Minnesota · Public charity
African American Leadership Forum
The Organization's mission is to create a radical future for Black Minnesotans by advancing Black-Centered policies and solutions that actualize true liberation.
- $54k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $24,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations African American Leadership Forum funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $48k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $230k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connectup Institute | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Al-Maa'uun | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Development Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intent Energy LLC | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce | $25,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Smith Baker LLC | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Academy of the Arts | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northside Economic Opportunity Network | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Man Up Club | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| A Mothers Love Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connectup Institute | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Al-Maa'uun | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Development Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intent Energy LLC | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce | $25,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Smith Baker LLC | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Academy of the Arts | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northside Economic Opportunity Network | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Man Up Club | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| A Mothers Love Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mothers Against Community Gun Violence Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Change Equals Opportunity | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 8218 Truce Center | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Until We Are All Free Movement | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget African American Leadership Forum supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Target Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Minnesota Black Collective Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About African American Leadership Forum
- How much does African American Leadership Forum give?
- African American Leadership Forum reported 1 itemized grants totaling $24,500, out of $54,434 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does African American Leadership Forum fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (56%), Human Services (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
- Who are African American Leadership Forum's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Connectup Institute ($65k), Al-Maa'uun ($60k), Neighborhood Development Center Inc ($50k).
- Does African American Leadership Forum fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as African American Leadership Forum?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Target Foundation.
- Where is African American Leadership Forum based?
- African American Leadership Forum is based in MN.
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