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The Minnesota Freedom Fund was founded in 2016 by Simon Cecil, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota who received a $5,000 grant through the university's Carlson School of Management and a further $5,000 from a business competition, the Acara Challenge.
The fund was created through a partnership between the city of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. [11] In June 2020, the Minnesota Freedom Fund recommended that people donate to the Black Visions Collective, among other organizations, after receiving $20 million in a week following the murder of George Floyd. [12]
The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (FFM) is a conservative think tank based in Minnesota. [2] [3] The group states that it "actively advocates the principles of individual freedom, personal responsibility, economic freedom, and limited government." [4] Annette Meeks founded the organization in 2006 and is CEO.
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This category includes articles on organizations based in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Organizations include, among others, voluntary associations and 501(c) non-profit organizations; companies and for-profit organizations, religious organizations, and so on, are also appropriate.
In 2020 Harris tweeted in support of donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a bail fund assisting those arrested in the George Floyd protests, though she did not donate to the fund herself. [31] President Biden and Vice President Harris delivered remarks at the Capitol on the anniversary of the United States Capitol attack, January 6, 2022.
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The Minnesota Freedom Fund paid the $5,000 bail for the arrest on October 15, 2020, and the $60,000 bail for his arrest related to the December 31 riot. Mosely pled guilty to federal weapons charges in August 2021, stemming from investigations from his prior arrests at demonstrations. [29] [8]