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Published 6/25/2020
Three Organizations Grant $2.5 Million to Help Rebuild The Twin Cities
Funds support small businesses in cultural corridors
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Published 6/05/2020
Three Organizations Work to Transform the Criminal Justice System
Organizations launch emergency “Twin Cities Rebuild for the Future Fund,” already at $1 million.
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Published 6/03/2020
MCF and the Foundation Award Over $3 Million in Grants
Grants for COVID-19 nonprofit recovery and community resilience focus on Twin Cities BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) community recovery efforts.
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Published 5/29/2020
Grants Awarded for Community-Led Solutions to Heal Racial Trauma
Funding will support programming of the African American Leadership Forum and the Healing Justice Foundation.
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Published 4/21/2020
MCF and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Award Round Three Grant Funding
Minnesota Council on Foundations and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation award over $2 million in third round of grants from the MDRF.
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Published 4/07/2020
Foundation Announces Executive Promotion
Carrie Jo Short assumes new role as senior director, community impact at Minnesota’s largest community foundation.
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Published 4/07/2020
$2.1 Million in Grants Awarded from the Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund
Minnesota Council on Foundations and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation award second round of grants from the MDRF.
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Published 4/01/2020
$2 Million in Grants Awarded from the Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund
Minnesota Council on Foundations and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation award first grants from the MDRF.
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Published 3/18/2020
Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund Launched
Minnesota Council on Foundations and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Launch $4.4mil Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund for Coronavirus
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Published 3/03/2020
Foundation Announces Executive Promotions
Melanie Hoffert and Nadege Souvenir assume new roles at Minnesota’s largest community foundation.
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Published 1/21/2020
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Announces New Board Members
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation announces six new board members in 2020.
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Published 12/17/2019
Foundations Announce More Than $7.2 Million in Statewide Grants
Grants include funding for organizations and programs that elevate the voices and civic participation of communities that often go unheard.
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Published 12/16/2019
Foundation Promotes Scott Zastoupil to Chief Financial Officer
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation announced that Scott Zastoupil has been promoted to the position of chief financial officer.
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Published 8/26/2019
2019 Facing Race Award Honorees Named
Tuleah Palmer and the Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas are recognized as the 2019 Facing Race Award recipients.
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Published 8/19/2019
Grants Support Innovative Criminal Justice Programs
Grantees are the Mitchell Hamline Law School Reentry Clinic and SEEN, a writing and photography project of We Are All Criminals.
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Published 8/06/2019
Ruth Buffalo to Keynote 2019 Facing Race Awards Program
The Foundation announced that North Dakota Rep. Ruth Buffalo will be the keynote speaker at its 2019 Facing Race Awards program.
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