Late in 2022 at the MCF CEO Retreat, an idea took hold around rural and urban bridge building. MCF members began exploring how philanthropy can play a leadership role in uniting Minnesotans across difference, especially rural and urban geography...
On Tuesday, February 28, Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE) will introduce the Charitable Act.
The bill would...
Starting in October 2022 and continuing through early 2023 a group of MCF members and nonprofit allies are convening to discuss the next iteration of a common grant application and report. Members of the Common Grant Working Group are listed,...
Over $112 million in capital invested in low-income communities as Minnesota faces one of America’s largest wealth gaps.
Over the past year, MCF has been working to offer more resources around staff compensation, benefits and salary...
For the last 30 years Minnesota foundations and nonprofits alike have relied on MCF’s common grant application and report to streamline the grantmaking and grantseeking processes. The Minnesota Common Grant Application has helped nonprofits to...
During the month of April, MCF participated in Foundations on the Hill. The annual event provides an opportunity for the philanthropic sector to inform...
The Minnesota Council on Foundations, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Greater Twin Cities United Way, United Ways of Minnesota, and Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities are leading advocacy on creation of a one‐time Nonprofit Relief...
Throughout the summer of 2021, MCF hosted a Task Force on Compensation. Over a dozen MCF members and staff met monthly to discuss human resources questions about staff compensation and benefits.
The charge of the task force was to...
