This MCF member-initiated briefing is a partnership between RISE Together Fund (a Proteus Fund initiative), the Bush Foundation, the Initiative Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, the Minneapolis Foundation, the Council on American-Islamic Relation
Could the establishment of Minnesota’s only Black-led financial institution lead to greater financial power for our Black communities?
Description: Please join us for a meeting of the Minnesota Disaster Philanthropy Working Group.
Description: While foundations of all types are moving towards more participatory grant review processes, there is an art to getting the right people around the table and setting the conditions for equitable outcomes.
Description: Join with mission investing network peers to share what is working and what you’ve learned in developing your organization’s governance and reporting of program and mission-related investments.
At this informal breakfast, leaders of color from Minnesota foundations will connect and share stories to build community.
Are your foundation’s processes as efficient and effective as they could be in getting funds out the door? How about the processes around preparing for trustee meetings?
What can funders learn from the current experiences of Minnesota’s immigrant and refugee communities? How are Minnesota funders currently showing up to support these communities?
Are you swimming in reports and data and exploring how to use it for more strategic decision making?
Description: How can regional and statewide funders do rural grantmaking well? How can local funders tap into other local resources & bring outside resources into their communities?
Description: When you advertise, you essentially rent a publication’s or television station’s audience. The problem is audiences are not as “owned” as they once were, avoiding advertisements whenever they can.
Join us at Target Field's Town Ball Tavern for the 10th Annual MCF Member Celebration, sponsored by Margaret A.
Description: Please join us for a meeting of the Minnesota Disaster Philanthropy Working Group.
Description: The purpose of the Program Officers Network is for those member foundation staff working as program officers or aspiring to work as a program officer to connect with their peers, exchange information, and learn from
At this informal happy hour, leaders of color from Minnesota foundations will connect and share stories to build community.
Description: Please join us for the first official meeting of the Minnesota Disaster Philanthropy Working Group.
Description: Join MCF for a summer public policy retreat that will explore how we make the case for the independent sector using a democracy frame.
Description: When might it be most effective to fund through an intermediary organization? What are some important qualities to look for an intermediary? What are some typical structures for an intermediary funding relationship?
Description: The indigenous peoples of this continent once enjoyed protein-rich, healthy diets.
Description: As philanthropy works to advance its charitable mission, the topics of diversity, inclusion, and equity play a central role for many of our organizations. Much has been written and speculated about rural attitudes to
