Willmar Area Community Foundation Opens Grant Round
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... Foundation (WACF), in affiliation with CommunityGiving, is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit ...
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Penny & Bill George, George Family Foundation to Provide $2.5 Million for First-of-its-kind Wellbeing Center at the New YMCA at Gaviidae in Downtown Minneapolis
Release Date:
01/09/2018
... Carlson Nelson and Paula DeCosse.
$15,000 to Minnesota Public Radio to support the Annual Fund.
$15,000 to the National Parks ... support NPCA's Yellowstone work.
$15,000 to Twin Cities Public...
InFaith Community Foundation’s Mandy Tuong Selected for Philanthropic Sector’s Premier Leadership Development Program
Release Date:
12/27/2017
... take place in conjunction with the Council’s inaugural Public Policy Summit in Philadelphia April 11-13, 2018. Career Pathways is ...
MCF Helping to Jump Start the State for the 2020 Census
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Minnesota is considered to be getting a jump on the 2020 Census. As reported by MPR and in an...
Prepare to Protect Voting Rights in Minnesota
Release Date:
01/09/2018
The White House last week dissolved the controversial Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (NPR). Voting rights advocates viewed the...
Federal Choices Endangering Inclusive and Accurate Census
Release Date:
01/24/2018
The federal government’s preparations for the 2020 Census are falling short. There’s not enough money. This week’s approval of yet another short term, continuing resolution budget fix for the current fiscal year 2018 budget is part of the problem...
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies New Controller and Director
Release Date:
01/30/2018
... industry, providing audit services to a variety of public and private entities, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and ... degree in accounting from Luther College. She is a Certified Public...
Laura Jane Musser Fund Announced New Grant Opportunities
Release Date:
02/01/2018
... Initiative , the Laura Jane Musser Fund assists public or not-for-profit entities to initiate or implement projects that ... compatible human activities. The Fund's goal is to promote public use of open...
Proposed Adjustments to the Census Undermine Goal of a Full and Inclusive Count
Release Date:
02/05/2018
Proposed tweaks and adjustments to the Census continue to undermine the goal of ensuring a full and inclusive count in the 2020 Census. The exact questions that are to be asked on the 2020 Census are being debated.
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Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation in Partnership with Local Ace Hardware Stores Offer Free Paint for Community Projects
Release Date:
02/07/2018
... will be awarded paint products based on visual impact, public benefit, volunteer participation and community support.
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Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Awards $124,338 in Grants Nine Organizations Receive Early Childhood Grants
Release Date:
02/02/2018
... for disadvantaged 5 year olds.
$20,000 to Dover Eyota Public Schools to make a transition to a sustainable and iterative approach to ... focus on Pre-K to Grade 3 alignment.
$8,838 to Lanesboro Public...
MCF Members Quickly Mobilize to Support Endow MN Tax Credit
Release Date:
03/06/2018
... legislature for the past several years as a part of MCF's public policy goal to promote charitable giving in Minnesota.
The Endow .....
House Tax Committee Takes Up Endow MN
Release Date:
03/06/2018
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Testifying in opposition to Endow MN was Rebecca Lucero, public policy director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. Lucero said MCN ...
Dayton and Legislative Leaders Preview 2018 Session
Release Date:
02/13/2018
The "bonding session" is in the priority for the second year of the biennial legislative...
Fast Forward podast: Village Trust Financial Cooperative
Release Date:
03/13/2018
... doing the leg-work, creating the structure and building public commitment necessary to open Village Trust in North Minneapolis in 2019. ...
Act Now to Keep the Independent Sector Nonpartisan
Release Date:
03/12/2018
... nonprofits and foundations are working towards the public’s benefit. We want them focused on service, care and the community ...
Minnesota Legislature Considering Charitable Giving Tax Changes
Release Date:
03/20/2018
If the Minnesota legislature does nothing to change the state’s current tax laws,...
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Names New Program Director
Release Date:
03/29/2018
... was a Fulbright Scholar in Stockholm, Sweden, researching public policies that affect working families.
About Margaret A. ...
Venn Foundation Releases Research on Program-Related Investments (PRIs) by Private Foundations in Minnesota
Release Date:
03/14/2018
... About Venn Foundation
Venn Foundation is a nonprofit public charity on a mission to unleash the full power of PRIs to advance ...
Ross' Census Citizenship Question Recommendation is Flat Out Wrong
Release Date:
03/27/2018
Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross recommended adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census (...