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Rural Urban Bridging: Learning Videos and Resources
Materials from MCF’s Rural Urban Bridging for Impact (RUBI) initiative support growth around bridging rural and urban spaces.
Principles for Philanthropy: Introductory Presentation
MCF offers this PowerPoint deck as a tool for educating your colleagues, staff, board or community members about the Principles for Philanthropy.
Minnesota Democracy Expansion Fund
The Minnesota Democracy Expansion Fund creates a pooled funding opportunity for MCF members interested in supporting successful outreach and implementation of these historic reforms.
MCF Member Briefing: Leveraging Impact Insights to Inform Future Strategies and Goals
In this briefing, 3M explores their impact via a Strategy Map that analyzes their philanthropic investment portfolio.
MCF Member Briefing: Employee Retirement Plans - Understanding Your Fiduciary Responsibilities
Being a fiduciary is an important role but it need not be a daunting one.
Finance, Administration and Audit Committee
This committee monitors MCF finances; recommends annual budget, including membership dues schedules to the Board of Directors; recommends finance and administration policies to the board as necessary; and advises staff on other financial and administrative issues as requested.
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.