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![How Gifts of Retirement Assets Can Support Your Nonprofit](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/general/Donors/Gifts-We-Accept/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/charitable-remainder-trust-donor.jpg)
Learn how your nonprofit can work with donors to establish a charitable remainder trust that will support your organization for years to come.
MORE![Stories From Across Minnesota: Caring for Community](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Stories-from-Across-Minnesota/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Jessica-Velasco-03.jpg)
Jessica Lee Velasco is a mother, advocate, leader, organizer and activist who uses her platform to engage, encourage and empower her community in Worthington, Minnesota.
MORE![Foundation Becomes Principles for Responsible Investment Signatory](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/people/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Shannon-OLeary.jpg)
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation is the first community foundation in the United States to join the world’s leading responsible investment proponent.
MORE![Three Benefits of Donating Real Estate](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/general/Donors/Gifts-We-Accept/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/real-estate-donor-story.jpg)
Charitable contributions of real estate are a great way to give back to causes you care about. Here are three benefits to giving real estate.
MORE![Changing the Way One Community Looks at Race](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/general/Campaigns/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Hibbing-High-School-ConnectMN.jpg)
Educator and performer T. Mychael Rambo educates and inspires youth and police in Hibbing, Minnesota.
MORE![Stories From Across Minnesota: A Legacy of Giving in Hutchinson](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Stories-from-Across-Minnesota/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Burich-Family.png)
The I. J. Burich Family Foundation was created by Irvin Joseph and Mary Burich to carry out their philanthropic commitment to the city of Hutchinson and McLeod County.
MORE![Disruptions in Child Care Access Continue](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Guest-blog-post_childcare.jpg)
Marnie Werner, Vice President, Research & Operations at the Center for Rural Policy & Development, shares insight on the childcare shortage in Minnesota.
MORE![First U.S. Community Foundation to Join World’s Leading Responsible Investment Proponent](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/people/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Shannon-OLeary.jpg)
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation becomes the first U.S. based community foundation signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.
MORE![Foundations Announce More Than $7 Million in Community Grants](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/22.3-Young-girl-community-grants.jpg)
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.
MORE![Stories From Across Minnesota: Preserving Language and Culture](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Stories-from-Across-Minnesota/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/BG-Club-14.jpg)
The Boys & Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area serves over 1,200 Indigenous youth ages 5-18. They find ways to integrate language and culture into all of their programming, including through technology.
MORE![Equity On and Off the Ice](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/people/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Matt-Majka-0076.jpg)
Learn how Minnesota Wild President and Foundation Board Member Matt Majka is using hockey to establish diverse and inclusive environments.
MORE![Stories From Across Minnesota: Leaving A Lasting Legacy](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Stories-from-Across-Minnesota/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Longfellow-17.jpg)
Norma Roman Longfellow lived from 1917-1998, but her legacy in Douglas County continues through a fund created in her name.
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