Economic Vitality for the East Side of Saint Paul
The East Side Funders Group is a collaboration of partners who bring resources and investments to learn, identify, influence and align around opportunities to increase economic vitality for residents on the East Side of Saint Paul, particularly the Dayton’s Bluff and Payne-Phalen neighborhoods.
Primary Focus Areas
Many areas influence and contribute to building economic vitality, such as access to transportation, education, and stable housing. ESFG members have identified three areas of focus to advance its work.
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Community Wealth Building
East Side Funders Group uses a Community Wealth Building framework guided by values and principles rooted in equity, culture, mutuality and stewardship to advance our mission.
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East Side Opportunity Fund
The East Side Opportunity Fund provides smaller-scale, nimble community investments to increase the economic vitality for residents on the East Side of Saint Paul.
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Our Goal
We aim to ensure 2,600 unemployed East Side residents have good quality, living-wage jobs and that the East Side has more local ownership through small business development and growth.
East Side Funders Group is making folks working in philanthropy smarter and better at their jobs.
— Thrivent
Grantmaking
Our investments are intended as seed funding to advance a program, partnership, or a project to its next level or to catalyze an innovative approach focused on our priority focus areas..