Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization

Found us from Stand with Minnesota? For the fundraiser specific to the Central Cares Team, jump to the "Cares Team-Rent Food Rides" fundraiser below or visit givemn.org/centralcares (effective 1/28/2025). 

For the fundraiser in partnership with Post Modern Times Cafe and other neighborhood food service providers giving no-cost food to impacted neighbors, visit the "Impacted Neighbors Support Fund" below or go to givemn.org/centralimpactfund 

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Contributions to the fund on this page support general neighborhood organizing activities unless otherwise specified. Please note, as of January 2nd, all CANDO staff have temporarily been reassigned to providing services to our residents impacted by the federal occupation. Our organization is experiencing a higher than usual volume of communication requests. Thank you for your patience.

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We have a vision for a neighborhood that heals, not harms. 

Meet CANDO: the Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization. 

Central is a historically Black neighborhood home to vibrant cultural and linguistic diversity, situated in the heart of south Minneapolis on the ancestral lands of the Dakhóta and Anishinaabe people. The Central neighborhood is defined by the borders of I-35W to the west, Chicago Ave to the east, Lake Street to the north and 38th Street to the south.

We connect neighbors and business owners to both resources, opportunities and one another!

Our primary bodies of work include grassroots food justice organizing with our program Plant-Grow-Share (PGS), renters rights education with HOME Line, and antiracist organizing through the South Central Minneapolis Antiracism Coalition (SMAC). 

In addition to organizing neighbors around food and antiracism, our staff work in deep partnership to help uplift resources that support the livability of our community (renters rights, affordable housing, safety, connectedness) and assist our neighbors with making their voice heard by elected officials.

We believe in uplifting our shared humanity - block by block, neighbor by neighbor. 

Will you join us?

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Contributions to the fund on this page support general neighborhood organizing activities unless otherwise specified. Please note, as of January 2nd, all CANDO staff have temporarily been reassigned to providing services to our residents impacted by the federal occupation. Our organization is experiencing a higher than usual volume of communication requests. Thank you for your patience.

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For the fundraiser specific to the Central Cares Team, jump to the "Cares Team-Rent Food Rides" fundraiser below or visit givemn.org/centralcares (effective 1/28/2025). 

For the fundraiser in partnership with Post Modern Times Cafe and other neighborhood food service providers giving no-cost food to impacted neighbors, visit the "Impacted Neighbors Support Fund" below or go to givemn.org/centralimpactfund