Programs

  • Healing Justice Programs

    Healing Programs: In 2023, through the support of foundations and individual donors, HJF offered the following services: From Hollering To Healing: Provides financial and educational resources to Black individuals and families to work toward healing and is grounded in the principles of mutual aid. HJF Liberatory Emergency Grant: Provides support for individuals and organizations that are committed to healing justice in practice and theory, centers Black joy and liberation and works in collaboration with families and communities impacted by systematic racism and capitalism. Black Girls Heal Grant: Provides black women support for healing as an expression of "liberatory political practice". This framework is central to our foundation. These funds address the reality of Black women's trauma and recovery from being socialized to assume the role as the omnipotent caregiver. They provide education to the community around healthy eating, conscious movement, and emotional liberation. This year we continued our support to the PlaySistahs teams for PUSH Triathlon, enabling 35 Black women to walk, run, and swim throughout the year. The Mapping Black Joy Project, Phase 1 is an extension of the community recommendations and requests from the Time of Reckoning Community Forums, particularly around healing and exploring Mapping Black Joy. This is an ecosystem project that identifies and maps places, spaces, faces of community and cultural healing, and Black mental health that maintains, restores, and invites Black Joy. Two major sub-programs emerged from this phase: the Healing Justice Launch that offered the community a space to come together for a time of healing and restoration and the Black Joy Radical Self Care Grants to organizations and healers, enabling them to offer complimentary or discounted individual and community healing sessions to the Black community members, so they can heal from grief, stress, anxiety, and fear. These programs provided approximately 500 Black individuals and organizations working with the community with the necessary resources to extend their support or determine their own healing journeys. This was not about prescribing what should be done, but letting the wisdom of individuals and communities determine what was needed.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $276.6K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    Healing Programs: In 2025, through the support of foundations and individual donors, HJF contributed to 3 main healing programs: Co-Sponsoring: Provides financial resources to organizations that center Black Liberation, Black Joy and Healing Justice. This year, Healing Justice Foundation collaborated with 2 institutions: Joe Davis Poetry developed a new program and community: Finding Your Freedom Practice: Wellness Through the Arts. Finding Your Freedom Practice: Wellness Through the Arts is an interactive workshop and performance experience that integrates spoken word poetry, movement, mindfulness, and music to promote mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Rooted in Black cultural traditions and healing justice principles, the program guides participants through reflective writing, embodied storytelling, and creative expression as tools for self-awareness and community connection. Participants learn practical strategies for stress relief, emotional regulation, and collective healing through the arts. The grant helped contribute to the curriculum development and pay collaborative healing artists and wellness facilitators. The 6th Annual PUSH Fitness Triathlon in Saint Paul is a welcoming entry point for athletes of color. Founded by Connie Sheehan six years ago, the event at Lilydale Pool & Yacht Club centers physical accessibility, relay options, and community support. This year HJF has been honored to sponsor up to 30 Black-identified participants, expanding participation from our communities. PUSH's goal is to build community, camaraderie, health, wellness, and physical fitness. The Healing Justice Foundation supported individuals to each do one event as part of a relay team. The swim is first, then bike, and finally run/walk. Dr. Joi Mutual Aid HJF Liberatory Fund: 17 mutual aid grants were provided to support individual Black Healers and organizers to stand in the gap as needed. Black Joy Radical Self-Care Grant: Provided financial resources to 6 Black Twin Cities Healers Organizations. These programs provided approximately 500 Black individuals and organizations working with the community with the necessary resources to extend their support or determine their own healing journeys. This was not about prescribing what should be done, but letting the wisdom of individuals and communities determine what was needed.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $150K