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Headwaters Community News

  • Headwaters is hiring for multiple positions
  • Monica Bryand builds inclusive spaces wherever she goes
  • Wellspring Fund applications close soon
  • Community jobs and events returns next month
We are hiring for multiple positions

Help us find our newest colleagues! Headwaters is looking for folks passionate about our mission to move money to movements for social change to join our team.

We’re hiring for 4 positions:

  • Black Movement Ecosystem Program Officer
  • Grassroots Gift Officer
  • Communications Manager
  • Grants Manager

The Black Movement Ecosystem Program Officer will design and facilitate Headwaters’ funding of the Black Movement Ecosystem in Minnesota. The Grassroots Gift Officer will work with HFJ's development team to manage, cultivate, solicit, and steward 1,000+ new and existing grassroots donors, who give Headwaters up to $1,500 on an annual basis. The Communications Manager coordinates and supports Headwaters’ communications objectives, primarily in the areas of digital media management and project management. The Grants Manager plays a crucial role in managing grantmaking processes, ensuring effective and efficient grant administration.

For all the information including full job descriptions and application deadlines, head to our website.

Monica Bryand builds inclusive spaces wherever she goes

In our latest installment of Donor Stories, we are excited to introduce you to Headwaters donor, former longtime staff member, and avid birder, Monica Bryand. 

Monica spent 16 years at Headwaters as a Program Officer and is currently finishing her tenure as one of Voices for Racial Justice’s Co-Executive Directors. She is also a founder of Urban Bird Collective, a birding collective dedicated to building safe and supportive spaces for LGBTQ and BIPOC communities to explore birding.  

In her story, Monica shares lessons learned form her time in social justice organizations including the value of shared leadership and how to balance creating new liberatory spaces and working for change from within.

We hope you’ll take time to learn from Monica and her wealth of experience working for equity and justice in our community!

Read Monica’s story on our website!

Wellspring Fund applications close soon

The Wellspring Fund is Headwaters’ newest grantmaking fund, and it is open for applications until July 18! If you are part of an interested organization, make sure to submit your application before 5 p.m. on July 18.

Wellspring Fund grants are 4-year, project-based grants that support BIPOC-led organizations working towards strengthening the ecosystem of social justice movements in Minnesota. These grants aim to deeply nourish organizations and coalitions that are driving innovative, impactful work for change.

Grants will provide organizations with meaningful, multi-year support through project-based funds of $90,000 per year, for a total of $360,000 per grant.

Head to our website for all the information!

Community jobs and events return next month

Each month, we share job opportunities and events from the Headwaters grantee community. This month, we are taking a one month break from sharing that content, as Headwaters observes a July break for staff rest and rejuvenation. Jobs and events will return in our August e-newsletter!
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