Giving Project Grant

Giving Project grants are dedicated to funding Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led, grassroots, community-based organizations across Minnesotathat use community organizing as a core strategy to advance equity and justice.Headwaters has been offering Giving Project grants since 2015.

Giving Project grants provide general operating support to BIPOC-led organizations rooted in community organizing work across Minnesota. Since 2015, nearly $1.7 million has been invested in grassroots community-based organizations advancing equity and justice in Minnesota by Headwaters’ Giving Projects.

Members of the Giving Project cohort raise the funds to support the Giving Project Grant and read and evaluate grant applications, conduct site visits with organizations, and make collective decisions about which organizations will be selected for funding.

Applications for the 2024-2025 Giving Project Grant have closed.

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Questions about the Giving Project grant can be directed to Sierra Judy, Giving Project Program Officer at sierra@headwatersfoundation.org or 612-400-6275.  

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Giving Project alumni