MCF Bill to Strengthen the Disaster System Gets Hearing
Release Date:
02/18/2020
Minnesota grantmakers that are part of MCF's Disaster Philanthropy Working Group, in...
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Otto Bremer Trust Awards $56.8 Million in 2019
Release Date:
02/17/2020
The Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) invested $56,845,772 in grants and program-related investments in 2019 to more than 650 organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota, and western Wisconsin. The total represents OBT’s ninth consecutive year of record...
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Celebrates New Offices
Release Date:
02/12/2020
The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation invites the public as well as its donors, partners and other stakeholders to visit its new offices in downtown Duluth during an open house from 3-6 p.m. Thursday.
A highlight of the...
Bill and Penny George Pledge $18.75 Million to Georgia Tech’s New Tech Square Project
Release Date:
02/12/2020
Momentum for Technology Square Phase III continues to grow with the naming of its second tower in honor of longtime supporters of Georgia Tech. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the naming of George Tower at its...
Medica Foundation Now Accepting Proposals for Three Grant Programs
Release Date:
02/07/2020
The Medica Foundation is accepting proposals for three grant programs:
1) Behavioral Health:
This funding area seeks proposals for programs that help people with serious mental illness...
George Family Foundation Awards $980,000 in Latest Grant Round
Release Date:
02/04/2020
The George Family Foundation announced today that it has expanded support for individual leadership programs, faith-based social justice efforts and youth development programs in the Twin Cities; Dallas, Texas; Oakland, California; and the Vail...
The Minneapolis Foundation Awards Nearly $3 Million in Organizational Effectiveness Grants
Release Date:
02/03/2020
The Minneapolis Foundation will award nearly $3 million in Organizational Effectiveness grants to nonprofit organizations that work to improve lives and advance equity in greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
117 organizations will receive...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Launches Healthy Start Funding Opportunity
Release Date:
02/03/2020
This Healthy Start funding opportunity will provide grants of up to a total of $550,000 in year one and an additional $550,000 in year two. Applicants may apply for grants of up to $100,000 per year and may apply for one- or two-year grants....
Details on UBIT Refunds & Excise Tax Simplification
Release Date:
01/30/2020
MCF and the entire independent sector contributed to two exciting wins for the sector in December 2019 -- a simplifcation of the private foundation excise tax to 1.39%, and the retroactive repeal of the 21% Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) on...
Laura Jane Musser Fund Announces 2020 Grant Opportunities
Release Date:
01/30/2020
Through the Rural Arts Initiative, the Laura Jane Musser Fund hopes to assist nonprofit arts organizations to develop, implement or sustain exceptional artistic opportunities for adults and children in the areas of literary, visual, music...
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