Partnerships

When we come together, work together, and fight against this injustice together, we can end sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in our community.

Everyone can contribute to the anti-trafficking movement.
We lift up and celebrate the work that is currently being done to fight trafficking and exploitation as well as invite and empower new neighbors to join us. We are privileged to work with many incredible organizations, businesses, law enforcement agencies, schools, and community members.

Oakdale Partnership

Community Partners:

Grants & Opportunities

C.A.S.T. is currently funded through donations, grants, and fundraising events. We have been the fortunate recipients of incredible grants and opportunities over the course of the last five years which has contributed substantially to making C.A.S.T. a more sustainable organization. We extended heartfelt thanks to the organizations that support C.A.S.T. and believe in our mission. 

Grants

  • City & County Credit Union empowers our community do more. We believe in putting purpose over profits and investing in our members, local small businesses, and non-profits to create a strong, resilient community. Making the Greater Good Even Greater recognizes the efforts of our non-profit and small business neighbors who hold the same mission as we do – empowering our community to do more.

  • For four weeks, Old National Bank put the power in the community’s hands as they voted for their favorite Minnesota-based nonprofit organization through its Choose Your Charity campaign. Over the course of those four weeks, the bank’s online voting platform received over 250,000 votes. Winning organizations had to be registered with 501(c)(3) legal tax exemption status within the bank’s Minnesota footprint. The top vote-getter for each of the bank’s 31 Minnesota locations won $5,000.

  • SAFE in MN partnered with leaders in local law enforcement and legislation as well as non-profits across the spectrum from prevention to intervention to restoration to identify key needs and strategically allocate resources to address and eliminate trafficking and exploitation in MN.

  • The RaiseMN Campaign Institute offers months of customized fundraising coaching and group learning opportunities at no cost to small- and medium-sized Minnesota nonprofits. RaiseMN helps nonprofits level-up their fundraising confidence and efforts, learn amongst their peers, and leave with a plan of action to create more meaningful engagements with donors who support their important work.

  • The Power of 100 Twin Cities is a collaborative of community-minded women that gather four times each year to learn about local charities, write checks for $100 and together, donate a substantial sum to a local nonprofit organization. Power of 100 members nominate and advocate for local nonprofits to receive the funding, which are selected by majority vote of members. That nonprofit also receives up to a $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. C.A.S.T. was selected in March 2024.

  • The Butler Family Foundation is a private family foundation that seeks to foster safety, opportunity and growth for individuals and families by supporting effective nonprofit organizations in the arts, environment, and human services.

  • As Minnesota’s largest community foundation, The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation inspires generosity, advocate for equity and invest in community-led solutions. This purpose guides their work in and for Minnesota and the Twin Cities’ East Metro.

  • As The Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation provides resources to nonprofit organizations that build thriving communities and improve the quality of life primarily in the St. Croix Valley geographic region of Minnesota and Wisconsin.