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New Compensation Resources Support HR Decision-making
MCF convenes task force to develop priorities and resources around staff compensation, salaries and benefits.
MCF Releases 2021 Principles for Philanthropy
MCF invites its member institutions to adopt an updated set of standards to guide organizational and grantmaking values.
Help Reduce the Racial Wealth Gap by Investing in Families, Homes, and Small Businesses
Philanthropic and nonprofit organizations can help narrow racial wealth gaps by investing in the MI3 fixed-income bond fund.
Preparing Minnesota's Foundations and Nonprofits for Coronavirus
Learn what's happening in Minnesota to prepare the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors for the coronavirus crisis.
2022 State of Philanthropy Tech
The 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech survey is an in-depth look at technology practices at 277 grantmaking organizations throughout North America, the EU, and UK.
Aligning Banking and Organizational Values
During MCF’s fall 2021 Impact Investing Network meeting, members discussed aligning banking practices with organizational values. Aligning values could include choosing a bank based on the diversity of its ownership or leadership, on the geographic area where the bank focuses its investments, on the locations of the bank branches, or various other factors.
Gun Violence Prevention Resources
In September 2022, MCF hosted a conversation about philanthropy's role in reducing gun violence. Presenters explored various strategies including research, education, and policy solutions that seek to reduce gun violence through an evidence informed, public health approach, and make communities safer. Gun violence prevention, working in tandem with justice system reform and violence intervention can be powerful forces toward creating safe and just communities.
MCF Leads: Rooted Philanthropic Leads by Example With MCF's Principles for Philanthropy
Patrick Troska, Executive Director of Rooted Philanthropic, writes about his organization's commitments to the Principles and how that shows up practically in their work.