Make a donation to help rebuild Lake Street’s small businesses and community organizations.
Read about the first-round recipients of the
We Love Lake Street Recovery Grant.
The Lake Street Council (501c3) will utilize 100% of funds to help rebuild Lake Street, starting with direct support to small businesses and nonprofits to help them rebuild their storefronts, reopen their businesses and serve our neighborhoods.*
Or if you prefer, donate through GiveMN.org
You can also send us a check to the Lake Street Council at
PO Box 7091, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Thank you to everyone that has donated.We are amazed by your generosity. We have raised:
$11,000,000
We are overcome with gratitude for the outpouring of support for our Minneapolis businesses. It will take millions of dollars to rebuild, and over 70,000 people have chipped in to make that a reality.
THANK YOU DONORS
AARP
Amidon Graphics
Austin Mutual Insurance Company Foundation
BetterUp
Big Lots!
Bituminous Roadways
Branch Basics
Brend Schoonover Illustraion, LLC
BroadHead Co.
Busch
Butler Family Community Foundation
CapSpecialty
Carhop
CarVal Investors Foundation
CenterPoint Energy
Centerview Partners LLC
Crisp & Green
Dairy Queen
East Side Games
Ergotron
Erik’s Bike Shop
EVO - Evolution Championship Series
Face Foundrie
Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping
FireEye, Inc.
Flagship Bank
Friends and Family of Peter and Emily Fritz
Fusion Hill LLC
Gamer Packaging
Genz Ryan
Girlfriend Collective
H.B. Fuller Company
HalfTone Digital
Hawkins, Inc.
HuskySpring
Impressions Inc.
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49
Jamf
Kennedy & Cain PLLC
Kimley-Horn Foundation
LightBox Jewelry
Marine Retailers Association of the Americas
MBA Consulting Group
Monarch Business and Wealth Management
Mono
Nordic Ware
NovuHealth
Omaha Community Foundation
Patina
Peloton
Piper Sandler
Production Engineering Corp
Punch Pizza
Shumaker and Sieffert PA
Silverback Strategies
SiteImprove
SunOpta Foods
Sunrise Banks
Syngenta
Tennant Worldwide
Total Expert Inc.
Vista Outdoor
Well Pet
When I Work , Inc.
White House Custom Colour
Wind Point Foundation
WSB Engineering
Xcel
Support Our Neighbors
Many of our Twin Cities neighborhoods have been significantly affected by the recent uprisings. Please consider donating to the following organizations to help support recovery efforts throughout the Twin Cities.
WeLoveLakeStreet Fund
Oversight Committee
In order to help disburse these funds, we have convened a WeLoveLakeStreet Fund Oversight Committee. They have been tasked with determining how the funds raised through this website will be used to support small business recovery. The committee, coordinated by the Lake Street Council, will make decisions about funding priorities, guidelines, and the application and review processes for business grants.
Many Lake Street businesses are owned by immigrants and people of color, and the Lake Street Council is committed to ensuring that our support is accessible to all businesses and has an equitable impact. As we work to allocate and distribute these funds, we will focus on helping the hardest-hit and most vulnerable businesses in our community, which disproportionately includes immigrant and POC-owned businesses.
Committee Members
African Development Center
Nasibu Sareva
Cultural Wellness Center
Anthony Taylor
Latino Economic Development Center
Henry Jimenez
Mercado Central
Eduardo Barrera
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers
Elena Gaardner
Midtown Global Market
Baba Letang
Mni Sota Fund
Kit Fordham
New American
Development Center
Asad Aliweyd
Neighborhood Development Center
Mihailo Temali and Renay Dossma
Redesign Inc.
Chris Romano
Community Reinvestment Fund
Anisha Murphy
Lake Street Council
Allison Sharkey, Ronnie Taylor, Jackie Knight
Additional Representatives
Longfellow Business Association - Kim Jakus
Midtown Eyecare - Global Vision LLC - Akmed Muhumud
Taqueria La Hacienda - Miguel Zagal
Venus Unveiled - Marvin Levi
The Hub Bike Coop - Amber Schmidt
La Mexicana - Maria Gutierrez
Pangea World Theater - Dipankar Mukherjee
For press inquiries, please email:
Press@LakeStreetCouncil.org
For donation inquires, please email:
Donate@LakeStreetCouncil.org
To offer pro bono assistance to businesses, email:
Volunteer@LakeStreetCouncil.org
To share your stories & photos with us, email:
SocialMedia@VisitLakeStreet.com
If your business has been affected, tell us your needs:
Business-Help@LakeStreetCouncil.org
Get in touch.
For more information and updates please follow us at @VisitLakeStreet.
Lake Street Council engages, serves, and advocates for the Lake Street business community in Minneapolis to ensure the vitality and prosperity of the commercial corridor. We are a 501(c)3.
*Up to 15% of contributions will be utilized for grant administration, including credit card processing and staffing.