Headwaters Fdn for Justice

Join us for the Annual Black Radiance Network BBQ on Friday, 6/12! 🌅✨ This event is open to all community members engaged in the Black movement and power-building work in Minnesota. We want to hear about what you have been working on and doing in the community! 🍗🎣🧀🌭 Soul Food (@wholesoulmn ) 🍦 Ice cream truck (@2scoops.icecream ) 🏰 Family-friendly, children's activities + a bouncy castle! 🚙 Transportation stipend available for people coming from outside the Twin Cities 🎟️ No cost, but please RSVP! Link in bio or here: bit.ly/brn-bbq

Are you looking for a way to be in community? Join the Giving Project! 💐 Connections and relationships make our communities stronger. Each Giving Project cohort invites connection, friendships, and a stronger ecosystem of interconnectedness. From the ask clinic to grantee panels to reunion parties - you’ll go through it all with your cohort buddies! We’re proud to build not only a network of interpersonal relationships, but also a powerful space for cross-movement solidarity. Sound interesting? There’s one week left to apply, applications close 5/18! ❤️ Learn more & apply today at the link in or bio or here: bit.ly/GPcohort

As we all get ready for The People’s Prom... our team has been digging up our (High School) prom photos! 📸🎶✨ THIS prom (SATURDAY 5/30) is a night for people who believe that organizing should be funded, movements should be celebrated, and that everyone is welcome on the dance floor 💃🕺✨🪩🌈🥂🫧 🎟️ Get your tickets today! Link in bio, QR code, or here!: bit.ly/HFJ-prom 🌮 Come for dinner, stay for the late-night snacks 🎁 Win prizes from local artists, shops, and more 📍 Lush Lounge & Theater in Minneapolis, MN 📸 Photo booth for all of your new prom memories 🔥 Drag, dancing, & DJs Join us on the dance floor - and in the work of funding justice! Saturday, 5/30, 6 p.m. to midnight.

Meet our Fund of the Sacred Circle grantees working on education, language, media, and youth empowerment! 🐢💛🩵 Last week, we announced a 2-year renewal of the grants to our existing Fund of the Sacred Circle grantees. Native-led organizations continue to show us the way forward. The Fund of the Sacred Circle is working to follow their example. In this 3-part series, we invite you to get to know our grantees a little bit more - follow them on social media, support their work, and learn something new about these Native-led organizations!

Curious about the Giving Project? Hear from the experts... our Giving Project alumni! 💞 Ahmed, Nelle, Claire, Chetna, and Comfort were all a part of our most recent Giving Project. Every iteration of the Giving Project is uniquely powerful in its own way. Each participant gains something different from it! 👉 Our one guarantee is that you'll learn something new - whether it's about Minnesota's social justice ecosystem, your relationship to money, or how you want to show up in this fight for a better world. 📥 Giving Project applications are due Monday, May 18th. Start your application today: https://bit.ly/GPcohort

Just a few days left for early bird tickets! 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒'𝓈 𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓂 🪩🌈 will be on Saturday, 5/30, 6pm - midnight. Hosted at LUSH! Join us for a prom-style evening full of people who believe that organizing should be funded, movements should be celebrated, and that everyone is welcome on the dance floor. 💃🕺✨ Get your tickets HERE to join us on the dance floor: bit.ly/HFJ-prom

Today, we are excited to share that with the leadership of our Native Community Grantmaking Circle, the Fund of the Sacred Circle (FSC) is awarding an additional 2 years of grant funding to their existing grantees. This decision reflects our commitment to Native communities in light of federal funding cuts to Native-led organizations and the need for sustainability. Across the United States, Native organizations receive a fraction of 1% of philanthropic funding. We hope that this reminds mainstream philanthropy that Native organizations should not have to compete to fight for their futures. Please join us in celebrating our Fund of the Sacred Circle Grantees 🎉: 🐢 American Indian Cancer Foundation (@americanindiancancer ) 🐢 American Indian Family Center 🐢 Center School Inc 🐢 Dakhota Iapi Okhodakichiye 🐢 Dakota Wicohan 🐢 Dream of Wild Health (@dreamofwildhealth ) 🐢 Endazhi-Nitaawiging Charter School 🐢 Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia (@reclaim.game ) 🐢 Indigenous Peoples Task Force (@ikidofiresema ) 🐢 Little Earth Residents Association (@littleearthmn ) 🐢 Wakan Tipi Awanyanka Pi (@wakantipi ) 🐢 Manidoo Ogitigaan 🐢 Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming 🐢 Migizi Communications, Inc. (@migizimn ) 🐢 Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance (MNIBA) 🐢 Native American Community Development Institute (@nacdi.mn ) 🐢 Native Governance Center (@nativegov ) 🐢 Native Sun Community Power Development (@nativesunmn ) 🐢 Northwest Indian Community Development Center 🐢 Tiwahe Foundation (@tiwahefoundation ) ➡️ Learn more about our renewed commitment to Native Communities at the link in our bio/blog!

Everyone is welcome on this dance floor! 💃🕺🪩✨ Our Prom Committee has been working hard to make this a powerful night of fueling joy and moving money to grassroots movements. Shoutout to our friends Athena, Tahnee, Katie, and Andrea 💖 Come celebrate community! Wear something that makes you feel powerful 😮 If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, there are 8 days left for early-bird pricing!!! Get your tickets here or the link in our bio: bit.ly/HFJ-prom

Meet our Rapid Response grantees from cycles 3 and 4! We are proud to showcase the breadth of organizations continuing to pivot, build emergent strategies, and meeting the moment. In our recent 6-month reflections blog post, the team shared that we have been able to increase the number of organizations receiving grants thanks to donor support. The larger slate of organizations here reflects that! Thank you for being a part of this fight for collective liberation ❤️ ☁️ ACER (@acerfair ) ☁️ Believe In What's Possible (@believeinwhatspossible ) ☁️ CTUL (@ctul_tc ) ☁️ Fe y Justica (@fyjmn_1 ) ☁️ Indigenous Roots (@indigeroots ) ☁️ Mixed Blood (@mixedbloodtheatre ) ☁️ Pamoja Women (@pamojawomen_ ) ☁️ Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (@revivingsisterhood ) ☁️ Transforming Generations (@transforminggenerations ) ✨ Learn more about our Rapid Response Fund, how to apply, and what we're learning at our website!

🌷Join the Giving Project!🌷 The Headwaters team is excited to launch cohort applications for our upcoming Giving Project. The 2026-27 Giving Project will be focused on resourcing youth organizing across Minnesota. Giving Projects are powerful, challenging, and fun. If you're looking for a hands-on experience that will shift your thinking about money and give you tangible ways to act... look no further! 🗓️ Applications are open now through Monday, May 18th. We will be reviewing them on a rolling basis! 💫 Not sure if a Giving Project is right for you? Swipe through, join us at an information session, and learn more! bit.ly/GPcohort 👀 Curious about what we mean by youth organizing? Learn more here! bit.ly/GP-theme

✨🫧 get 💋🍸 your 💃🕺 prom 🪩🌈 tickets! 🥂🫧 Have you gotten your tickets yet? Get them now to access early bird pricing! We're excited to see everyone on the dance floor ❤️ TICKETS: https://bit.ly/HFJ-prom

Announcing our next Giving Project theme... Youth Organizing! We are so excited to focus on resourcing the power and leadership of youth organizing ✨💥💫 Our vision for a liberatory future is incomplete without the leadership and input of young people. Learn more about how we're thinking about youth organizing in this current moment, what this will mean for our next Giving Project cohort, and our hopes for future grantees! Link in bio! (bit.ly/GP-theme) Join us in the Giving Project and in learning more about youth organizing! 🌷 Cohort applications open NEXT WEEK, on Monday, April 13th 🌷 Grant applications will open in July - we look forward to your applications! 🌷 Excited to learn more about youth organizing? Check out our suggested reading list at the end of our blog