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![Child Tax Credit Supports More Families To Help Make Ends Meet](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/22.1-two-young-children-reading.jpg)
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation partners with the Office of Financial Empowerment to help spread awareness about the new benefits of the child tax credit.
MORE![Adine Momoh’s Laws of Equity](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/people/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Headshot-of-Adine-Momoh-Copy.png)
Learn how Foundation board member Adine Momoh, Esq. uses her career in law to create equitable opportunities for others.
MORE![2021: A Year of Rebuilding](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/21.10-Afghan-mom-and-daughter.jpg)
2021 presented us with opportunities to rethink, regroup and reflect on how to best do our work. We continued to respond to the pandemic, support the community and partner with generous donors and innovative nonprofits.
MORE![Foundation Announces New Board Members Beginning in 2022](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/general/Campaigns/Art-In-This-Present-Moment/Million-Artist-Movement/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Million-Artist-Movement-004.jpg)
The Foundation announced the election of four new members to its board of directors, beginning their terms in 2022.
MORE![Donors Making an Impact on Their Communities](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Noonan-Family-16.9.png)
See how some of our donors have chosen to make an impact, and learn a few ways you can shape your future giving plans.
MORE![The Byproduct of Putting People First](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/21.11.Nancy.Lyons.jpg)
Board Member Feature: Nancy Lyons explores the roles equity and intersectionality play in creating a healthy work environment.
MORE![Three Tax-Wise Ways To Support Your Clients’ Year-End Giving](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/21.10-Advisor-tax-article.jpg)
Here are a few tips that can help your clients effectively prepare for end-of-year giving.
MORE![Foundation Welcomes Casey Shultz as Director of Investor Relations](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/Casey-Shultz-Headshot-3.2-for-blog.jpg)
The Foundation today announced that Casey Shultz has joined the organization as Director of Investor Relations.
MORE![Xavier Tavera](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Xavier-Tavera-AITPM/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/AITPM_Xavier-01.jpg)
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.
MORE![Foundation Invests in Afghan Resettlement Plan](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/12.10-Refugee-mom-and-daughter-at-airport.jpg)
The Foundation partners with the Minnesota Council on Foundations and others to help new Afghan arrivals resettle in Minnesota.
MORE![The Manidoo Ogitigaan Artist Collective](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Manidoo-Ogitigaan-AITPM/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/AITPM_Laban-15.jpg)
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.
MORE![2021 Art In This Present Moment Grants Announced](https://de4vzavwp1bb7.cloudfront.net/blog/Thomas-Stillday-Jr.-AITPM/_600x600_crop_center-center_none/AITPM_Thomas-03.jpg)
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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