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Invest in Financial Empowerment

Help MNFEI provide free, approachable financial education to adults throughout the Twin Cities. Funding allows us to train volunteers, strengthen our curriculum, provide participant materials, and bring programming to more non-profit community partners.
We welcome support from corporations, foundations, financial institutions, community organizations, and individual donors committed to expanding financial empowerment across Minnesota.

Funding Opportunities

$10,000 — Community Impact Partner
Helps MNFEI launch programming with new nonprofit partners, reducing our waitlist. Funds will be used for coordination, curriculum customization, volunteer preparation, participant materials, and program evaluation.

$5,000 — Financial Education Partner
Supports a series of financial education classes and one-on-one sessions for adults participating in a non-profit partner’s workforce or stability program.

$2,500 — Volunteer & Curriculum Partner
Helps recruit, train, and equip volunteer financial professionals while supporting updates to MNFEI’s curriculum and facilitator resources.

$1,000 — Participant Access Partner
Provides educational resources, technology, and other essential support needed to offer classes at no cost to participants.

$500 — Community Supporter

Helps provide participant workbooks, printed resources, and other materials that make our financial education classes engaging and accessible.

Recognition at Every Level

Funding partners at every level will receive:

  • Recognition on the MNFEI website

  • Recognition at MNFEI donor events

  • Recognition in select MNFEI materials

  • Social media announcement celebrating the partnership

Every gift helps build financial confidence and expand access to practical, judgment-free financial education.

Ready to invest in a stronger community? Email our Executive Director, Tina Oertli, at tinao@mnfei.org for more information.

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Minnesota Financial Empowerment Initiative is a Minnesota nonprofit corporation operating through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc. a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp). Contributions to Minnesota Financial Empowerment Initiative qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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