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St. Paul’s Powerful Partnerships
Watch this video about youth career pathways opportunities at Saint Paul Public Schools. Students can explore high-wage and in-demand careers through college and career curriculum, personal learning plans, stackable credentials, certifications, and work experiences.
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Empowering Native Youth
MIGIZI's Indigenous Pathways program provides young people with professional development, income, and an opportunity to make a difference in their community.
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Giving in Action
Donor Advised Funds & Community-Driven Giving with Chris Beach
Chris Beach, Senior Vice President at the Minneapolis Foundation, joins hosts Camille Pearson-Walz and Kristi Ackley for an engaging conversation about donor-advised funds and their growing impact on the philanthropic landscape.
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$1.2 Million in Reimagine Education Grants Awarded
With a focus on literacy and leadership, the Minneapolis Foundation has awarded more than $1.2 million grants to 30 schools and organizations working to create a more equitable K-12 education system.
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CEO and wife donate $250K to help pay for mental health costs of workers’ children
Russ and Trish Becker donated $250,000 to help start an employee-assistance fund at APi Group this spring.
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Giving with a Learning Mindset
For some fundholders at the Minneapolis Foundation, grantmaking is a simple matter of clicking a button in our online portal to support causes they care about. For others, it’s a much more hands-on experience.
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Fostering Student Learning about Native Minnesota
Across Minnesota, thousands of students have benefited from projects created by educators who received grants through the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s Understand Native Minnesota campaign, administered by the Minneapolis Foundation.
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Seeing Nature in a New Way
Burnsville High School received a grant to foster student learning about Native Minnesota through a program funded by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and administered by the Minneapolis Foundation.
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Lathrop GPM: Advising for Good
For the attorneys at this firm, connecting clients with first-class philanthropic solutions is just part of the job.
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Doing Good, Together
Fourth Generation wrapped up their most recent grantmaking cycle by awarding $38,000 to three organizations run by youth and empowering youth in the Twin Cities.
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Thinking Outside the Box with Illiquid Assets
With a Donor Advised Fund at the Minneapolis Foundation, you can leverage all kinds of gifts—not just cash—to provide financial support to the nonprofits that align with your values and passions.
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Doing Good, Together
Fourth Generation wrapped up their most recent grantmaking cycle by awarding $38,000 to three organizations run by youth and empowering youth in the Twin Cities.
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Fund for Safe Communities Awards Grants to Prevent Violence
Funding will support seven organizations that are doing innovative work to prevent violence and promote healing in local communities.
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Curious about Collective Giving?
Through giving circles, member groups, and pooled funds, we create opportunities for people and businesses across our community to come together and take action on urgent needs. See this work in action.
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A Community Dream Comes to Life
This video highlights the vision and impact of the Pillsbury Creative Commons—a bold new center for community, creativity, and economic opportunity in South Minneapolis.
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$3.4 Million in Grants to Advance Economic Mobility
The Minneapolis Foundation announced grants to local organizations that are advancing equity and justice by increasing economic mobility in the Twin Cities.
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Curious about Economic Mobility?
Our economic systems should be fair and position everyone to achieve financial stability and build wealth. Learn how we support efforts to stabilize communities and dismantle inequities in our economy.
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$1.2 Million in Reimagine Education Grants Awarded
With a focus on literacy and leadership, the Minneapolis Foundation has awarded more than $1.2 million grants to 30 schools and organizations working to create a more equitable K-12 education system.
Read StoryEducation
Fostering Student Learning about Native Minnesota
Across Minnesota, thousands of students have benefited from projects created by educators who received grants through the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s Understand Native Minnesota campaign, administered by the Minneapolis Foundation.
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Curious about Education?
We need to build an education system that works for each and every child. Through research, learning collectives, grantmaking, co-investment, and more, we are pursuing equity in education.
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2025 Climate Action and Racial Equity Grants
We are pleased to announce that the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund is now accepting applications for its next round of grants.
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Minnesota’s Water: A Public Blueprint for Collective Action
The launch of PutWaterFirst.org is an important outcome of the work we helped start in 2023—but it does not mark the end of our investment in Minnesota’s water.
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Curious about Environment?
Our world is big and none of us can protect it alone. Learn more about how we are bringing diverse communities together to steward our air, water, and land.
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Donor Advised Funds & Community-Driven Giving with Chris Beach
Chris Beach, Senior Vice President at the Minneapolis Foundation, joins hosts Camille Pearson-Walz and Kristi Ackley for an engaging conversation about donor-advised funds and their growing impact on the philanthropic landscape.
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CEO and wife donate $250K to help pay for mental health costs of workers’ children
Russ and Trish Becker donated $250,000 to help start an employee-assistance fund at APi Group this spring.
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Curious about Giving in Action?
Explore how we partner with generous individuals, families, and businesses to drive positive change on the causes they care about—in Minnesota and around the world.
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Minnesota Meeting: Next in News
Join us as we bring together innovators working locally and nationally to reimagine the future of journalism and bring our community together to ensure our news ecosystem continues to thrive.
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The State of Nonprofits
In January, we hosted a webinar called The State of Minnesota Nonprofits. To keep that conversation going, we’ve launched a follow-up video series hosted by our Senior Director of Special Initiatives, Tom Weber. Check out this playlist where we continue to add new videos.
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Curious about Special Initiatives?
In addition to our core issues, we take on projects where we see opportunities to fuel community engagement and action on emerging local issues. Explore our recent efforts.
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