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Saint Paul, Minnesota$640k revenue18 funders on file

The ConnectUP! Integrated Capital Fund ICF is a charitable fund that addresses the gap in access to $70M capital resources and networks to increase local BIPOC ownership of businesses in the Twin Cities Metro area. ICF provides early second-stage entrepreneurs with flexible and patient hybrid capital grants debt equity fractional executive FTE support and mindset coaching. ICF disrupts the traditional capitalist credit system which has failed Black and Brown entrepreneurs and is the ONLY woman-led fund driven by economic justice with wealth creation and restorative finance as its core values. -CEO Circles are small group learning sessions on a specific business topic facilitated by a culturally responsive subject matter expert. In each circle founders come together in working sessions to hack their most pressing business issues build fellowship and leverage collective wisdom. -The LevelUP! Digital Platform provides culturally grounded courses and…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$25k, your typical grant1 in 1001 in 401 in 201 in 10$1k$3k$10k$30k$100kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$33k–$180kover two years, from 2–5 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$460kfrom 6 new funders

Half the value is in your top 7 funders, of 154

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FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1Mardag FoundationGives in Minnesota (293 of 303)Similar grantees: Springboard for the Arts ($25k/yr), Change Inc ($15k/yr), Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation ($110k/yr)1 in 10$19k
  2. 2The Sauer Family FoundationGives in Minnesota (123 of 146)Similar grantees: KIPP Minnesota ($82k/yr), Minneapolis American Indian Center ($140k/yr), The Family Partnership ($66k/yr)1 in 20$56k
  3. 3Northwest Area FoundationSimilar grantees: Immigrant Development Center ($130k/yr), Minneapolis American Indian Center ($250k/yr), Center for Economic Inclusion ($10k/yr)1 in 22$66k

151 more funders on the list for Connectup Institute

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