The Open Road Fund launched in 2023 and is stewarded by Nexus Community Partners. The Fund has granted 99 awards in the amount of $50,000 to Black residents across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. This year, we are prepared to award 101 grants in this region. The Open Road Fund plans to award grants annually, over the next 8 years, totaling 8 rounds of grant-making. To learn more, here is a link to our mini-report: https://nexuscp.org/orf_1_mini-report/. The goal of the Open Road Fund’s community engagement work is to actively partner and work alongside our communities on the fund to create opportunities and inform.