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Published 6/17/2019
Telling Stories of Minnesota’s Immigrants
Green Card Voices and other nonprofit organizations provide empowerment to immigrants and refugees.
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Published 6/14/2019
Let’s Donate It All
Artist Louise Harris is all in when it comes to giving, with a legacy donor advised fund in her estate plan.
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Published 6/13/2019
Beauty in Healing
Reclaim helps Minnesota queer and trans youth access mental health services.
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Published 6/10/2019
Foundation Welcomes Mai-Anh Kapanke
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation announced that Mai-Anh Kapanke has joined the organization as associate vice president of Philanthropic Services.
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Published 6/10/2019
Lunch With a Purpose
These diverse and mission-driven restaurants in Saint Paul and Minneapolis provide an inspiring venue for business lunches.
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Published 6/04/2019
Better Together
The Foundation and its donors have granted nearly $2 million to Catholic Charities Twin Cities to address homelessness.
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Published 5/13/2019
Foundation Welcomes Chief Investment Officer Shannon O’Leary
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation announced that the Saint Paul native has joined the organization as CIO.
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Published 5/01/2019
The Nature of Giving
Donor advised fundholder Melanie Kleiss wants to preserve Minnesota land and wildlife.
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Published 4/30/2019
Spring Your Giving Forward
In the spirit of spring cleaning, here are some of our nonprofit grantees accepting non-monetary donations to serve their communities.
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Published 4/29/2019
Endowing Legacy
Learn how the Foundation helped Minneapolis Parks Foundation steward their endowment.
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Published 4/26/2019
PRI Success: Growing XLFeet.com
Program Related Investments support entrepreneurs through the East Metro Job Creation Loan Fund.
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Published 4/11/2019
Capturing Our Stories
In Black Ink shares the absent narratives of Minnesota’s people of African heritage.
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Published 3/26/2019
Understanding My Narrative
This two-day workshop for media professionals helped address negative racial depictions and their impacts.
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Published 3/25/2019
How Does Media Shape Our Community Narratives?
Panelists discuss championing narrative change in the media at the Truth and Transformation conference.
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Published 3/01/2019
Thanks a Billion, Minnesota
The Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation is celebrating a billion dollar milestone! We, along with our partners, have given over $1 billion in grants since our inception in 1940.
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Published 2/19/2019
Announcing a $1 Billion Giving Milestone
Minnesota’s largest community foundation celebrates an historic milestone.
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