Support Emerging Orgs on GTMD24! 

Propel’s fiscal sponsorship program is based on the idea that community issues are effectively addressed by community leaders. We view fiscal sponsorship as an opportunity to support new, innovative leaders and their organizations. 

This Give to the Max Day, we encourage you to support emerging organizations and their leaders. Their success contributes to the nonprofit sector and our communities. 

Donations to these groups can have a significant impact. Early investments help organizations secure additional funding and expand their work. We also suggest engaging with these groups beyond donations by following them on social media, attending their events, and supporting them in various ways. 

This year, 15 of our 34 fiscally sponsored organizations are participating in Give to the Max Day. We have compiled a list of these organizations and their missions, hoping you can support them as they contribute to our sector and communities. The links will direct you to their GiveMN fundraising pages. 

• 4:13 Athletics: 4:13 Athletics is a faith-based, sports driven youth organization that exists to provide enrichment opportunities to Twin Cities youth by using athletics as a platform to provide educational resources, mentorship, and community service throughout the greater metro area. 

• Anywaa Community in the Twin Cities Metro: The mission of the Anywaa Community in the Twin Cities Metro is to support the integration, well-being, and independence of community members in their communities so they live enriching lives. Let’s unite together for a better life!  

• Believe in What’s Possible: Believe in What’s Possible (BIWP) is a youth-centered and youth-led movement that works to reveal, center, and support youth leadership in our political processes. BIWP achieves this mission through celebratory events-based organizing and workshops with an emphasis on the early vote period.   

• Black Community Board, MN: Black Community Board MN’s mission is to advance the Black community towards a liberated experience, free from suppressed potential and barriers to equitable opportunities. They work to eliminate racial disparities in quality of life through engagement, education, and advocacy, fostering cultural pride and individual development. 

• Black, Educated, Successful, Thriving (B.E.S.T.) Young Male Enrichment Program: The mission of the Black, Educated, Successful, Thriving (B.E.S.T) Young Male Enrichment Program is to empower young Black males in Minnesota to excel academically and personally, leading to college graduation and successful entry into professional careers. 

• Frogtown Green: Frogtown Green works to make the Frogtown neighborhood a healthier and more beautiful place to live, work, grow and play. We focus on urban farming, community health, gardens and greening as tools for healthy neighborhood development and fun.  

• Journie: Journie’s mission is to prepare youth for life and leadership. Their “8 Steps to Promotion” program connects with youth who suffer with identity crisis, academic challenges, emotional disturbances, or are misplaced due to family hardships, substance abuse, and behavior defiance. The program offers life skills, community advocacy, and mentorship to at-risk youth ages 13-18. 

• Kissy’s Stay Put Services: Kissy Stay Put Services meets women’s needs by using client-centered approaches and trauma-informed care. We strive to help women experience healthy, safe, and equitable relationships by building communities free of domestic violence one woman at a time. 

• LEAN (Lived Experience Advocacy Network): LEAN uses its collective voices, minds, and spirits to reduce misconceptions surrounding homelessness while guiding Minnesota forward to new/improved homelessness prevention and response strategies that are grounded in the experiences of the unhoused/unstably housed.  

• MACS (Minnesotans for the American Community Survey and 2030 Census): The mission of MACS is to engage and educate a diverse public about the critical importance of reliable census data that results in an accurate decennial Census and a robust, ongoing American Community Survey (ACS).  

• Mikayla Sarai Foundation: Through compassionate outreach, innovative education, and robust advocacy, we aim to bridge the disparities in care and comprehension as we stand as champions for health equity, believing that everyone, irrespective of their background or circumstances, should have equal access to quality healthcare and resources.  

• MN SEED Project: The MN SEED Project is a community effort to create a free, locally adapted, native seed economy to benefit ecosystems and pollinator habitat. 

• One Minnesota.Org: We promise to young Americans that they will grow up with the help and guidance of caring adult relationships, healthy childhoods, safe surroundings, effective education and opportunities to serve others.  

• SPARK Education: SPARK’s mission is to build a pathway to early education for every Saint Paul family so every child has the best opportunity to succeed in school and every family has the stable child care they need. We carry out the public education and community engagement necessary to build a shared recognition that access to early learning is a public good and should be funded accordingly.  

• The Upton Program: The Upton Program provides equitable support for parenting and pregnant youth throughout Minnesota along their journey into parenthood. We focus on breaking intergenerational poverty through access to job readiness, financial literacy, and curriculum-based parenting programs.