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Northside Funders Group: Centering Youth Voice
Watch this video to see how Northside Funders Group exists to align public and private investments to create solutions to advance opportunities in North Minneapolis through the Northside Youth Enrichment Fund.
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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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Fourth Generation Invites New Members to Join 2024-2025 Grantmaking Cycle
Attend Sept. 18 Kickoff Event to Learn about This Giving Circle and Its Focus for the Year: Youth-Led Initiatives
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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Abundant Cities
Abundant Cities is a series of three talks co-presented by the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Foundation. This series was established to generate meaningful conversation around how we can pour resources, energy and community into our civic life.
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Future of Us
Our President and CEO, R.T. Rybak, was featured as part of MPR's All Things Considered series, "Future of Us.” It explores how a pandemic, a murder and a city on fire have changed us and our path forward.
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Our company partnerships help CODE42 map its generosity
We partnered with a tech company to create programs that help its employees give back to their communities.
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Helping Florida After Hurricane Ian
Our team here at the Minneapolis Foundation has put together a list of organizations for those looking for ways to help Floridians in need.
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WCA FOUNDATION FALL GRANT ROUND
The WCA Foundation, a Signature Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation, is pleased to announce its Fall 2022 grant round.
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2022 Kick-Off Events
Join us as we kick off Fourth Generation’s 13th grantmaking cycle! You’ll learn about Fourth Generation’s plans for the year, what it means to be a member, and you’ll be introduced to this year’s grantmaking topic.
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What Philanthropy Means to Our Family
One of our donors, Carole Lee Randall, and her son Mike recently teamed up with us to record a StoryCorps conversation about what philanthropy means to their family.
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A Seat at the Table with Chanda Smith Baker
Our Chief Impact Officer and Senior Vice President, Chanda Smith Baker, joined Rolling Out to talk about diversity and what it takes for people of color to earn a seat at the table.
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Tim Giago, trailblazing Native American journalist, dies
Tim Giago, was the founder of the first independently owned Native American newspaper in the country. His leadership influenced the creation of the Native American Journalist Association Fund at the Minneapolis Foundation.
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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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