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Responding to Local Needs in 2024
In addition to our annual grant rounds and the guidance we provide to support our fundholders’ giving, we make special investments to address community needs as they arise.
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Millennials in particular are really about seeing an issue and getting involved and making an impact.- Sara Lueben
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A Message from Our CEO
We can’t know what we will face over the next century, or even the next few years. What we do know is that none of us can, or should, shoulder the challenges alone, which means we need to continue to grow our generous community.
Communities are stronger when everyone participates in public discussion and decision-making about issues that affect their lives and our society as a whole. Explore how we partner with others to foster civic engagement, discourse, and advocacy.
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Learning Collaborative – Downtown Next
Check out this video to learn more about what’s happening now with downtown Minneapolis, plans that are already underway, and new ideas for rethinking downtown as a place that works for everyone.
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The Giving Circle Movement
Learn about Building More Philanthropy with Purpose, a giving circle administered by the Minneapolis Foundation, and find out how they tap into the power of collective giving.
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Reimagining Downtown Minneapolis
Minneapolis Foundation President R.T. Rybak and Downtown Next co-author Sarah Harris appeared on TPT to discuss the future of downtown Minneapolis.
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No stone should be left unturned to revitalize downtown Minneapolis
Watch WCCO's story about our Downtown Next report and learn more about why this is a complicated but exciting moment for downtown.
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Downtown Reimagined: What’s Next?
Minneapolis Foundation President R.T. Rybak and two of the authors of Downtown Next spoke about the challenges and opportunities Minneapolis faces as our community seeks to transform downtown.
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How to Make Downtown Minneapolis a 24-Hour Destination
A new report issued by the Minneapolis Foundation calls for a fundamental shift in thinking about the future of the city’s urban core.
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Minneapolis report offers new downtown vision
Watch this story from KARE11 about our newly released Downtown Next report and find out more about how it's calling for changes to help revitalize downtown Minneapolis.
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24-hour district is one idea for downtown Minneapolis
A Minneapolis Foundation report offered several strategies for how to revitalize the traditional business district after the pandemic.
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Downtown Minneapolis is evolving
Read this article about the future of downtown Minneapolis featured in MinnPost written by the President of the Minneapolis Foundation, R.T. Rybak.
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Abundant Cities brings together innovators working in Minneapolis and around the country to define new visions for urban areas. Join a cohort of changemakers who will help the best new ideas become reality here in Minneapolis.
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