Upcoming Events
2024 Facing Race Awards
The Facing Race Awards recognize anti-racism activists in Minnesota who challenge absent and harmful narratives on race, build solutions that unite instead of divide, and push for justice and equity. Through these Awards, we celebrate and learn from those leading the way forward.
Event Details
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Registration is closed.
Philanthropy in Your Practice: Amplify Your High Net Worth Practice with Philanthropic Planning
Speakers:
- Dana Holt, JD RICP AEP® CAP®, CEO & Philanthropic Strategist, Holt Consulting, LLC
- Jennifer Vickerman Akaolisa, CFRE, Gift Planner, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Event Details
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Minneapolis Club
Unlocking Your Board’s Potential: Amplify Planned Giving Success
Educate and engage your board on planned giving strategies.
Speakers:
- Christy Boysen, MA, FCEP, CFRM, CEO, & Legacy Planning Consultant
- Dawn Marie Nelmark, Chief Advancement Officer, Guild
- Mariah Brook, Director of Gift Planning, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
This event is for our nonprofit endowment fundholders and other nonprofit employees interested in learning more about fundraising through planned giving.
Event Details
Zoom webinar
1 - 2 p.m.
Introduction to Inter-Generational Transfer of Wealth
Speakers:
- Benjamin Winchester, Rural Sociologist, University of Minnesota Extension, Department of Community Development
- Aiden Opatz, Extension Educator, Community Economics, Regional Office Rochester, University of Minnesota Extension
This event is for our nonprofit endowment fundholders and other nonprofit employees, professional advisors and nonprofit grantees in Greater MN outside of the 7-county metro.
Event Details
Zoom webinar
10 - 11 a.m.
Giving+Together: Nonprofit Sustainability and Leadership Transitions
This event is for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
Event Details
Virtual
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Past Events
Giving+Together: Food Insecurity Panel and Volunteer Opportunity
This Giving+Together event included a panel discussion on food insecurity and a volunteer activity. This event was for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
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Second Harvest Heartland
Nonprofit Colleagues and Cocktails
Our nonprofit endowment fundholders and other nonprofit employees enjoyed a cruise along the Mississippi River with their nonprofit colleagues!
Giving+Together: Advancing Democracy and Civic Engagement
This event was for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
Minnesota has long maintained a reputation for high levels of voter turnout, volunteerism and civic engagement, with many Minnesotans valuing being informed, involved and active in their community’s critical civic issues. This webinar will feature Minnesota leaders who are deeply involved in some of the issues people in our state and around the country are navigating.
From book bans and free speech to civil liberties and voter engagement, this event will offer insight into how some of Minnesota’s leading voices are ensuring we have a healthy and accessible democracy.
Joining the webinar are leaders from Black Civic Network, Gender Justice and the Loft Literary Center, who will share their perspectives on key democracy issues as well as how they and their organizations are creating greater opportunities for all Minnesotans.
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Virtual
Giving+Together: Access to Childcare and Economic Development
This event is for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
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Mississippi River Boat Cruise
2024 Round 2 Grant Information Session
The Grants team from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation and our partner foundations — F. R. Bigelow Foundation and Mardag Foundation — hosted an information session about our second round of grantmaking for 2024. The session provided an overview of the grantmaking programs and an opportunity for a Q&A.
View the recordingFundholder Happy Hour
This event is for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
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Summit Brewing Company, Saint Paul
What You and Your Clients Need to Know About The Changing Donor Advised Fund Landscape
Join us for an insightful educational webinar about the changing DAF landscape with Jeremy Wells, Senior Vice President of Philanthropic Services at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, and Michael Sampson, Partner at Maslon LLP. You will walk away with a better understanding of the proposed regulatory and legislative changes, how these proposed changes may impact your clients, and how Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation is advocating on behalf of donors to ensure that philanthropy in Minnesota continues to thrive.
Event Details
Virtual
Annual Investment Briefing
Speaker: Shannon O'Leary, Chief Investment Officer, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
This event is for our nonprofit endowment fundholders.
Learn about our endowment servicesInsider Briefing: Public Health in Minnesota
Former Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom joined the last Insider Briefing of 2023 to discuss the state of public health in Minnesota. She addressed Minnesota’s biggest current public health challenges, critical lessons learned from the pandemic, and what it means for our future.
Four Building Blocks of Planned Giving Success
This event is for our nonprofit endowment fundholders and other nonprofit employees interested in learning more about fundraising through planned giving.
Join Beth McCray, Nonprofit Strategies Manager at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, to learn about the four building blocks of legacy gifts: knowing your tools, your assets, your donors, and your partners. In this session, you’ll get the opportunity to strengthen the tools you already possess to grow your planned gift expectancy pool so you can ensure that dollars aren’t left on the table.
Event Details
Zoom webinar