African Immigrant Services

$10,000 in 2016

• Term: 8 Months

Technical assistance to build a fund development plan in order to sustain the impact of its 2015 Community Innovation grant activities

$200,000 in 2015

• Program: Community Innovation
• Term: 25 Months

To increase civic engagement within communities of color in the Northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities

$50,000 in 2013

• Program: Community Innovation
• Term: 14 Months

African Immigrant Services will use community education and engagement to change the roles of African immigrants and other underrepresented groups in the northwest suburbs of Hennepin County from observers to active leaders. They will also identify and match new leaders with positions in public decision-making bodies in which their roles will help advance racial equity.