BUILDING INDIGENOUS

WEALTH

  • Gain financial freedom and build financial empowerment! We offer free one-on-one financial coaching and group workshops. Click here to learn more.

  • Are you ready to move from renting to owning your own home? Join us for our First Time Homebuyer Workshop to receive your Home Stretch © Certificate of Completion. Click here to learn more.

  • We will work with you to develop your business idea, imagine possibilities, and put a plan into action to build the business you were meant to launch! We also offer accessible business loans to help grow your business to the next level. Click here to learn more.

  • We can also work with you and your mortgage through Mni Sota Mortgage Co., where we provide trusted access to transparent, market-rate mortages along with expert guidance and one-on-one support. Click here to learn more.

  • As a certified Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Mni Sota Fund is dedicated to providing ethical capital, low-interest loans, and financial education to help community members achieve their economic goals. Whether it’s boosting your credit or growing your business, we’re here to help.

Our Stories
Meet Our New Chief Operations Officer, Alexis McKinnis
Meet Our New Chief Operations Officer, Alexis McKinnis

Meet Our New Chief Operations Officer Alexis McKinnis

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Mni Sota Fund Appoints Andrea Reese as Executive Director
Mni Sota Fund Appoints Andrea Reese as Executive Director

Mni Sota Fund is excited to announce the appointment of Andrea Reese as Executive Director.

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A Historic Investment for Our Future: Mni Sota Fund Receives $7M Bush Community Innovation Grant
A Historic Investment for Our Future: Mni Sota Fund Receives $7M Bush Community Innovation Grant

Mni Sota Fund has been awarded a $7 million dollar Community Innovation Grant from the Bush Foundation, a historic investment that strengthens our long term capacity to serve Native families and entrepreneurs across Minnesota. This funding supports statewide expansion, deeper community access, and the continued growth of culturally grounded financial wellness, homeownership support, and small business development.

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Building Indigenous Wealth
Building Indigenous Wealth

Sharon Jurina joined our Financial Wellness and First Time Homebuyer workshops with a goal to create more stability for her family. Through education, support, and a clear plan, she strengthened her credit and became a homeowner in Minneapolis. Her story reflects the power of knowledge, community, and long term financial confidence.

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Walking Beside Our Relatives
Walking Beside Our Relatives

At Mni Sota Fund, building Indigenous wealth means walking beside our relatives. In her first year as Director of Financial Wellness, Roxanny Ines Armendariz led more than 242 hours of workshops, served 400+ clients, and helped Native families across Mni Sota Makoce move toward financial freedom and homeownership.

With new support from Minnesota Housing and the Minnesota Homeownership Center through the HECAT Fund, Mni Sota Fund is expanding culturally rooted financial coaching, education, and foreclosure prevention services.

“We’re not just growing programs,” Roxanny said. “We’re creating jobs, building skills, and keeping wealth in our communities.”

Her leadership embodies Mni Sota Fund’s mission: to build Indigenous wealth and economic sovereignty for the next seven generations.

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Continuing Our Mission: Meet Our Interim Executive Director, Andrea Reese
Continuing Our Mission: Meet Our Interim Executive Director, Andrea Reese

Mni Sota Fund welcomes back Andrea Reese, this time, as it’s Interim Executive Director.

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Mni Sota Fund Announces Executive Transition
Mni Sota Fund Announces Executive Transition

Mni Sota Fund Announces Executive Transition

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2024 Bush Prize: Minnesota Winners
2024 Bush Prize: Minnesota Winners

Mni Sota Fund, a Native CDFI committed to building Indigenous wealth and economic self-determination, is honored to be a recipient of the 2024 Bush Prize for Community Innovation. Recognized for our groundbreaking initiatives like Mni Sota Mortgage Co. and Ozhigin Fellowship, Mni Sota Fund continues to empower Native artists, entrepreneurs, and communities with culturally relevant financial solutions. Our holistic, equitable approach serves as a model for inclusive economic growth. Learn more about the prestigious Bush Prize at Bush Foundation.

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