By Peg Birk, MCF Interim President
On behalf of the board of directors and the staff of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, we send you greetings with gratitude for the work that you do and for your MCF membership!
It has...
The George Family Foundation announced today it has named Stephen Manuszak as its first...
Four local arts organizations will receive funding to enhance and maintain programming via the Willmar Area Community Foundation Arts Fund grant round. A total of $5,600 was awarded to programs ranging from supporting local artists to...
November 15 marked the start of a new chapter for the company formerly known as Great Lakes. Effective that day, Great Lakes became Ascendium Education Group.
The new identity and brand spring from the acquisition early this year of Great...
By Eric White, CAIA and Susan Hammel, CFA, Cogent Consulting. Susan is MCF's Executive in Residence
Ever since we launched the Minnesota Impact Investing...
Social Venture Partners Minnesota is delighted to announce the establishment of the SVP Community Partners Program. The SVP Community Partners Program is a three-year skills-based volunteer experience for community-minded professionals, leaders...
The Sheltering Arms Foundation announces its support to 40 nonprofit organizations that are working to deliver high-quality programming to our state's most vulnerable children.
"This year Sheltering Arms is seeing a number of Minnesota's...
Venn Foundation (Venn), with anchor financial support from Bush Foundation, today formally announced a bold new initiative to drive $1 million of seed capital to early-stage social businesses in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and the 23...
Our communities have experienced transformative demographic change over the last few decades, and more arts funders and institutions are recognizing that the entire arts sector would benefit if arts funding better reflected that diversity....
The Otto Bremer Trust has awarded $9,830,155 in grants as part of its most recent grantmaking cycle.
“We’re inspired by the breadth and diversity of programs in which the Otto Bremer Trust is making investments,” said Daniel C. Reardon, co...
