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(Bismarck, ND) -- Black residents in South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota will be able to apply to receive a $50,000 grant. The Bush Foundation is opening up applications for part of a $50 million dollar trust called the Open Road Fund. This nonprofit organization has worked to tackle Black wealth, homeownership, and education rate gaps with grants. Nexus Community

The upcoming Juneteenth holiday marks the kickoff of a new wealth building grant program for Black residents who are decedents of slavery in a few north-central states, including South Dakota. The regional nonprofit Nexus Community Partners will begin accepting applications June 19 for the Open Road Fund, created through a $50 million donation from the Bush Foundation. Money will be made available to Black residents living in South and North Dakota and Minnesota who are descendants of the Atla...

The Open Road Fund will provide grants of $50,000 to descendants of the Atlantic Slave Trade living in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Nexus Minnesota will begin taking applications for $50,000 grants on June 19. There will be 100 recipients in the first year, and 800 total.

Among those scheduled to speak is Christopher Martin, the cashier who accepted the counterfeit $20 bill from George Floyd at a Minneapolis Cup Foods in May of 2020.