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1		Minneapolis, MN
2		CLOQUET, MN
3		MINNEAPOLIS, MN
4		GRAND RAPIDS, MN
5		SQUAW LAKE, MN
6		ST PAUL, MN
7		Minneapolis, MN
8		Minneapolis, MN
9		Hopkins, MN
10		ST PAUL, MN
11		MAHNOMEN, MN
12		MOOSE LAKE, MN
13		MINNEAPOLIS, MN
14		ST PAUL, MN
15		MINNEAPOLIS, MN

The mission is to restore and well-being in the Native community by recovering knowledge and access to healthy indigenous foods, medicines, and lifeways. We do this by: creating culturally-based opportunities for youth employment, entrepreneurship and leadership; Increasing access to Indigenous foods through farm production, sales and distribution; and community organizing and outreach around reclaiming cultural traditions, healthy Indigenous food, cooking skills, and policy and systems change. is also one the leaders a groundswell movement to reclaim Indigenous sovereignty through food. Our programs impact over 12,000 people each year from our youngest community members to our oldest.

TO SCREEN, RECRUIT, AND LICENSE FAMILIED TO PROVIDE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN.

THE IS A COALITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS BUILDING SHARED POWER TO ADVANCE STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS AROUND THE INTERSECTIONS OF RACIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND HEALTH EQUITY. OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND LAND DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION. THE HAS 33 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND WE BUILD COALITIONS THAT ENGAGE DOZENS OF OTHER ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS IN ADVANCING OUR SHARED VISION AN EQUITABLE REGION THROUGH: -COALITION ORGANIZING: WE ORGANIZE COALITIONS THAT CROSS THE BOUNDARIES OF RACE, CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY AND ISSUES TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE. -COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: WE ENSURE THAT LOW-WEALTH AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGED IN THE PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES THAT SHAPE POLICIES AND SYSTEMS. -STRATEGIC SYSTEMS NAVIGATION: WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT LEADERS IN NAVIGATING COMPLEX INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS. -FIELD BUI

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - . SUPPORTS RURAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES TO CULTIVATE RESOURCES - PEOPLE, PLACES, AND RELATIONSHIPS - THAT LEAD TO STRONG, REGENERATIVE FUTURES. DELIVERED VALUABLE LEADERSHIP TRAININGS TO 272 MINNESOTANS ACROSS 69 RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. THESE COMMUNITY LEADERS FURTHER DEVELOPED AND ENHANCED THEIR SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR THE COMMON GOOD. BUILDING ON 30-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THESE SIGNATURE TRAININGS SHIFTED ONLINE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS EQUIPPED COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH STRATEGIES TO LEAD INCLUSIVE ONLINE MEETINGS AND WORK ACROSS DIFFERENCES DURING THE LONG STRETCHES OF ISOLATION CREATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, HUMANITY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR REMOTE REGIONS OF MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS, HANDS-ON PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND BEST PRACTICES MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES.

PROTECT FISHERIES AND PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY OWNED FLY FISHING ECOTOURISM OPERATIONS.

Support of indigenous homeless youth1 organization

To promote foodways education and facilitate food access.

BMT) recruits, prepares, places, and retains male teachers in elementary schools by building a robust pathway to the teaching profession, beginning in high school and continuing to support through college and into their teaching career. BMT began in 2018 based on research that told us that a diverse teacher corps improves student outcomes for all children, especially children of color. students in elementary school who have at least one male teacher are 29% less likely to drop out of school. Those who have two male teachers are 32% more likely to enroll in post-secondary education. Since its start in 2018, BMT has gone from a start-up, to serving 12 in 2020, 42 in 2021 and 63 in 2022. To support our rapid ramp up in programming, our staffing and budgeted spend are ramping up. We are developing a coalition of schools, school districts, teacher training and scholarship programs, and community organizations to achieve this objective.

PROVIDE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS IDENTIFYING AS WOMEN, BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC), AND LGBTQ+ IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM.

IS AN ANISHINAABE CONTROLLED LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH PROVISION OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT CURRICULUM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, , INDUSTRY

LAND CONSERVATION

To protect Indigenous Peoples, Cultures, Nature, Spirituality and Grandmother Earth through accurate interpretation.

ESTABLISHED IN 1934, THE SUPPORTS GRANTEES ACROSS ITS REGION OF EIGHT STATES AND 76 NATIVE NATIONS WHO LEAD WITH COURAGE, WISDOM, AND VISION. THEY ARE ADVANCING LONG-OVERDUE CHANGE IN DEEP CONNECTION WITH THE LAND THEY INHABIT AND COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE - NATIVE AMERICANS, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS. THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT ARE ON A JOURNEY OF BUILDING SOCIAL, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE - HELPING COMMUNITIES THRIVE ON THEIR OWN TERMS.OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR DECADES. WE TRUST THEM TO LEAD THE WAY. WE LEARN FROM THEM AND SHARE LEARNING WITH FELLOW FUNDERS AND OTHERS WHO CAN SUPPORT THEIR JOURNEYS. WE CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND OTHER LEADERS.

A black-led, nature-based healing retreat created to provide rest, reconnection and rejuvenation of mind, body and soul for Black, Indigenous and communities of color across generations.

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