Member Resource Center
A curated list of philanthropy resources to support growth as people, organizations, and communities.
2024 Midwest Grantmaker Salary, Benefits, and Demographics Report
The 2024 Midwest Grantmaker Salary, Benefits, and Demographics Report provides data on full-time paid staff at foundations based in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin reported to Council on Foundations (COF).
Impact Investing 101 Video
This 45-minute video, originally presented in December 2022, shares how MCF's community of practice defines impact investing.
2023 Midwest Grantmaker Salary, Benefits, and Demographics Report
The 2023 Midwest Grantmaker Salary, Benefits, and Demographics Report provides data on full-time paid staff at foundations based in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
The Intersection of Trust-Based Philanthropy and Racial Equity
One-page document that defines trust-based philanthropy, describes racial equity work, and what it would mean to do both at the same time.
MCF Member Briefing: The State of Minnesota's Nonprofits 2023
Resources from a robust conversation about the current state of the nonprofit sector.
Toward Power-Shifting Solidarity With Black-Led Change
The Black Collective Foundation MN's first research publication,
MCF Member Briefing: Employee Retirement Plans - Understanding Your Fiduciary Responsibilities
Being a fiduciary is an important role but it need not be a daunting one.
MCF Member Briefing: Self-dealing and Conflicts of Interest
Every type of foundation – family, corporate, community or independent foundation – can stumble into issues of self-dealing and conflicts of interest.
What Americans Think About Philanthropy and Nonprofits
A report from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.