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Minneapolis Northside Mutual Aid

We are housed and unhoused neighbors supporting each other with masks, meals, heat, and hope during COVID-19 in North Minneapolis.

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Sustain people's access to emergency supplies including propane to keep warm, hand sanitizer and masks to stay safe, transportation to shelter or a... Read more

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Help cover emergency supplies including propane to keep warm, hand sanitizer and masks to stay safe, transportation to shelter or a COVID testing f... Read more

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Vitamin D deficiency is very likely in Minnesota in the winter, especially for people with more melanin. Vitamin D is important for good health, an... Read more

$45.60 USD of $4,000 USD / month raised (1%)

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North Minneapolis supporting the region! Camden Kitchen is a team of cooks that originally came together cooking for Near North, but we have expan... Read more

Starts at$4 USD

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As temperatures drop to –20° in Minneapolis, resident Jojo Miller and others are organizing to get people into hotels for the crucial coldest week ... Read more

$23,583.84 USD of $4,194 USD raised (562%)

Starts at$2 USD

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The people of the Near North encampment want to stay together and keep supporting one another, and seek land on which to build community, land that... Read more

$14,855.77 USD of $480,000 USD raised (3%)

Starts at$4 USD

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Projects

Support the following initiatives from Minneapolis Northside Mutual Aid.

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Help unhoused and formerly unhoused people in North Minneapolis move into housing and/or get to a...

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Ensuring everyone can be connected to one another.

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To purchase land or housing for a more permanent home for the residents of the Near North camp.

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Top financial contributors

Individuals

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Incognito

$21,000 USD since Jan 2021

2
Incognito

$6,020 USD since Feb 2021

3
Ifrah Ali

$2,500 USD since Apr 2021

4
Susan Templeton

$2,000 USD since Feb 2021

5
Benjamin Melançon

$1,980 USD since Nov 2020

6
Incognito

$1,450 USD since Mar 2021

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Incognito

$1,400 USD since Feb 2021

8
Peterson

$1,100 USD since Jan 2022

9
Summer Tuller

$1,052 USD since Feb 2021

10
Tamar Green

$1,040 USD since Mar 2021

11
Murphy Hatzz

$1,040 USD since Aug 2021

12
Anonymous

$1,000 USD since Dec 2020

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Holly Leaf

$1,000 USD since Feb 2021

14
Lauren Demers

$1,000 USD since Feb 2021

15
Robert White

$1,000 USD since Feb 2021

Organizations

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Benevity

$11,275.62 USD since Apr 2021

2
Minnesota Youth For Climate Justice

$1,000 USD since Feb 2021

3
Code Blue Solutions Fund

$500 USD since Jun 2021

Minneapolis Northside Mutual Aid is all of us

Our contributors 1735

Thank you for supporting Minneapolis Northside Mutual Aid.

Benjamin Mela...

Admin

$1,980 USD

Directly helping each other is key to building ...

Aaron T

Admin

Incognito

Support

$21,000 USD

Benevity

$11,276 USD

Incognito

Land

$6,020 USD

Ifrah Ali

One-time

$2,500 USD

Susan Templeton

Hotels during Polar Vortex

$2,000 USD

Incognito

$1,450 USD

Incognito

$1,400 USD

Peterson

$1,100 USD

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Today’s balance

$5,028.36 USD

Total raised

$154,669.73 USD

Total disbursed

$149,641.37 USD

Estimated annual budget

$34,214.50 USD

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News from Minneapolis Northside Mutual Aid

Updates on our activities and progress.

Near North Encampment Destroyed Again But We Live On

We formed two camps after the October 6 destruction, tucked away under bridges on the unused land of two ...
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Published on April 12, 2023 by Benjamin Melançon

Near North Camp Post-Destruction Cash Aid proposal

This proposal is to our fiscal sponsor, Open Collective Foundation, to be able to take the emergency step of distributing cash after ...
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Published on October 18, 2022 by Benjamin Melançon

Updates and an urgent ask for action (not dollars!) TODAY and TOMORROW

Thank you so much for your generous support from November 2020 through today! At the end of this letter please see some notes on all the good done last month alone. But first, the encampment that you all have helped and that has helped many...
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Published on January 10, 2022 by Benjamin Melançon

About


Northside Mutual Aid is people living in North Minneapolis supporting one another in this time.  We are housed and unhoused, and are all volunteers working together to ensure all residents have basic needs met throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis.  We support each other with masks, meals, heat, and hope as we work to build a future for North Minneapolis where all of us have the resources to not merely survive but have the most power possible over our own lives.

The most pressing need we're addressing is basic survival for those of us living in an encampment in a vacant lot in Near North.

We also try to keep our needs updated on the Twin Cities Mutual Aid Map, but you can always donate all kinds of things more easily and during more hours at the Sanctuary Movement Supply Depot (more links), where it gets to camps in need on the Northside of Minneapolis and all over the twin cities.

Thank you for supporting your neighbors and please talk about what you want to offer, what you need, and what you think we must do collectively!

Our team

Benjamin Mela...

Admin
Directly helping each other is key to building ...

Aaron T

Admin