Open Road Fund is a community fund granting $50 million to Black folks in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota in order to create tangible pathways to liberation, prosperity, and healing on our own terms.
We believe that paths lead to our destiny, and when faced with barriers, we call upon our ancestors to guide us on the open road to liberation. In honor of their resiliency and communal spirit, the Open Road Fund aims to redistribute resources to present-day descendants of the Atlantic Slave Trade in an effort to build Black wealth within our communities.
Questions? Email ORFSupport@nexuscp.org or call Open Road Fund at 612-886-3449.
What is Black Wealth?
Black wealth is—but is not limited to—healing from over five centuries of labor and livelihood stolen from us on this stolen land. Black wealth is owning what we produce. Black wealth is building and inventing for our families and community. Black wealth is a creative and sovereign practice of restoration that reaffirms the excellence that has always been in us.
What is the Open Road Fund?
Top Questions About the ORF
Open Road Fund applications will open Summer 2024. Sign up for our e-newsletter to receive updates, or follow along on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
No. The 2024 application will have updates and improvements. Also, your information may change year to year, including your email, phone number, and Black wealth plans. If you would like a copy of your 2023 Open Road Fund application, you can request that it be emailed to you by contacting ORFSupport@NexusCP.org. You can use your 2023 application to either copy and paste into 2024 responses, or as a guide for your Black wealth building plan.
Open Road Fund 2023 Awardees may not apply again for an Open Road Fund grant.
Nexus Community Partners will not publicly name all awardees. Finalists may choose to share their status as a finalist if they wish. After the grant process is completed, awardees can opt in to allow Nexus to share their names. Out of a duty to care for and to protect the privacy of all grantees, especially grantees under 18, we are not requiring that their names be made public.
However, we do hope that some grantees will want to share their stories. We look forward to being able to share grantees’ stories when they have consented and when the time is right.
