Past Events

Get an exclusive sneak peek at the Bush Foundation's new book, Please Be Good at Philanthropy: An Introduction to Grantmaking Strategy and Practice. 

An immersive journey into the heart of one of the largest urban Native American communities in the U.S.

Join MCF and your corporate executive peers for an opportunity to learn and share with one another, network, socialize and troubleshoot together. 

Our philanthropic leaders are navigating the space among what they believe, what their boards expect, what their peers model, and what feels politically safe. This moment demands more than reaction—it calls for reimagination.

Learn about Native language reclamation efforts around the state as shared out by several language revitalization leaders.

Join MCF and your corporate executive peers for an opportunity to learn and share with one another, network, socialize and troubleshoot together. 

Learn about the status of the Ojibwe language in the United States, and American Indian language instruction in Minnesota public schools.

Join us for an interactive session that will examine how typical funder-grantee relationships often reproduce power imbalances, and how thoughtful shifts in mindset, practice, and structure can foster genuine trust, deeper collaboration, and more equitable outcomes.