Meet our Grantee Partners
Each of our grantmaking programs brings community leaders, partners, and volunteers into the decision-making process. Our community-led grantmaking is central to the Headwaters vision for collective liberation. Learn more about our recent grant announcements and the care behind each decision. For a full list of our grantee partners, please refer to our annual reports.
Announcing the 2021 Community Innovation Grant Recipients
A group of volunteers from the community led our most recent round of Headwaters’ Community Innovation grantmaking work. Thanks to them—and an intermediary partnership we’ve held with the Bush Foundation…
Announcing the 2021 Giving Project Grant Recipients and Giving Project Program Cohort Participants
The ongoing pandemic might have limited the 2021 Giving Project Program cohort from meeting in person, but it did not prevent them from setting fundraising and grantmaking records at Headwaters. The group of 16 volunteers made it possible…
Announcing the Transformation Fund Grant Recipients and Community Grantmakers
June 15, 2021 Through our Transformation Fund, and with leadership from a group of community volunteer grantmakers, Headwaters Foundation for Justice (HFJ) is deeply investing in 22 organizations or coalitions that are led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, and people of…
The Transformation Fund: Rapid Response Grantmaking Continues
On Sunday, May 31st, Headwaters responded to the murder of George Floyd by setting up The Transformation Fund. We wanted to move money quickly to frontline organizations as they kept…
Here are the Summer 2020 Community Innovation Grant Recipients
Headwaters recently awarded Community Innovation grants, totaling $303,500, to 21 organizations. An ongoing partnership with Saint Paul-based Bush Foundation made the grants possible. The investments will help grantee partners and…
Announcing the 2020 Giving Project Grant Recipients and Cohort Participants
June 30, 2020Headwaters Foundation for Justice (HFJ) gave 14 Minnesota-based grassroots organizations Giving Project grants. A 19-member Giving Project Program volunteer cohort made the general operating investments possible. The cohort…
About the 2nd Wave of Communities First Fund Grant Recipients
Good afternoon Community, I hope you’re finding new ways to stay connected while being physically distant. Lately, I’ve been enjoying long walks with my wife and dinnertime with our kids—things…
Announcing the 1st Wave of Communities First Fund Grant Recipients
April 17th, 2020 Good afternoon Community, It was clear to me from the start that the coronavirus pandemic would change daily life for all Minnesotans—both in the short- and long-term.…
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