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The Byproduct of Putting People First
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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Three Tax-Wise Ways To Support Your Clients’ Year-End Giving
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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Foundation Welcomes Casey Shultz as Director of Investor Relations
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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Xavier Tavera
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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Foundation Invests in Afghan Resettlement Plan
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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The Manidoo Ogitigaan Artist Collective
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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2021 Art In This Present Moment Grants Announced
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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Thomas Stillday, Jr.
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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Robin Hickman-Winfield
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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Refugee Families Are Counting on Us
Refugee Families Are Counting on Us

In this guest blog post, Aziza Mama of the International Institute of Minnesota shares how the Institute supports newly arrived families from Afghanistan.

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Kazua Melissa Vang
Kazua Melissa Vang

Artist Kazua Melissa Vang uses photography and mixed media art to preserve the legacy of her father and tell the stories of her family and Hmong heritage.

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Capacity Building Grant Program Helps Nonprofits Grow
Capacity Building Grant Program Helps Nonprofits Grow

Three grant recipients share how their organizations have grown with capacity building support from the Management Improvement Fund.

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2021 Facing Race Award Honorees Named
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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Broderick Poole
Broderick Poole

Artist Broderick Poole showcases his artistry by shining light on prominent Black leaders through jacket patchwork.

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Donor Relationships 101
Donor Relationships 101

Learn how the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation partners with donors to invest in our community.

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Four Lessons Learned From Analyzing Our Grantmaking
Four Lessons Learned From Analyzing Our Grantmaking

Here’s how the Foundation is advocating for equity by updating our grantmaking methodology.

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