Providing resources to strengthen and uplift Saint Paul’s East Side

Rooted Philanthropic focuses its giving and support on the neighborhoods of the city of Saint Paul’s East Side. These neighborhoods radiate with potential and are filled with innovative and entrepreneurial efforts to improve people’s lives. Our focus is to support entrepreneurs and small business owners, ensure a quality education for our youth, and strengthen the community through wellness efforts.

Map of Saint Paul's East Side

Areas of Philanthropic Focus

Our goal is to support sustainable, generational wealth, health and well-being by providing resources to the East Side communities. Planting deep roots and measuring our impact long-term will be key to breaking down systemic barriers that have historically inhibited equitable social and financial well-being for all who call the East Side home.

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  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business

    Creating and building ideas and businesses is a long-term path to sustainable economic security and generational asset-building.

  • Education

    A quality and holistic education is fundamental to opportunity.

  • Wellness

    The active pursuit of physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being is an individual and collective set of activities that make each of us and our neighborhoods safer and more resilient.

  • Special Initiatives

    Occasionally, the foundation addresses a need identified by the community by facilitating short or long-term initiatives that do not neatly fit into one of our three funding pillars.

Recognizing our Grantees

Grantee: East Side Community Investment Cooperative

Saint Paul, MN

We provide support to four local community organizations to create and launch an investment cooperative so East Side residents can engage in local real estate development building local wealth.

Grantee: Theresa Living Center

Saint Paul, MN

We provide general operating support to Theresa Living Center to increase their onsite programming and case management support for women and single-parent families to move from homelessness to stability and self-sufficiency.

Grantee: Future Leader Scholarship

Hill-Murray High School

We provide scholarship funding to Hill-Murray to support 80 East Side students in grades 9-12 to develop and advance their leadership skills.
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News & Happenings

  • The F.I.T. Lab Wellness Cohort

    Wellness Begins in Community By Felicia Henderson, Wellness Program Officer Every healthy community starts with healthy people. That belief sits at the heart of our Wellness Pillar and guided the development of the Spring 2026 F.I.T.-COMM Challenge. Over eight weeks, community members from the East Side of…

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  • 2025 Was Another Impactful Year

    Fiscal year 2025 was another productive year, working in partnership with so many critical East Side stakeholders. We are excited to release our 2025 Impact Report and 2025 990PF.

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