CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

A Welcoming Place for All

In July 2025, CAPI broke ground on the $11.5 million Immigrant Opportunity Center (IOC) Expansion project, with an estimated completion date of September 2026. 

This project will directly benefit immigrant communities, the city of Brooklyn Center, and the broader region with the development of a larger, more efficient, and more welcoming building in which expanded services can thrive. 

Community, dignity, and long-term systematic change. Your donation gives you a place to create generational impact.

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In 2018, CAPI took a bold step forward by relocating its headquarters to the heart of Brooklyn Center, securing a 10,600 sq. ft. building and adjacent parcel to meet the growing needs of the community. This move marked a new chapter in CAPI’s journey—one defined by vision, resilience, and a deep commitment to equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

CAPI as an organization grew considerably in programming and demand for services. Our staff increased to almost 50 members, and to support individuals and families more fully, CAPI became a Financial Opportunity Center. Our Financial Services team is now HUD Certified and provides homeownership services to the community.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for food almost tripled, and we have not seen an easing in our food shelf.

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You can be a part of leaving a lasting legacy. Donate funds for an engraved paver, community garden, a cultural art piece, or a bench to contribute to the reimagined IOC. These items can be dedicated in your name, or in honor of someone.

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Focus on Regional Sustainability

  • According to the latest census Metropolitan Council data, Brooklyn Center has the second-highest poverty rate of all MN cities (39.5%), and 55.5% of its residents identify as BIPOC. The proposed redevelopment at 5930/5950 Brooklyn Boulevard is centrally located, transit-accessible, and within an area designated ‘economically distressed’ by the CDFI Fund.

  • With over a 40-year history of supporting immigrants and refugees, CAPI is increasingly sought by local, state, and federal agencies to support newly-arrived communities. With mass displacement due to global conflict and climate crisis continuing to surge, these needs will only escalate in coming years. CAPI’s Immigrant Opportunity Center Expansion brings needed infrastructure to support Minnesota’s current and future ability to effectively support and welcome new Americans.

CAPI’s Immigrant Opportunity Center Expansion and Renovation will respond to the rapid growth in community demand for CAPI’s services, while positioning the region to respond to current and future needs:

The Capital Project

Community Revitalization & Wealth-Building:

CAPI proposes to develop a 2-story, 10,150 square foot addition, and site amenities will utilize the adjacent undeveloped .84- acre parcel (5950 Brooklyn Boulevard) owned by CAPI. The 10,600 square foot existing building will be updated to support the new services.

CAPI’s IOC Expansion seeks to support immigrant and refugee communities residing in Northwest Hennepin County.

Key features of the project involve expanding services and access to work, education, and health programming, including:  

  1. A technology and resource center;

  2. New entrepreneur training, technical assistance, and financial services to develop and expand small businesses in childcare (to include a childcare incubator space), urban farming, and other sectors; 

  3. Expanded public and health benefits eligibility screening, community health clinics, and screenings 

  4. Outdoor play area, and an unattached greenhouse surrounded by community garden plots, 

  5. Community and training rooms, 

  6. Tax assistance, financial coaching, and homebuyer services 

  7. Park-like setting with greater connections to the neighborhood and commercial corridor.

Expansion

This state-of-the-art facility expansion on vacant land creates a community hub in Brooklyn Center’s main commercial corridor, bringing needed investment, streetscape improvement, and greater density, neighborhood connectivity, and sustainability. It will similarly accrue the following community benefits:

  • Catalyze hundreds of career training, job placement, and entrepreneurship coaching opportunities annually, while adding or retaining 75+ living wage jobs occupied by diverse staff in the heart of Brooklyn Center.

  • Create new social enterprises that will create immigrant-owned childcare slots, urban farming space, and allow CAPI to continue its history of incubating immigrant organizations.

  • Support CAPI’s food distribution programming and affirm cultural traditions via the greenhouse and nearby gardening spaces, providing equitable access to healthy food options and community health services.

  • Accommodate expanded volunteer income tax assistance (VITA) services serving 500+ community members annually who will realize more than $1 million in state, federal, and property tax returns and $75,000 in tax preparation fee savings.