Building Indigenous Wealth together
Ozhi Campaign
CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW
Mni Sota Fund is launching its first ever capital campaign, a $18 million effort to dramatically increase the scale of our Loan Fund, create the Mni Sota Fund Wealth Building Center on Franklin Avenue, and deepen investments in organizational capacity and programming. These investments will allow the Mni Sota Fund to transform the trajectories of countless Native lives, building individual wealth and the collective wealth of our community.
CAMPAIGN VISION
The Ozhi Campaign will cement Mni Sota Fund as a national leader in the Native CDFI industry and a thought leader in rethinking capital access for Indigenous peoples and communities. Our north star is the creation of an interconnected Native economy in MInnesota that works for all.
THREE PILLARS OF SUCCESS
INDIGENOUS WEALTH BUILDING CENTER ($6M)
A Permanent Home to Support Statewide Economic Growth
ACTIVATION FUND FOR ORG GROWTH ($6M)
Loan Fund Growth to Meet Growing Demand and Transformation
INDIGENOUS WEALTH BUILDING CENTER ($6M)
A Permanent Home to Support Statewide Economic Growth
CAMPAIGN PROGRESS:
$17M RAISED
$1M TO GO
IMPACT TODAY:
$3M
Invested in Native Communities
182
Native Businesses Served
515
Financial Education Participants
48
First-Time Homeowners
CAMPAIGN TRANSFORMATION
1
Purchase and renovate our first permanent home
Create stability through permanent, organization-owned HQ.
Develop ‘third space’ community asset throughstreet-facing event/meeting and drop-in property.
Extend historic American Indian Cultural Corridor.
2
Increase leading tools & capacity
Grow loan fund to serve statewide consumer and commercial need.
Serve new areas of need including community organization and tribal enterprise lending.
Develop sustainable internal reserves for long-term fund health.
3
Invest in organizational sustainability and excellence
Expand and transform staff expertise, learning & development, and capacity.
Develop new statewide, regional, and national partnerships to establish MSF as Native CDFI thought and practice leader.
Support growth of Indigenous economic development zones in urban Indian communities statewide.
