May 20, 2019 Mission Investing
Through a focus on creating and sustaining high-quality jobs, HCAP Partners realizes strong social and economic returns. Through our mission investing, we’ve been working with HCAP Partners as a fund manager since 2014. HCAP Partners focuses on providing growth...Continue Reading →
May 14, 2019 General News
Our 2019 grantmaking begins with just over $3.7 million in the first-quarter grants. Q1 Grants We awarded 13 grants to partner organizations that advance our mission to expand economic opportunity in underresourced communities by supporting organizations rooted in the...
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December 26, 2018 General News
By Kevin Walker, President and CEO, Northwest Area Foundation Our mission compels us to keep learning, looking, and discovering ways to serve our priority communities. In May, the board and staff of the Northwest Area Foundation journeyed to the Spokane Indian...
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December 21, 2018 Financial Inclusion
Otis Zanders is the president and CEO of Ujamaa Place, a St. Paul, MN–based organization that serves African American men ages 18 to 30. These young men, referred to as “Ujamaa Men,” are re-emerging from the criminal justice system, one grounded in racial inequality...
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September 27, 2018 Financial Inclusion
Estimates indicate that more than two centuries will pass before African American households hold the same level of wealth that white households have today. In response to this daunting and persistent racial economic inequality, NWAF launched the African American...
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