We have a story to share. About liberation, restoration, freedom, and creativity. About reclaiming our mind, body, and soul to heal from ancestral disruption and present-day displacement. We’ve been working to gain our right to self-determination through ownership of what we produce, build, and invent for our families and community.
When the Bush Foundation put out a call for partners to help redistribute $100 million to Black and Indigenous communities, we jumped at the opportunity. This money could help address the systemic harms Black people have faced since being brought to this country—harms that did not end with the abolition of slavery, but that took different shapes in the 160 years since.
In 2021, Nexus was selected to steward an unprecedented $50 million to Black folks in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota—what is now our Open Road Fund (ORF).
Since 2023, we have been distributing $50,000 wealth-building gifts to Black descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in our region. 200 folks and counting are using these funds to help pay for education, make a down payment, open a gallery, own their own restaurant, and so much more.
Our new website shares the Open Road journey. Check it out!
