Summer 2008
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More on the stories you read about in The Catalyst:

Closing the Gap · Immigration · Community Grants · Coffee & Answers · Art Receptions · Giving Options, Opportunities & Services

Closing the Gap

• Download resources from The Minneapolis Foundation's 2005-06 Minnesota Meeting series on closing the gap.

• Download the Itasca Group's Mind the Gap report (2005).

• TPT Minnesota Channel's Close the Gap series. This documentary is a series of five 30-minute episodes plus a 60-minute retrospective and is available to community members on one DVD at no cost. Shipping will begin in June. Order on-line.

• Visit Twin Cities Compass for information, analysis, and actions you can take to help close the racial disparities gaps and strengthen our region.

Immigration

Download or order copies of our educational brochure on immigration, Discovering Common Ground (2004)

Download our immigration FAQs

View the Minnesota Meeting webcast on immigration

Learn more about the issue (links and resources)

Community Grants

Among the partners in the Northside Community Reinvestment Coalition:

• Jewish Community Action
• Hawthorne Area Community Council
  (north Minneapolis neighborhood)
• Jordan Area Community Council
  (north Minneapolis neighborhood)
• Northway Community Trust
• Urban League, ACORN launch anti-foreclosure program in Minneapolis, Twin Cites Daily Planet, 1/7/2008

Other featured Community Grant recipients:

• La Escuelita
• Goodwill/Easter Seals

Visit our Recent Grants page or download our most recent Annual Report to learn more about our Community Grantmaking.

Coffee & Answers

• This breakfast networking event for Professional Advisors is held every few months. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST for event notices.

• Check out our on-line resources for Professional Advisors

Art Receptions

• Moving Perspectives: Art and the Immigrant Experience, is presented in partnership with Intermedia Arts.

• Learn more about The Minneapolis Foundation's Art Exhibits

Three ways to make a difference today!

Life changing programs like those described in the Catalyst are made possible in part by support from individuals, families, and corporations through their Donor Advised Funds. They also rely on support from the Community Endowment we steward, created over generations by Minnesotans like you.

It ’s easier than ever to contribute to the causes you care about. You can define a bequest, make a direct gift, or establish a Donor Advised Fund on-line.

• Donor Advised Fund
• Leave a Legacy
• Community Improvement Fund

Tell us what you think!
Share your comments and questions with us at (612) 672-3878
or e-mail@mplsfoundation.org.