Funders & Partners
We are stronger with you by our side
The investments made by funders and partners are what enable us to transform lives, build opportunities, and strengthen communities. We are always seeking advocates, neighbors, community partners, and committed allies to join us in our mission. Together, we are creating an equitable community where all people can thrive.
Shelter & Housing
See how our Safe Space shelter and supportive housing provides a first step for many out of homelessness.
Financial Education
Sign up for money management classes, homebuyer education, pre-purchase counseling, or other financial workshops.
Business Support
Find out about BROWNstone’s commercial space leasing for entrepreneurs and our coaching, counseling, and training opportunities.
Community Development
Learn how we support our community through real estate development and property and facility management.
What sets us apart
Frogtown focus
If you live in the Frogtown/Rondo community, chances are good you already know us. As your neighbor, we’re able to identify real community problems and work to solve them with you every step of the way, every day.
Real perspective
For over 50 years, we’ve been an African American, woman-led nonprofit that understands the challenges in our community. The diversity of our staff and clients keeps us connected and guides us to work with heart, soul, and a belief in a better world for all.
Continuum of services
The community’s evolving needs shape our offerings. That’s because we serve people all along their life paths, offering interconnected programs of support delivered with care and respect.
Our impact
3,397
Individuals served agency-wide in 2024 across all programs
360
Volunteer hours given from nearly 60 volunteers across all programs
729
Individuals received homeownership education, 1:1 advising, and financial coaching services, creating better pathways toward wealth creation and financial stability
2,465
Unsheltered adults accessed emergency overnight shelter and services at Safe Space Shelter
Key documents
Our financial documents, annual reports, and strategic plan guide our work and report on our progress. These documents are available here to provide more insight into the importance of the work we do, the impact we are making, and the lives we are changing.
Financial documents
Each year, our audited annual report shares stories of impact, financial outcomes, and a list of our donors, partners, and volunteers.
Our audited financials show and 990s (990s are available by entity) show how Model Cities has sustained fiscal wellness to support our community.
2024 Annual Report
2023 financial documents
2022 financial documents
Strategic plan
Our 3-year strategic plan began in 2024 with a continued focus on strengthening internal infrastructure and helping people along the housing continuum thrive.
We lift up those who need it most.
We develop healthy communities by offering interconnected programs of support delivered with care and respect.
Volunteer with us
Put your talents and passions to use and create an equitable community where all people thrive.
Featured Funders & Partners
9000 Equities
A collaboration of sixteen organizations consisting of financial coaching and housing counseling agencies, lenders, realtors, and other partners that are dedicated to closing the homeownership gap between African American and white households in Minnesota.
Saint Paul Promise
An education partnership that works to close the opportunity gap through inclusive consideration of the well-being of the whole family and by recognizing the brilliance of the people in the Frogtown, Rondo, and Summit-University neighborhoods of Saint Paul.
Shared Ownership Collaborative
BIPOC-led organizations working to create intentional space and capacity to dream, design, and activate cross-organizational strategies that increase BIPOC community ownership of their land, labor, and housing.
Thank you to all of our Funders and Partners
825 Arts
9000 Equities
Allianz Life
Andersen Corporate Foundation
Associated Bank
Bell Bank
Bremer Bank
Build Wealth Minnesota
C.H. Robinson Foundation
City of Saint Paul
Edina Realty
F.R. Bigelow Foundation
Family Housing Fund
Frogtown Neighborhood Association
Greater Twin Cities United Way
H.B Fuller Foundation
Historic Saint Paul
Hope Community
Housing Justice Center (HJC)
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Mardag Foundation
MATTER
Metropolitan Council
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Minnesota Homeownership Center
Minnesota Housing
Mobile Loaves Twin Cities
NAREB Twin Cities
Neighborhood Development Center (NDC)
Old National Bank
Otto Bremer Trust
Pilgrim Lutheran
Pohlad Family Foundation
Propel Nonprofits
Ramsey County
Results Foundation
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
Rondo Community Land Trust
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Saint Paul Promise
Saint Paul Public Housing Agency
Scoular Foundation
Shared Ownership Collaborative Saint Paul
Target Foundation
The Drawer
The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
Turner Family Foundation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
USBank
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