Events
Upcoming Events
2024 Round 2 Grant Q&A Session 2
Join us for an open house discussion on July 17 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. This is an opportunity for you to ask any lingering questions that you may have about the grant cycle that opens on July 15, 2024. This meeting does not have scheduled programming. You are free to join as your schedule allows. Questions will be answered on a first come first served basis and to the best of our ability.
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Virtual
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Giving+Together: Advancing Democracy and Civic Engagement
This event is 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.
Event Details
Virtual
1 - 2:15 p.m.
Nonprofit Colleagues and Cocktails
Enjoy a cruise along the Mississippi River with your nonprofit colleagues!
This event is for our nonprofit endowment fundholders and other nonprofit employees. Registration is required for this event as there is limited space.
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Padelford Boat, Saint Paul
3:30 - 6 p.m.
Giving+Together: Food Insecurity Panel and Volunteer Opportunity
This Giving+Together event will include a panel discussion on food insecurity and a volunteer activity.
This event is for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
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Second Harvest Heartland
Philanthropy in Your Practice: Amplify Your High Net Worth Practice with Philanthropic Planning
Speaker: Dana Holt, JD RICP AEP® CAP®, CEO & Philanthropic Strategist, Holt Consulting, LLC
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11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Minneapolis Club
Get Your Board Thinking About Planned Giving
Educate and engage your board on planned giving strategies.
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.
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: 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.
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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 services
Insider 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
Giving+Together: Care and Welfare of Animals
Like many states, Minnesota is experiencing overpopulated animal shelters at an increasingly high rate, with shelters running out of resources, space, and help for our furry friends. Join us for our next Giving+Together event, where we’ll hear from guest panelists from Secondhand Hounds, Animal Humane Society and Bitty Kitty Brigade about the latest in Minnesota’s animal welfare community.
Panelists will discuss how their organizations work in partnership to ensure the well-being of all animals, the type of work they do beyond adoption, why this work matters, and what you can do to get involved in this community at such an important time for animals in need.
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Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
Insider Briefing: Advising Business Owners on Optimizing their Philanthropic Impact
Speakers: William Blackburn, Steve McConley and Marie Ruzek, Wells Fargo
A business transition can provide business owners with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to realize a long-standing goal to help others through a philanthropic gift. In this Insider Briefing event, hear from three wealth and philanthropic management experts on best practices for advisors to navigate philanthropic goals with their clients. Topics will include tools available for business owners to direct their philanthropy, how to help your clients in planning ahead, ways to get the conversation around philanthropic goals going with clients and a real-life success story to inspire ideas.
CFP, CLE and non-board approved CPE continuing education approved
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Minneapolis Club, Minneapolis
Giving+Together: Moving Our Youth Forward Through Sports & Recreation
This event was for Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation fundholders and their guests.
In this Giving+Together event, we were joined by The JK Movement, The Sanneh Foundation and Brownbody.
These three organizations are leading exciting initiatives that aim to create safe and healthy work, education, athletic and wellness pathways for the diverse young people of our region. They discussed how they’re paving the way for wellness in our youth, addressing the challenges that arise in sports and recreation, and promoting practices that best support our community’s future generations.
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Allianz Field
