MCF’s Community Foundations Network aims to create a space for all community foundation professionals to connect with one another and discuss and learn about topics of interest across the community foundation spectrum.
Join your nonprofit and philanthropic peers to discuss evolving community needs emerging in 2021.
Join us as we discuss opportunities and individual areas of interest for the ComMotion Network in 2021 and beyond.
Join We Are Still Here MN (WASH MN)* and the Minnesota Council on Foundations for a learning series that will engage participants in conversations about equity in grantmaking, counter misconceptions and the invisibility of Native peoples, offer st
Power dynamics are inherent in traditional philanthropy: a funder gives and a grantee receives. This imbalance has the ability to inhibit productive, honest partnerships and stymie successful outcomes.
Join us for a meeting of the Independent Foundation Professionals Network.
Join us for a meeting of the Corporate Community Affairs Professionals Network. This network is for MCF members who work in corporate philanthropy and are interested in discussing the unique issues and opportunities of corporate grantmaking.
Starting mid-2021, MCF is offering a virtual gathering space for family foundation trustees to talk candidly with peers to address the unique aspects of family foundations. Sessions will be hosted and facilitated by Susie Brown, MCF President.
Featuring Donna Dalton, Executive Director, Mortenson Family Foundation; Ambar Hanson, Community Relationship Officer, Mortenson Family Foundation; and Danyelle O’Hara, Community Relationship Officer, Mortenson Family Foundation
Financial advisors are welcome. During our semi-annual fund meeting, we’ll focus on the needs of both new and long-time investors.
With recent changes imposed by COVID-19, food systems have changed dramatically. What’s in store next? What new models of food delivery and distribution are here to stay, such as virtual farmers markets, online CSAs and SNAP delivery via Amazon?
Our corporate executive roundtable is for the senior-most corporate philanthropy professional in your organization.
Impact is often an elusive concept in philanthropy. What is the most effective way to monitor grants? How do families define and measure success? What is the burden on grantee partners and how might it be mitigated?
Featuring Anna Bosak, Manager of Community Relations & Corporate Giving, Andersen Corporation
Our corporate executive roundtable is for the senior-most corporate philanthropy professional in your organization.
Starting mid-2021, MCF is offering a virtual gathering space for family foundation trustees to talk candidly with peers to address the unique aspects of family foundations. Sessions will be hosted and facilitated by Susie Brown, MCF President.
The success of family philanthropy is largely dependent on the operations and management of the people and processes that underpin the goals and activities of the effort.
Join us as we discuss opportunities and individual areas of interest for the ComMotion Network in 2021 and beyond.
Policies and laws constantly affect the work of philanthropists and grantmakers, making a solid grounding in the key rules critical to carrying out the work effectively. Join us as we discuss the fundamentals for foundations, the different types
