Past Events

Join your peers who work in corporate philanthropy for a conversation about the unique issues and opportunities of corporate grantmaking.

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

As part of our Learning Across Sectors Series, this session helps us understand AI’s implications for equity, belonging, diversity and inclusion (EBDI).  

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.

Gather and get acquainted with foundation communications professionals of all kinds while strengthening our collaborative network in the field of marketing and communications.

The Program Officers Network is designed for MCF member foundation staff working as program officers and other staff involved in the grantmaking process to connect with their peers, exchange information, and learn from one another.

Join us for the second CEO Chat of 2026, featuring Bilal Alkatout and Migdalia Loyola Meléndez, Co-Executive Directors of Headwaters Foundation for Justice.