Capacity Building
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Minnesota
Focus Areas: Building organizational capacity for movement organizations working toward justice and liberation
Approach: Supports organizations in strengthening their internal systems and capabilities to advance transformative change.
Contact:
- Email: info@headwatersfoundation.org
- Phone: 612-879-0602
- Address: 2801 21st Avenue South, Suite 132B, Minneapolis, MN 55407
- Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time
What Headwaters Foundation for Justice actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 93
- Total given
- $3.6M
- Median grant
- $40K
- Range
- $6,000–$125K
- By dollars: Minnesota 94%, California 4%, Wisconsin <1%. Top recipient cities: Minneapolis, MN; Saint Paul, MN; Moorhead, MN.
- 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 65% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Access Philanthropy Charities · Minneapolis, MN
General operating support
$125K
Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN
General operating support
$100K
MN8 · Saint Paul, MN
General operating support
$99K
Institute for Community Resource · Edina, MN
General operating support
$97K
Ayada Leads · Minneapolis, MN
General operating support
$90K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Capacity building
- Social justice
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