Minneapolis Nonprofits and Charities

We adopted our first Indian girl about twenty years ago and have donated to LGPM frequently in addition. It's a favorite on our charity list.

I went through TCR's career training program in 2022 after being a stay at home mom for 10+ years. They helped me identify my strengths and interests while addressing my barrier to employment, and helped me map out a career path with their coaching. I'm now working in my dream job and am forever thankful to my coach, TCR staff, and the program for helping me figure out what I wanted to do and for helping me achieve the things needed to get to where I wanted to be. I'd recommend this program to anyone who hasn't worked before, is unemployed, or is unhappy in their current career. They are the best to have in your corner and really actually care about every single person they work with.

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I wish I could give 10 stars! We started at St. David’s many years ago when my oldest son entered the ECE program. I had some developmental concerns and asked our teacher to keep an eye on them. As a result, we began OT and other services. Everything was well coordinated and well done. When we finished Pre-K, we were able to start Kindergarten on the right foot with the right resources in place. The intervention, services and ECE program are the foundations to my son’s current success.

My mentee and I are starting our fifth year together. It's been challenging and rewarding. <br>We share background together as both are in the middle of big families, our birthdays are only six days apart, and she shares my daughter's name. She and I have found we like to bake together and we have started to learn sewing. Now she's learning to drive! <br> <br>Two things that have changed me are an increase in patience and learning to let go of expectations. Both of these qualities have made me a better mentor and person. I am in it for the long haul because I can't imagine not having her in my life.

NRRC is doing the work in housing equity that North Minneapolis needs. They are a one stop shop for community organizing, loan programs and addressing systemic issues facing our community. If anything I wish more people knew about NRRC in order to access their community resources!!

Rakhma provided loving and compassionate care for my family member. The home style group atmosphere worked so much better for us than a large institutional setting.

I've been a member of the Loft for 15+ years. The classes I've taken have been instrumental in improving my craft, and the connections I've made with other writers have been incredible. As I prepare for the publication of my first novel, there are so many Loft members, teachers and staff to thank. It is, literally, my community.

The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra plays free concerts throughout the Twin Cities area. I started as a board member with the MSO in 1996. I began playing in the MSO's percussion section a year later, and now serve as its Principal Percussionist and its Executive Director. We play challenging music at a professional level, even though our musicians are not paid to play. In fact, our musicians donate money to the MSO, as well as their time and talent. Our last season started with Rite of Spring and ended with Beethoven's Eroica, with Shostakovich 5 and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in between. Minnesota Public Radio broadcast our Mahler concert, which was heard live by 1600 people, and on the radio and through the internet by many thousands more. In our upcoming season, every one of our concerts will feature a piece by a living Minnesota composer. By playing this music for free, we provide a great opportunity for everyone to hear this great repertoire.

Sharing and Caring Hands in Minneapolis is a candle in the window for those in need. I have volunteered on and off for almost 15 years and it's doors are open to those in most need. There are few requirements to enter, no drugs, no alcohol and a prayer before eating it's that simple. Everything that you donate goes to those who need it most. I have been blessed to work with Mary Jo and her staff and look forward to the day when we won't need to feed the hungry, or clothe the poor or shelter the homeless (the shelter is actually at Mary's Place across the street for families). Until that day comes, Mary Jo and her team will keep a candle burning. God Bless <br>Johnny

If one of your passions is study and the development of knowledge, this is a great organization for you. From presentations on eclectic topics to study groups loosely organized around a topic of interest, MISF will involve you and pique your curiosity. <br> <br>If you have a topic you want to pursue in depth, you can get help from MISF to review and critique your work and to assist with obtaining and managing grants.

As a board member I have an inside view. Great programs, great people. All dedicated to delivering a much-needed set of services to clients who are empowered to live their livest to the fullest. Come join us!

Open Arms of Minnesota is by far the best non-profit going...the works they do is imortant and in some case life saving. My mother is currently battling cancer and has had serious food issues, she became a client and RAVES about the food. I volunteer there a couple times a week and always have a great time with Cassie, Sara, Juan and thr entire staff. As a long time hospitality worker and a foodie, the kitchen at OA is "top shelf" I know alot of chefs who would kill to work there...but really it is the food that they provide to people who might not eat regularly that is the proof that Open Arms is the non-profit to check out. <br>Patrick McMonigal

The Minnesota Sinfonia is the only professional orchestra in the state to offer all of its performances free of admission charges, welcoming children to all performances, and allocating over 50% of its performances to children and their education. According to independent audits and reviews, the Sinfonia allocates over 80% of expenditures to the artistic product. And the quality is superb! Regularly performing to packed houses, often filled with children, the audience makeup is one of the most diverse of any in the classic music field. Anonymous surveys show that approximately 40% of respondents have household incomes below $35,000, and rarely attend other classical music concerts. The orchestra's Music in the Schools works, which is a curriculum based program that relates music content to required academics (and all based on state academic standards) is taken to 18-20 inner-city public schools and over 10,000 children every year - all at no cost to the students or the schools. The Sinfonia raises the money, and then gives this program without charge as part of its commitment to the community and its children.

I learned about WATCH from taking a domestic violence class at the University of Minnesota. I was eager to become a volunteer because I loved the work that WATCH was doing. I volunteer once a week and have loved it. Everyone is devoted to the mission and are willing to communicate and explore new possibilities. I have learned a lot about the court system and how our domestic violence victims are treated, despite our best intentions. I am proud to be a volunteer and I believe WATCH is a program that does great things for women.

Mpls. Community & Technical College (MCTC) has partnered with PPL on several occasions and over many years. We recently introduced a successful Pharmacy Technician training program. PPL is a flexible, fair and transparent organization, very dedicated to serving their clients. They understand the needs and challenges of providing education and supply the wrap around services needed to ensure student success. The work we do together is important and very rewarding. Thank you, PPL, for your continued partnership!

Since learning of this remarkable organization two years ago, my wife and I have contributed frequently. Its two founders and leading lights, Rev. Dr. Arthur Rouner, Jr. and his wife, Molly, travel twice yearly to Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya, where they bring the healing message of reconciliation to Africans who have suffered horribly during the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and in the course of other violent tribal conflicts. They are two of the most selfless individuals we have had the privilege of knowing. They quite literally and regularly change hardened hearts and provide deeply aggrieved people with newfound hope for a better life. In addition to their African work, they also minister to Native Americans living on reservations, many mired in a world of poverty and despair. I cannot commend their honorable work highly enough.

Look at the stats... They enroll 452 students and graduate 136. This retention is attrocious! They place 82% of the graduates on less than living wage jobs and these jobs aren't sustained in their field. Plus, where is the aid money going from the 316 students that don't graduate? Question the leadership and the board and see it for what it is.

Tapestry Folkdance Center is a one-of-a-kind facility that brings together dancers and musicians from every genre. It's huge beautiful maple hardwood floors attract dancers from all over the area for swing dancing, contra dancing, international dancing and much more! Tapestry is alcohol-free and smoke-free and is run by dancers for dancers, counting on donations from people like you to keep it operating. I am a past president of the Board of Directors for Tapestry and am also an instructor and dancer. Please consider donating today!

IBNN Editors Note: Residents of Minneapolis should read closely the messages sent out in the local Black press that attempt to position this organization as one on the move up, when in fact troubles continue to linger. IBNN has written favorable stories and not-so favorable stories about the Minneapolis Urban League (MUL). Since the Minneapolis Urban League is a membership organization, under the color of law, how will the MUL handle the possible over-throw of the current board to protect &ldquo;the membership&rsquo;s $16 million dollar investment on the corner of Penn and Plymouth Avenue North?&rdquo; If you recall &ndash; it was the Minneapolis Urban League management who decided to release great employees in favor of routing dollars to ACORN home foreclosure counseling, among other things. So far the National Urban League has not returned one call to IBNN in over a year&hellip; Under the Minnesota Law &ndash; &ldquo;We&rdquo; (members in good standing) have the sole responsibility to seek out competent board members and management to continue the organizations ongoing commitment to the community. Originally posted in The Minneapolis Story At 5:15 p.m., today, Thursday, 9-17-09, Minneapolis Urban League Branch President Scott Gray announced, in closed session, the new austerity: 10% salary reduction across the board; termination of ten employees within 30 days; and an indication that the staff of the Urban League Street Academy would go on part time employee status (thus losing their benefits). Ever since the sell-outs kicked Nellie Stone Johnson and me (Ron Edwards) out 20 years ago, when I was the President of the Urban League with 118 employees, they have cannibalized the organization, reducing it from the 118 employees then to what will be less than 20 employees now. We show how this got started in Chapter 14 of The Minneapolis Story. (The Book)

My son was born with a heart defect 19 years ago, we joined Parents for Heart at that time. We are still members. Parents for Heart offers us fellowship, so nice to share stories, experiences, and HOPE, with other parents that have children with heart defects. We find the speakers, newsletter and activities very helpful.

I am very impressed by HAMAA. This is one organization that DOES what it says it will do. It is highly responsive to its client community. The fact that most of its volunteers are former clients speaks volumes to the quality of its services.