Businesses and Organizations Helping the Minneapolis Community

Minneapolis businesses and organizations are stepping up during our city's time of need. See how they are helping and if you are able, consider volunteering or donating to these supportive efforts. If you find yourself in need of some assistance, we hope that you find these resources beneficial.

Non-Profits and Organizations in Minneapolis

  • DHH Church: accepting donations of non-perishable food, household essentials (diapers, wipes, toilet paper), and monetary contributions to support thousands of immigrant families affected by ICE operations.
  • Joyce Uptown Foodshelf: distributing groceries to families in need, accepts food donations on Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. As well as monetary donations.
  • Washburn Cares: supports the basic needs of Washburn students, particularly those who are homeless, highly mobile, or new immigrants to provide grocery gift cards, rent assistance, school supplies, clothing, and emergency support for students in need.
  • Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Rent Relief Fund: Donations provide low-barrier, tax-deductible cash assistance to renters facing financial hardship.
  • Minnesota Immigrant Movement
  • Colectiva Bilingüe’s shared rent relief fund
  • First Universalist Church of Minneapolis Focus on helping trans and immigrant refugees with rent, groceries, medical expenses, infant and children's items, and rides. Select Sanctuary and Resistance Fund to ensure that every dollar goes directly to people who need it and not to church operations.
  • Church of the Ascension Immigrant Emergency Fund: Congregation in North Minneapolis with a large immigrant population
  • Minneapolis Families for Daycare Workers: A mutual aid hub for direct support to the workers who love and care for our children everyday.
  • Community Driven: Rescues surplus food from dozens of TC businesses every week & supplies local food shelves & soup kitchens, but most of our food is going to home deliveries during this crisis.
  • Ayada Leads: Their mission is to equip New Americans, particularly African Diaspora Women, to excel in leadership positions in their communities across the spectrum of societal influence.
  • The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund: Emergency aid grants for Minnesota restaurants facing operational hardships.

Local Businesses

  • Eat Street Crossing
  • Wrecktangle Pizza: accepting Venmo donations, and that money is used to purchase food products to make frozen & prepared meals for the community.
  • Pimento
  • Moona Moono
  • Lito’s Burritos on Lake: All of our Horchata sales will go to MIRAC and other mutual Aid programs.
  • A Bar of Their Own
  • Modern Times Cafe: Will function as a free and donation based restaurant, Post Modern Times. Donate on Venmo: @moderntimescafe
  • Hola Arepa/Hai Hai
  • Powwow Grounds: Has become a center for mutual aid in Minneapolis.
  • Ingebertsens
  • Honour Coffee: Is serving as a donation drop-off site in partnership with local content creator Hannah (@_midwesterncryptid_ ), who has been working closely with community-led, offline first aid teams supporting neighborhoods impacted by ICE raids.
  • Broders Pasta Bar
  • 56 Brewing
  • Holy Land
  • Electric Fetus: We Love MN event on February 14th. Get a goodie bag with purchase for the first 100 shoppers (tote bags courtesy of 89.3 The Current). Enjoy DJ sets throughout the day (schedule TBA). Drop your name in an enter-to-win box for your chance to win a great prize, including gift cards from area businesses. Look for the "Music Saves Us" display where $5 from each album sold will be donated to Simpson Food Pantry in our neighborhood.
  • Tenant: Operating as a soup kitchen, cooking big batches of daily soup, serving it by the bowl, and packing quarts to-go. Tues - Sat, by the bowl: 5-9pm $12*, quarts for pickup 3-6pm $24* or *pay what you can, if you can. Their partner-program delivers to homes and schools with limited food access due to ICE activity, wrongfully deported parents, work displacement, and many families who can't leave their homes.
  • Backstory Coffee: Now through the end of February, you can purchase a bag of coffee and leave it with them to donate to @neighborhoodhousemn who is distributing the bags in grocery care packages. Want to support this effort from afar? Order from their online store to donate a bag! Just type “For Neighborhood House” in the “Note to Seller” box at checkout.

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