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Published 1/27/2022
Child Tax Credit Supports More Families To Help Make Ends Meet
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation partners with the Office of Financial Empowerment to help spread awareness about the new benefits of the child tax credit.
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Published 1/12/2022
Adine Momoh’s Laws of Equity
Learn how Foundation board member Adine Momoh, Esq. uses her career in law to create equitable opportunities for others.
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Published 1/07/2022
2021: A Year of Rebuilding
2021 presented us with opportunities to rethink, regroup and reflect on how to best do our work. We continued to respond to the pandemic, support the community and partner with generous donors and innovative nonprofits.
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Published 12/16/2021
New Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Endowment Fund
Learn how to grow your endowment fund by promoting charitable gift annuities.
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Published 12/14/2021
Foundation Announces New Board Members Beginning in 2022
The Foundation announced the election of four new members to its board of directors, beginning their terms in 2022.
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Published 12/02/2021
Donors Making an Impact on Their Communities
See how some of our donors have chosen to make an impact, and learn a few ways you can shape your future giving plans.
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Published 11/12/2021
The Byproduct of Putting People First
Board Member Feature: Nancy Lyons explores the roles equity and intersectionality play in creating a healthy work environment.
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Published 11/11/2021
Nonprofits 101
Learn how the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation partners with nonprofit organizations to strengthen our community.
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Published 10/26/2021
Three Tax-Wise Ways To Support Your Clients’ Year-End Giving
Here are a few tips that can help your clients effectively prepare for end-of-year giving.
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Published 10/19/2021
Foundation Welcomes Casey Shultz as Director of Investor Relations
The Foundation today announced that Casey Shultz has joined the organization as Director of Investor Relations.
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Published 10/19/2021
Xavier Tavera
Latinx in Rural Midwest consists of film and photography from Xavier Tavera as part of an ongoing series about the Latinx community and their unique historic tie to American land.
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Published 10/14/2021
Foundation Invests in Afghan Resettlement Plan
The Foundation partners with the Minnesota Council on Foundations and others to help new Afghan arrivals resettle in Minnesota.
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Published 10/13/2021
The Manidoo Ogitigaan Artist Collective
The Birch Bark Canoe was created by the Manidoo Ogitigaan Artist Collective, a group of Indigenous artists who work to preserve the teachings, practices and traditions of their people through traditional Anishinaabeg art forms.
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Published 10/13/2021
2021 Art In This Present Moment Grants Announced
This year's funding recognizes Minnesota’s Black, Indigenous and people of color artists and their work created at the intersection of cultural art and activism.
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Published 10/12/2021
Thomas Stillday, Jr.
Thomas Stillday, Jr. is an Indigenous beadwork artist who mixes unique stitching techniques with a distinct choice of colors to create unique Ojibwe designs on bandolier bags.
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Published 10/08/2021
Robin Hickman-Winfield
Robin Hickman-Winfield celebrates the stories, elegance, beauty and talent of Black men and women through soulful dolls.
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