Advocates Against Domestic Abuse dba HOPE (Healing Opportunity Provided Equally)
Year: 2020Location: Aitkin, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $7490
for seven new beds and a shower unit to increase their capacity and expand their services to more individuals fleeing from domestic violence in Aitkin county.
Family Promise of Kandiyohi County
Year: 2020Location: Willmar, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to host overnight guests at the current day center and still provide for their needs until the churches can host in the future.
Mora Food Pantry
Year: 2020Location: Mora, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $4477
for a new produce cooler to ensure that safe and healthy food is available for individuals and families facing food insecurity in Kanabec county.
Sojourner Project
Year: 2020Location: Hopkins, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $1500
to provide hotel vouchers to clients in need of isolation because of the COVID-19 virus due to exposure or underlying conditions that put the victim at greater risk of illness.
Women of Nations
Year: 2020Location: St. Paul, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $1500
to provide hotel/motel vouchers for families or individuals at high risk.
Ain Dah Yung Center
Year: 2020Location: St. Paul, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to help keep Street Outreach workers safe while they perform vital health checks and crisis intervention with youth experiencing homelessness.
Grace House of Itasca County
Year: 2020Location: Grand Rapids, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
motel vouchers to provide better isolation and private restrooms for each individual experiencing homelessness instead of the cubicles and communal restrooms at the shelter.
Neighbors to Friends
Year: 2020Location: Sauk Rapids, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $1500
to provide safe shelter and an isolation area in a local motel for homeless individuals who have health conditions.
Sojourner Project
Year: 2020Location: Hopkins, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $2500
funding to help provide children that stay in their shelter with school supplies, clothing, and resources needed to pursue their education and smoothly transition into a new school and peer group.
YWCA of Duluth
Year: 2020Location: Duluth, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
to help provide resources to homeless students by furnishing access to supplies, opportunities, and resources to participate in school.
Al-Maa’uun
Year: 2020Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $8830
for a commercial freezer to be able to safely store perishable food items and continue their home meal and food box delivery program to youth, seniors, and people with disabilities in north Minneapolis.
Grace House of Itasca County
Year: 2020Location: Grand Rapids, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $3000
to support youth in area schools experiencing homelessness or in transitional housing by creating pathways for improved access and academic success.
New Creation Baptist Church (NCBC Food Shelf)
Year: 2020Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $7000
for two new commercial coolers and a commercial freezer to be able store and distribute more food to those in need.
Southern Anoka Community Assistance (SACA)
Year: 2020Location: Columbia Heights, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $8310
to purchase of a new freezer for their client-choice food shelf and delivery program.
Ascension Place, Inc. dba Haven Housing
Year: 2020Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: Education
Amount: $2500
funding to meet the immediate and unpredictable needs of homeless students at their family shelter and to help ensure full participation in school and school-related activities.
Great River Family Promise
Year: 2020Location: Elk River, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to help provide shelter and quarantine families affected by COVID-19 and support the organizationÕs solutions regarding COVID-19.
New Oil Christian Center
Year: 2020Location: Minneapolis, MN
Type: COVID-19 Response Fund
Amount: $3000
to support seniors that are homeless and trying to survive the Coronavirus with emergency shelter, food, and hygiene packages.
Southern Minnesota Crisis Nursery
Year: 2020Location: New Ulm, MN
Type: Hunger and Homeless
Amount: $2000
for hotel vouchers to help provide emergency lodging for families experiencing homelessness.
Avivo
Year: 2020Location: 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: 2020Location: 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.