Simpson Housing Services
- purpose: to house, support, and empower people impacted by homelessness
- more info: Charity Navigator, Charities Review Council
Apple Tree Dental
- purpose: to overcome barriers to oral health
- more info: Charity Navigator
Sabathani Community Center
- purpose: provides essential supports that equip and inspire people of all ages and cultures to improve their lives and contribute to a thriving South Minneapolis community
- more info: Charity Navigator, CBS News, MPR News, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
QUEERSPACE collective
- purpose: creates space for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth to feel safe and empowered to be their true selves
- more info: CenterLink, Charity Navigator
Friends of the Mississippi River
- purpose: engages people to protect, restore and enhance the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities region
- more info: Charity Navigator, Charities Review Council
Children's Dental Services
- purpose: dedicated to improving the oral health of children from families with low incomes by providing accessible treatment and education to our diverse community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Education for Liberation Network
- purpose: prepares the most disenfranchised members of our society, in particular low-income youth and youth of color, to fight for a more just world
- more info: Charity Navigator
Repowered
- employment social enterprise, electronics recycling services in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, sells refurbished electronics, offers repair services, ships within the US
- more info: Charity Navigator, R2 Certified
Jobs Foundation
- purpose: provides job training and practical experience for adults facing barriers to employment that prepares them to be more valuable employees with expanding futures
- more info: Charity Navigator
Advocating Change Together
- purpose: supports the leadership of people with disabilities to fight ableism and build inclusive communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
North Dakota Assistive
- purpose: to bring assistive technology devices and services into the lives of North Dakotans and Minnesotans of all ages who need it
- more info: Charity Navigator
Diaper Bank of Minnesota
- purpose: provide diapers to families in need in Minnesota; increase awareness about diaper need in Minnesota; advocate for changes to improve conditions for babies who need diapers
- more info: National Diaper Bank Network
Wildflyer Coffee
- coffee shop, provides employment opportunities and support to youth experiencing homelessness, ships coffee within U.S.
- more info: REDF, Charity Navigator
Colon Cancer Coalition
- purpose: to improve health outcomes by reducing barriers to complete colorectal cancer screening and educating the public to advocate for their own health through tailored, local, grassroots solutions
- more info: Charity Navigator
Dakota Wicohan
- purpose: to preserve Dakota as a living language, and through it, transmit Dakota life ways to future generations
- more info: Charity Navigator
Hmong American Farmers Association
- purpose: to advance the prosperity of Hmong American farmers through cooperative endeavors, capacity building and advocacy
- more info: Charity Navigator, MPR News
All Square
- purpose: to heal the harms created by the criminal legal system by changing the way criminal records are used and viewed
- more info: Charity Navigator, REDF
White Earth Wild Rice
- White Earth Nation business, sells wild rice, other foods, jewelry, handcrafted items, and other gifts and items
- more info: White Earth Nation
Hartley Nature Center
- purpose: dedicated to inspiring lifelong connections to nature through education, play and exploration
- more info: Charity Navigator, Parent Aware
New Native Theatre
- purpose: produces, commissions, and devises authentic Native American stories for the stage which means NNT’s artists are intricately connected to the concerns and voices of their communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
- purpose: to generate policies, community support and local resources for housing and services to end homelessness in Minnesota
- more info: Charity Navigator
Penumbra Theatre
- purpose: creates professional productions that are artistically excellent, thought provoking, relevant, and illuminate the human condition through the prism of the African American experience
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
Ka Joog
- purpose: to create a better world by providing community-based, culturally specific programs and services to youth and their families through education, the arts, and economic development
- more info: Charity Navigator
Hmong Cultural Center
- purpose: to promote the personal development of children, youth, and adults through education while providing resources that enhance cross-cultural awareness between Hmong and non-Hmong
- more info: Charity Navigator
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota
- purpose: to maintain the identity of Minnesota’s Vietnamese community while addressing the basic economic, education, and health needs of refugees and immigrants statewide while promoting healthy and thriving communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Spirit Lake Native Farms
- Indigenous farm, sells wild rice and maple syrup
- more info: Made/Produced by American Indians, Minnesota Grown
Fair Anita
- fair trade social enterprise, partners with women artisans, sells accessories and jewelry
- more info: Fair Trade Federation
Kathie’s Coffee
- proceeds fund the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, sells coffee
- more info: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Hearth Connection
- purpose: to assist Minnesotans experiencing homelessness and housing instability
- more info: Charity Navigator
WE WIN Institute
- purpose: creating academic and social success for all children
- more info: Charity Navigator