Member Resource Center
A curated list of philanthropy resources to support growth as people, organizations, and communities.
2023 Giving in Minnesota Report
A comprehensive look at grantmaking in Minnesota.
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MCF Member Briefing: Ripple Effects Mapping for Understanding Impact
View resources from MCF Member Briefing: Ripple Effects Mapping for Understanding Impact, an overview of a qualitative evaluation approach that relies on interactive group interviewing and reflection.
Corporate Benchmarking 2024
Learn how MCF corporate members are engaging in corporate purpose and community investments.
2023 Giving in Minnesota Report
A comprehensive look at grantmaking in Minnesota.
Rural Urban Bridging: Learning Videos and Resources
Materials from MCF’s Rural Urban Bridging for Impact (RUBI) initiative support growth around bridging rural and urban spaces.
Principles for Philanthropy: Introductory Presentation
MCF offers this PowerPoint deck as a tool for educating your colleagues, staff, board or community members about the Principles for Philanthropy.
Philanthropy for Systems Change
A model for donor collaboration for systems change that learns from and inspires others and generates learning for the broader philanthropic community.
Shifting the Evaluation Paradigm: The Equitable Evaluation Framework
Evaluation has the ability to contribute to equity and it must embrace definitions of rigor and validity that reflect the complexity of the work in which many are engaged.
Getting to the Heart of Community: Culturally Responsive Evaluations
This report presents a process to design an evaluation framework that prioritizes a community's own values and documents a legacy that perpetuates generations from now.