East Side Funders Group

So much inspiration, vulnerability, and love for the East Side in one room. Thanks to the amazing panel and attendees! Thank you G.W. Carver Cultural Center for Innovation for hosting.

Great opportunity for grants and loan interest loans for small businesses and nonprofits through Neighborhood Development Center and MEDA. Check it out!

Latino Economic Development Center EastSide Area Business Association Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center East Side Freedom Library ESNDC Georgia Fort

MN Promise Act Helping disadvantaged businesses reach their full potential. What is the PROMISE Act? The Providing Resources & Opportunity & Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Grant and Loan Programs are new, state-funded programs that will provide grants and loans to disadvantaged small bu...

Check out our upcoming events! Learn more/register: mnpromiseact.org



Neighborhood Development Center
MEDA: Metropolitan Economic Development Association

The application is now open for the third round of youth empowerment grants from LISC and Foot Locker Foundation. If you are youth-serving in one of our 13 target cities, we invite you to apply for grants up to $100K by Aug 30. Learn more: https://www.lisc.org/our-initiatives/sports-recreation/foot-locker-foundation-community-empowerment-program/

Nexus is seeking an Open Road Fund Grant Assistant to support the design and implementation of the Open Road Fund. Apply by Monday July 24, 2023 midnight.

https://buff.ly/44WakOz

This is an entry-level position focused on grants administration, grant-making operations, and sustaining relationships with community, partners, and grantees. This role is for someone who has long-term interests in becoming a grant maker, grants administrator, or just wants to support Black grant seekers with their skills.

Open Road Fund is a community fund granting $50 million to Black folks in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota in order to create tangible pathways to liberation, prosperity, and healing on our own terms.

Are you planning a community based event on the East Side? ESFG provides event sponsorships for East Side mission-aligned events. Click below for more information!

East Side Funders Group Sponsorship Request Thank you for considering East Side Funders Group (ESFG) for sponsorship support. ESFG is a collaboration of partners who come together to learn, identify, influence and align around community wealth building opportunities that increase economic vitality and advance economic justice for residents on...

Registration is open for Tapping the Potential of Community Engagement - A Five-Part Introduction to the Field of Community Engagement with Nexus Community Partners.

Tapping the Potential of Community Engagement Series | Nexus Community Partners The annual Tapping the Potential of Community Engagement workshop series is designed to deepen your knowledge and self-awareness, broaden your perspective, and sharpen your skills as you explore the potential for community engagement to create equitable, healthy, and sustainable communities. The ses...

Are you passionate about Black economic justice? Are you involved in a Black-led collective, cooperative, or land trust? Apply to the North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship! Together, we will learn and reclaim the history of Black cooperation over 7 months through intentional practice, storytelling, and skill-building. Apply here:
https://www.nexuscp.org/2023-24-north-star-black-cooperative-fellowship-applications-are-open/

Open Road Fund will award $50,000 grants to at least 800 Black residents in the region through 2031.

Open Road Fund | Nexus Community Partners Open Road Fund is a community resource granting $50 million to Black folks in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota in order to create tangible pathways to liberation, prosperity, and healing on our own terms.

Join us for Drag Tale Times this summer! Kicking us off is Oblivia, an amazing Hmong drag artist who has previously joined us and you won't want to miss!

RSVP to join us on May 20th at 2 PM.

Thank you to Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center for partnering with us again this year and to East Side Funders Group for their sponsorship in making this event happen!

Register here today!
https://bit.ly/3BxXn0y

Exciting opportunity to shape the public art at the Heights (former Hillcrest site). Saint Paul Port Authority Forecast Public Art

Volunteers needed to shape public art at former Hillcrest Golf Course in St. Paul Up to a dozen volunteers will help pick the stories the course site tells.

New in 2023! ESFG will provide sponsorships for East Side events and programs that align with our criteria. We are proud to support local organizations that are aligned with our mission to amplify and invest in community wealth building strategies that promote local ownership, high quality living wage jobs, and advance economic justice. Funds are limited. To learn more or apply go to our website:https://www.eastsidefundersgroup.org/grant-guidelines

Grant Guidelines — East Side Funders Group The East Side Funders Group is a collaboration of partners who come together to learn, identify, influence and align around community wealth building opportunities that increase economic vitality and advance economic justice for residents on the East Side of St. Paul, particularly the Dayton’s Blu...