AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITY SERVICES
To provide integrated community services that help resettle Twin Cities refugee communities by helping them secure employment, affordable housing, and connecting them to community resources.
About AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITY SERVICES
African Immigrants Community Services (AICS) is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporated in 2007 that focuses on culturally grounded resettlement and integration services for African immigrants, refugees, and asylees in the Twin Cities. The organization delivers case-managed social services including employment readiness and placement, housing navigation, immigration/naturalization assistance, ESL and language-access supports, youth employment, and public-health outreach.
AICS operates as a community-facing service provider and partner to city, state, and health agencies; in recent years it has delivered youth employment programming, participated in public-health vaccination/testing efforts, run tobacco-prevention peer-education for East African populations, and administered arts and cultural programming. The organization maintains an online presence and is listed on national nonprofit information platforms and local government provider rosters, indicating active operations and donor-facing programs.
Notable achievements
Designated Workforce Development Provider
Named an eligible provider for Minneapolis' Local Workforce Development Area (2021–2025) with a master contract allocation position, enabling AICS to deliver workforce and youth employment services to Twin Cities residents.
State Youth Employment Funding
Secured competitive youth-employment funding in the SFY2024–2025 cycle (Youth at Work Opportunity grant) to expand culturally responsive job readiness and placement services for at-risk youth and young adults.
Public-Health & Prevention Programming
Implemented tobacco-prevention peer-education and community health outreach for East African youth and women (part of multi-year prevention efforts), and partnered on COVID-19 testing and vaccination pop-ups to increase access in immigrant neighborhoods.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $367K
- Annual revenue
- $1.2M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 30-0368292
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Website
- www.aicsmn.org
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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