CAPI

Invest in Real Change

CAPI (Communities Advancing Prosperity for Immigrants) provides comprehensive support services for immigrants and refugees in the Twin Cities. By addressing immediate needs and long-term goals, CAPI partners with individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency and build thriving lives.

Through culturally grounded, community-centered programs, you can trust that your donation will uplift lives, strengthen communities, and create generational impact.

Want to go the extra mile? Consider becoming a CAPI Rooted Giver. Your recurring donation helps ensure these resources are available month after month. Visit our webpage to sign up! Give to the Max Day is approaching on November 20th, but early giving begins on November 1st! Show all the love to the nonprofits that mean the most to you and join in our mission to advance prosperity for immigrants!

About CAPI

CAPI, founded in 1982, is an immigrant-led nonprofit organization with a staff that is dedicated to helping Minnesota’s refugees and immigrants. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all programs. CAPI designs services that reflect the cultural identities, desires, and needs of our community–offering support and resources that feel familiar, respectful, and rooted in trust.

The CAPI food shelf was the primary source of service when our organization came together, providing culturally-specific food to refugees arriving in Minnesota in the aftermath of the Vietnam War; however, as the needs of our communities expanded, so did CAPI’s services. Over the past decade, the immigrant population has more than tripled in the Brooklyn Center area. For this reason, CAPI has undertaken a building expansion set to reopen in September 2026, which will double the size of our food shelf, provide community gardening space, a technology resource center, and so much more.

Today, CAPI walks alongside community members as they move from urgent needs to lasting stability, providing trusted guidance, workforce training, financial education, and culturally respectful support.

Through more than 40 years of societal, cultural, and political change, our desire remains the same: to see our participants flourish and to build a stronger community together.