Isaac Garcia

Pay-It-Forward Awardee

A young Native American and Mexican community leader who, at age 11, founded the nonprofit, Isaac’s Blessing Bags, to support unhoused individuals in St. Paul, MN by providing bags filled with toiletries and other needed personal care items.

St. Paul, Minnesota

June 30, 2025

Pay-It-Forward

Award

Awarded to:

Tiwahe Foundation

Individual award recipients are not eligible for a grant, but can “pay it forward” by recommending a values-aligned organization to receive a grant. When an individual receives a “Pay It Forward” award, they are invited to recommend a grant to a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in their community that is aligned with the values of the project. “Pay It Forward” recipients are typically awarded to one or several individuals for personal acts of courage

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