The response to the COVID-19 emergency grants and the Restore North Campaign grant recipients have expressed a tremendous amount of gratitude. We have heard directly from many Northside business owners that we saved their businesses during a challenging and tumultuous time for our community.

The Northside Funders Group (NFG) announces that Executive Director Sarah Clyne will depart NFG on January 29 after two years of service. NFG members would like to thank Sarah for her leadership in assisting NFG in meeting its mission to increase collective impact in supporting the North Minneapolis community.  

North Minneapolis is no stranger to social uprisings, a result of centuries of disinvestment, unjust systems of oppression, and a community of activists fighting for social change. History provides us with helpful context to understand the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020

This joint statement was included as part of an article "Asian American Grant Makers Call on Philanthropy to End Violence and Bias on the Rise as Coronavirus Spreads" published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy 4/8/2020.

We heard loud and clear from the small business community that they were facing partial or, in many cases, complete income loss. In addition, those business owners also expressed that it was difficult to navigate the opportunities that fell under the Federal CARES Act (i.e. SBA loans, PPP loans, etc.) and due to the unknowns of the future felt a loan was not a viable solution to meet immediate needs.

Northside Storyville is a project of Northside Funders Group that tells real stories of real people to change the narrative of North Minneapolis. But it’s about much more than creating videos – it’s about lifting up the full North Minneapolis narrative.