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Building Forward Fund Awards $1 Million in Grants
Ten local organizations will receive a total of $1 million through the Minneapolis Foundation’s Building Forward Fund, a collective effort to support nonprofit leaders making bold, strategic pivots in the face of rapid change.
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"Collective giving reflects a simple truth: Meaningful change happens when people work together."- Sara Lueben
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Fourth Generation Takes On Hunger
No one could have foreseen how timely, appropriate, and important this focus would be.
Through giving circles, member groups, and pooled funds, we create opportunities for people and businesses across our community to come together and take action on urgent needs. See this work in action.
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Doing Good, Together
Fourth Generation wrapped up their most recent grantmaking cycle by awarding $38,000 to three organizations run by youth and empowering youth in the Twin Cities.
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Fund for Safe Communities Awards Grants to Prevent Violence
Funding will support seven organizations that are doing innovative work to prevent violence and promote healing in local communities.
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WCA Foundation Expands Support to Meet the Moment
The WCA Foundation awarded its 2025 project funding, plus 47 grants to support partners in a time of uncertainty.
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A Giving Circle Takes Action on Immigration
This spring as we kicked off our latest pop-up giving circle, which focused on immigration in Minnesota. This event drew a diverse group of participants representing the WCA Foundation, Fourth Generation, the BMPP Giving Circle, and our fundholder community.
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Graze 4 Good Trivia Night Will Support Youth-Led Work
Fourth Generation fundraiser will be held April 30 at Graze Food Hall by Travail. This year, the group chose to support organizations and projects that are led by young people and focus on cultivating youth leadership.
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Hear the Impact Fund Awards $768,000 in Grants
Minnesotans who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing will benefit in a variety of ways from the work of 17 organizations that received grants from a unique charitable fund administered by the Minneapolis Foundation.
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2025 Graze 4 Good
Join us the newly relaunched Graze Food Hall by Travail for delicious food and drink, games, networking, and a chance to learn about Fourth Generation’s 2024-2025 focus issue: Youth-led Initiatives.
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Youth-Led Solutions to Violence
Watch this video to learn more about the Fund for Safe Communities and the people working together to prevent violence in our community.
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Responding to Local Needs in 2024
In addition to our annual grant rounds and the guidance we provide to support our fundholders’ giving, we make special investments to address community needs as they arise.
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Fourth Generation is a giving circle for rising leaders who care about our community and want to make a bigger impact than they could alone. Every year, this volunteer-led group comes together to learn about a local issue, research and hear from organizations that address it, and pool their resources to support it through equity-focused grantmaking.
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