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Published 7/27/2023
New Initiative Strives to Advance Equity and Increase Safety and Community Trust
Learn how the Foundation and the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office are partnering to establish policy change around non-public-safety traffic stops.
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Published 6/22/2023
$7 Million In East Metro Main Street Economic Revitalization Grants Awarded
The funding supports 42 businesses and nonprofits in Saint Paul.
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Published 5/24/2023
Foundations Announce 2023 First Round Community Grants
Grants will support community organizations as they work to launch, expand and sustain their services in the community.
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Published 4/17/2023
Building Capacity and Nonprofit Leadership with the Management Improvement Fund
Learn how the Management Improvement Fund helps small and midsize nonprofit organizations build and grow their capacity.
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Published 12/02/2022
Foundation Announces New Board Members
Join us in welcoming Nausheena Hussain, Richard Senese, Ph.D., and Bo Thao-Urabe to our board of directors.
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Published 9/15/2022
I So Appreciate You! is Back with Season 2
Tune in to Season 2 of the I So Appreciate You! Podcast with co-hosts Nadege Souvenir & Melanie Hoffert.
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Published 9/08/2022
Art In This Present Moment Grants Announced
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 6/21/2022
Residents Share Perceptions of Living in Saint Paul & the East Metro
The third volume of the East Metro Pulse collects responses from more than 3,100 residents on the health and vitality of Dakota, Ramsey and Washington counties.
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Published 3/29/2022
Foundation Becomes Principles for Responsible Investment Signatory
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation is the first community foundation in the United States to join the world’s leading responsible investment proponent.
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Published 3/21/2022
First U.S. Community Foundation to Join World’s Leading Responsible Investment Proponent
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation becomes the first U.S. based community foundation signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.
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Published 3/09/2022
Foundations Announce More Than $7 Million in Community Grants
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, F. R. Bigelow Foundation and the Mardag Foundation today announced that they have awarded more than $7 million to Minnesota nonprofits through their latest round of grants.
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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 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 10/14/2021
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
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 10/04/2021
2021 Facing Race Award Honorees Named
A program celebrating the honorees will be broadcast on the Minnesota channel of TPT Twin Cities PBS, featuring special contributor and author Kao Kalia Yang.
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