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 reported to Council on Foundations (COF). This report is used to aid in budget planning and personnel practice benchmarking, and contains information presented by foundation type, staff position, and asset size.
The Midwest report is distributed exclusively to members of MCF and its Midwest PSO partners. Access it here.
Strengthening Response in Real Time
This Rapid Response Report serves as a testimony to how Minnesota’s philanthropic ecosystem organized during a critical moment in state history. It offers vital lessons, structural insights, and
Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship
As fiscal sponsorship continues to become a more widely used tool for charitable impact, it is important that 501(c)(3) organizations acting as a fiscal sponsor are doing it right.
Immigrant Rapid Response Fund: Briefing Series
Between Christmas 2025 and February 2026, Operation Metro Surge brought roughly 2,000 federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities. More than 4,000 people were arrested. Two Minnesotans were killed.