2020

Avivo

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $2284
to provide protective and sanitation supplies to help people living in outdoor encampments protect themselves from exposure to the coronavirus.

HIRED

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
to provide laptop computers and other resources so homeless Hired participants can continue their schooling despite the disruption of the pandemic.

North Anoka County Emergency Foodshelf & Clothing Closet (NACE)

Year: 2020
Location: Cedar, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to purchase more food and supplies in order to respond properly to the Coronavirus pandemic.

St. Andrew’s Community Resource Center

Year: 2020
Location: Mahtomedi, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $2920
to help provide an extended stay hotel as a temporary shelter solution for families experiencing homelessness to practice social distancing from the others in a congregate setting.

Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative

Year: 2020
Location: St. Paul, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to support families experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 response, which has caused Beacon to cancel congregation hosting and move families into motels for overnight stays.

Hope for the Journey Home

Year: 2020
Location: Oakdale, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
for hotel vouchers to help protect shelter families, staff, and volunteers from COVID-19.

NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center, Inc.

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $7851
for a new reach-in freezer and food scale to be able to store, distribute, and weigh more food for those in need, while cutting down on wait times for food shelf clients.

The Bridge for Youth

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
funding to help provide youth participating in emergency shelter and housing programs at The Bridge for Youth with access to items necessary for them to be successful in school.

Bountiful Basket Food Shelf of Eastern Carver County

Year: 2020
Location: Chaska, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $2000
funding towards allowing their food shelf budget to stay stable while more aggressively helping with hunger relief efforts during this time of crisis.

Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul

Year: 2020
Location: St. Paul, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $7195
for a new refrigerator and freezer to serve more individuals facing food insecurity as well as being able to purchase food in bulk to save money.

Passing the Bread Food Distribution

Year: 2020
Location: Princeton, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $4966
for a new commercial cooler and freezer to help store and distribute more refrigerated/frozen items to those in need.

The Bridge for Youth

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $5500
for a new commercial freezer and beds/cribs to help open Gloria‰Ûªs Place and provide a safe, welcoming, and calm environment for homeless parenting youth and their children.

Breakthrough Ministries

Year: 2020
Location: Burnsville, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $6200
for a combination refrigerator/freezer trailer to help provide hot cooked meals to unsheltered homeless individuals.

Intermediate District 287

Year: 2020
Location: Plymouth, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
to purchase educational items for their homeless students, allowing each student to focus and thrive in their educational pursuits.

People Incorporated

Year: 2020
Location: St. Paul, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to purchase food and water to be distributed by street outreach teams to individuals living in encampments.

The Dwelling Place

Year: 2020
Location: Columbia Heights, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $1500
to provide hotel vouchers for individuals who are uncontaminated and at high-risk.

Casa de Esperanza

Year: 2020
Location: St. Paul, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $1500
to purchase food, essential household supplies and fund hotel vouchers for individuals who are uncontaminated and at high-risk.

Joyce Uptown Foodshelf

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to support the emergency response of Joyce Uptown Foodshelf to provide food with respect and dignity to all who come.

People Serving People Charities, Inc.

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
to provide homeless students with necessary educational materials for school, transportation costs, and additional activity costs for their evening education and tutoring program.

The Link

Year: 2020
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
funding to help support students experiencing homelessness holistically, by providing funds for basic needs items including hygiene supplies and clothing essentials, school-led excursions and sports, transportation assistance, student technology needs, and community memberships.