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Ensuring Women Survive and Thrive
The WCA Foundation awarded grants to 18 organizations focused on meeting the fundamental needs of women through economic stability, education, shelter, safety, and health programs and initiatives.
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We wanted to be closer to community, we wanted to get more money out, and we wanted to deepen our relationships with nonprofit organizations so we could better support their work.- Erin Elliott
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An Investment in Healing and Self-Care for Local Educators
See how the Phillips Foundation worked with a Northside Black-owned wellness company called Zen Bin to offer restorative yoga, massages, and healing touch therapy to educators and school staff.
Explore our resources to better understand the importance of self-care, trauma healing, and wellness.
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Fund for Safe Communities Promotes Healing
With help from a recent grant, a local group uses taiko drumming to promote mental health and engage with young people.
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Micro Grants Support Community Efforts to Promote Healing, Connection
Fund for Safe Communities grants will support local organizations that are hosting gatherings and activities for Minneapolis youth and adults.
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Creating the Conditions
How do you measure the impacts of self-care and community healing? Watch this short video about the Catalyst Initiative’s impact.
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A Network of Well-Being
Inspire to Change partnered with Catalyst Initiative to conduct an impact evaluation of their work from 2014-2021. Read how committed change-makers co-create a network of wellbeing.
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A Fundraiser for Mental Health Justice
Graze 4 Good aims to support local nonprofits working to break down barriers to mental health support — and it involves eating delicious food from some of the Twin Cities' most respected and inventive chefs.
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2022 Safe Communities Micro Grants
This funding opportunity is designed to support gatherings and activities to address community trauma and promote wellness among Minneapolis youth and adults.
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Manidoo Ogitigaan Share Their Success
With help from the Minneapolis Foundation and the Catalyst Initiative, Manidoo Ogitigaan, a Native American Nonprofit Organization based in Bemidji, Minnesota, were able to offer several holistic healing activities through their nonprofit.
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Graze 4 Good 2022 Event Series
Graze 4 Good is a three-part virtual and in-person event series that features local restaurants, innovators, and experts focused on Fourth Generation’s chosen issue of the year: Mental health justice.
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Value Your Breath
This video series by one of the Catalyst Initiative's grantees, the Irreducible Grace Foundation, is designed for middle and high school students and teaches mindfulness, breathing, and wellness tools.
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Established in 2018, the Fund for Safe Communities supports meaningful actions to address and prevent violence, promote healing, and address systemic inequities. This fund emphasizes the importance of work led by young people and is advised by emerging leaders who have been personally affected by gun violence.
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