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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 color. The group of grantees are on the front lines of organizing for systems change across Minnesota. Each $75,000 grant gives $25,000 of general operating support per year for three years—an HFJ first.
“This is our mission in action,” said Program Director Melissa Rudnick. “Organizations need and deserve flexible grant dollars to support their work towards justice, self-determination, and collective liberation. Philanthropy’s responsibility is to do more than just listen. We must respond, which is why I’m proud to see the community help Headwaters move this money exactly where it’s needed.”
Our Transformation Fund grant recipients are:
- Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
- American Indian Community Housing Organization
- Asian American Organizing Project
- Asian Minnesotan Alliance for Justice
- Ayada Leads
- Black Immigrant Collective
- Black Table Arts
- Dakhóta iápi Okhódakičhiye
- Dream of Wild Health
- Frogtown Neighborhood Association
- Harrison Neighborhood Association
- Housing Equity Now Saint Paul
- Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia
- Native Governance Center
- Niibi Center
- Public Functionary
- ReleaseMN8
- Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment
- Tending the Soil
- The SEAD Project
- Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
- West Side Citizens Organization
Our community grantmakers are:
- Sarah Abe
- Roula Alkatout
- Sai Chang
- Wayne Ducheneaux
- Takara Henegar
- Amber Z. Jones
- Elodie Lee
- Corelle Nakamura
- Maria Salas
We will highlight each of the 22 grantees, their powerful activism, and some of the community grantmakers throughout the summer. Find us on social platforms and sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to learn more about how you can support these groups!
Organizations that are interested in applying for other HFJ funding opportunities will want to look for our Community Innovation Grant application, coming out in late summer or early fall. We offer Community Innovation Grants through a partnership with the Bush Foundation. Please check our website and sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to get the latest details as they emerge.