office relocation to the new Thor Headquarters at Penn and Plymouth Avenue north Minneapolis

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

1 Grant

$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support advocacy work through the Office for Social Justice to advance strategies to eliminate disparities, improve equity, and ensure basic needs, including homes for all

Center for Economic Inclusion

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$1,000,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Citizens League

3 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$145,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support development of a leadership learning and training experience for newer, diverse legislative staff so they are positioned to develop strategies to support themselves and their legislators in order to effectively lead in state government
$100,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support a project that would envision what a future region should look like for Minnesota if designed by today's new and younger thought leaders
$125,000
2018
Region & Communities
to fund the Capitol Pathways Leadership Program

City of Lakes Community Land Trust

1 Grant

$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating and project support

Coalition of Asian American Leaders

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$200,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support leadership programming through CAAL Leaders MOVEE: Making Our Voices Effective for Equity

CommonBond Communities

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$750,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for a feasibility study on an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT)

Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc.

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support the development and operation of a Small Business Micro Equity Opportunity Fund in Minnesota

Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
to serve at-risk, economically disadvantaged youth from communities of color in the Twin Cities metro area, preparing them to successfully enter and advance in high-growth, in-demand IT careers, and for general operating support

Corcoran Neighborhood Organization

1 Grant

$260,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and project support for the public art project

Council on Foundations, Inc.

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$20,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support the Inclusive Economic Prosperity Convening and its Community of Practice involving grantees and key partners

Creative Enterprise Zone

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$80,000
2018
Region & Communities
to build organizational capacity

District Council 13

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$33,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support

District Energy St. Paul, Inc.

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$35,000
2018
Region & Communities
to develop an Energy Master Plan for the 112-acre former Hillcrest Golf Course leveraging sustainable resources to efficiently and cost-effectively serve the redevelopment and adjacent neighborhoods

East Side Neighborhood Development Company

1 Grant

$120,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

EcoDistricts

1 Grant

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Portland, OR

$20,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support the programming of the EcoDistricts' Annual Summit, convening in Minneapolis in October 2018

Element Community Health Fund, LLC

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$125,000
2019
Region & Communities
to assist in building out a performance venue at CO·MOTION'S Center for Movement; home to 12 non-profits and small businesses

EMERGE Community Development

2 Grants

$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
to make significant physical improvements to Second Chance Recycling to almost triple recycling impact, reduce carbon footprint through solar energy, and create more jobs for high-needs participants
$225,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Fairview Foundation

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
to grow an employer-led delivery system for increasing workforce diversity and raising incomes in communities in St. Paul and Minneapolis through health care career pathways employment

Folwell Neighborhood Association

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$60,000
2019
Region & Communities
to build community power, ownership, and wealth

Frogtown Neighborhood Association

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$120,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating and project support

Goodwill Industries, Inc.

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
to build on the successful model of the East Side xChange and Goodwill's integrated participation in this collaborative, to connect employers to potential employees on the East Side

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund

1 Grant

$100,000
2018
Region & Communities
to educate state and local elected officials on the Minnesota Task Force on Housing findings and recommendations and establish tools and capacity to shape the affordable housing narrative moving forward

Growth & Justice

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$225,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$25,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support strategic reflection and planning for the statewide Habitat for Humanity and its network of 29 affiliates

Hamline Midway Coalition

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$60,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Harrison Neighborhood Association

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$80,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Hope Community, Inc.

1 Grant

$150,000
2018
Region & Communities
for Hope’s Community Building and Organizing program to increase community stability, vitality, resilience, equity, and power

Hourcar

2 Grants

$98,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support the build out of a one-way all-electric carsharing service line in the Twin Cities
$25,000
2018
Region & Communities
to develop a business plan for the next generation of a shared vehicle business model in the region inclusive of electric fleet vehicles

Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Paul

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$165,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support the implementation of the Rent Supplement Pilot Program with an array of light case management and other services for eligible lower-income families with children

Housing Link

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia-United Renters for Justice

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$550,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating and program/project support, and to build capacity for communications and voter engagement

Land Bank Twin Cities, Inc.

1 Grant

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Saint Anthony, MN

$500,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and to support the Prosperity Possible Campaign

Latino Economic Development Center

2 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$185,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for project support to help build organizational capacity
$75,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support LEDC Stabilization Plan and transition to new leadership

Little Earth Residents Association, Inc.

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Living Cities

2 Grants

$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

2 Grants

$2,400,000
2019
Region & Communities
to help people thrive in the places they love by accelerating affordable housing production/preservation and advancing equitable economic development and family financial stability, and for general operating support
$525,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general, program, and capacity building support to expand and implement Duluth LISC’s integrated housing, economic/community revitalization, workforce, and asset building strategies

Lower Phalen Creek Project

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$350,000
2019
Region & Communities
to design and build Wakan Tipi Center at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary and create a $1 million operating reserve for the Center
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