About Nexus Community Partners
Nexus Community Partners is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to build more engaged and powerful communities of color and to create a world where each and every person can flourish in a joyful and abundant life.
Focus Areas
community engagementleadership developmentracial justiceshared ownership / cooperative developmentcapacity building for community organizationsregranting and direct support to local organizations
Who They Fund
incarcerated and formerly incarcerated peopleBlack communities / Black-led organizationsAmerican Indian / Native communitiesgrassroots community-based organizations (local neighborhood groups)local community members served by media and civic events
About Nexus Community Partners
Nexus Community Partners makes some of its clearest commitments through community wealth and abolition-related work: a $3,276,535 general operating grant to Minnesota Black Collective Foundation in 2024, plus grants tied to the Moving towards Abolition Fund for groups such as Tides Foundation, Peace Development Fund, Community Partners, Players Philanthropy Fund, and Live Free Illinois. That mix places Black-led organizing, prison-related advocacy, and local economic power near the center of the foundation’s recent grantmaking. The foundation also backs neighborhood institutions and local intermediaries that support community life in Minnesota. In the recent grants list, that includes general operating support for Hope Community Inc, Pillsbury United Communities, Lower Phalen Creek Project, Wakan Tipi Awayankipi, and Hmong American Farmers Association. Several grants are framed as community wealth building or community engagement support, which fits Nexus Community Partners’ broader mission to build more engaged and powerful communities of color. The pattern that emerges is a Minnesota-centered funder using flexible operating grants, regranting, and program-linked support to strengthen grassroots organizations, community ownership efforts, and BIPOC-led leadership.
What Nexus Community Partners Funds
Community wealth building shows up repeatedly in the recent grants. Nexus Community Partners gave $40,000 to Hope Community Inc for general operating support and community wealth building, and $30,000 to Wakan Tipi Awayankipi for general operating support and community wealth building. Their civic and neighborhood engagement work includes $30,000 to Lower Phalen Creek Project for general operating support and community engagement, plus $25,000 to Appetite for Change for general operating support and community engagement. They also support housing and land-focused community infrastructure. City of Lakes Community Land Trust received $25,000 in 2024 for general operating support, and Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia received $25,000 in 2024 for general operating support and community wealth building. A separate strand of giving connects to abolition and prison-related advocacy, including grants to Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop TONE UP and Live Free Illinois through the Moving Towards Abolition Fund.
How Nexus Community Partners Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$152K
Total Assets
$46.6M
Total Revenue
$5.5M
Total Expenses
$10.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $30K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Repa Mekha
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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