This morning, I was honored to accept the Minnesota Early Childhood Funders Network’s Fifth Annual “Nancy” Award on behalf of the Minnesota Initiative Foundations (MIFs). The award recognizes extraordinary leadership
Archives for June 2011
Minnesota Initiative Foundations Celebrate 25 Years of Making Minnesota Greater
23,000 nonprofit grants totaling $140 million. 3,600 business loans totaling $193 million. 40,000 quality jobs secured. The past 25 years have proven that Minnesota’s homegrown experiment in philanthropy actually worked.
Southwest Initiative Foundation Receives $6 Million Grant from The McKnight Foundation
Funding will support work in southwest Minnesota over next five years The McKnight Foundation recently approved a grant to the Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) totaling $6 million over the next
