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A window to McKnight's knowledge base, here you'll find research and evaluations that help shape our program agenda, as well as some of our publications. We've also included links to relevant websites for more information within a particular area. The Foundation makes about 500 grants annually; we hope the lessons learned in each stage of the process—talking with grantees, tracking trends, consulting experts—will help our organization and others make better decisions. (Where noted, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required; free download here.)

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Research and Evaluations

McKnight Foundation Grantee Perception Report 2005
February 2005 - Results from a survey of several hundred McKnight grantees—as well as an online opportunity for your own anonymous feedback.
Web page
Minnesota's Future Workforce
October 2004 - Kelly Marchwick, Kimberly A. Johnson. Educational models and effective practices in occupational English for immigrant workers.
Adobe Acrobat format (193 KB)
Families Forward: Progress Reports
The Families Forward Initiative was launched in 2001. Below are the Wilder Research Center's reports on the program's effectiveness.
Year 1 Progress Report (PDF, 175 KB)
Year 2 Progress Report (PDF, 2 MB)
Year 3 Progress Report (PDF, 129 KB)
Language Acquisition and Acculturation Efforts for Immigrants and Refugees in Minnesota (Chia Youyee Vang)
March 2003 - English language acquisition options in Minnesota, and the incorporation of acculturation skills and activities.
Executive summary (Adobe Acrobat format, 106Kb)
Full report (Adobe Acrobat format, 264Kb)
Filling the gaps in welfare reform (Wilder Research Center)
August 2001 - A progress report on the McKnight Foundation welfare reform partnerships.
Executive summary (Adobe Acrobat format, 45Kb.)
Full report (Adobe Acrobat format, 838Kb)


Publications

2004 Annual Report
2005 - Our 2004 annual report, in PDF format, including financial information.
Full report (large file, 1 MB)
2004 grantees list, alphabetical order
2003 Annual Report
2004 - Content and images from our 2003 annual report, in Adobe Acrobat format. Large file, may take several minutes to download.
Full report (PDF, 740 KB)
2003 audited financial statements (PDF, 64 KB)
2003 grantees list, alphabetical order
End of One Way
Summer 2004 - Stories profiling the work of three organizations that help people and communities make positive change by working in partnership with them. All files in PDF format, PDF reader required.
Full report (809 KB)
I. Cover and contact information (57 KB)
II. Introduction (124 KB)
III. Culture, community, and personal change (244 KB)
IV. Power of people and place (255 KB)
V. Cultural reconnection and community building (284 KB)
VI. Questions and applications (135 KB)
Guidelines: Youth Enrichment during the Out-of-School Time
Program goals and application information.
PDF format, 108 KB
Guidelines: Children and Families
Program goals and application information.
PDF format, 81 KB
2002 Annual Report
2003 - Content and images from our 2002 annual report, in Adobe Acrobat format. Large file, may take several minutes to download.
Full report (PDF, 12.7MB)
2002 audited financial statements (PDF, 168KB)
2002 grantees list, alphabetical order
2001 Annual Report
2002 - Content and images from our 2001 annual report, in Adobe Acrobat format.
Foreword, letters from board chair and president (141KB)
Case Study One: Regionalism (1.6MB)
Case Study Two: Early Childhood (1.6MB)
Case Study Three: The Mississippi River (1.6MB)
2001 Highlights (400KB)
Independent Auditors Report, and production credits (80KB)
2000 Annual Report
2001 - Content and images from our 2000 annual report.
Adobe Acrobat format, 5.3MB
Factsheet: Minnesota Initiative Foundations
October 2007 - Detailed information about the Initiative Funds.
Adobe Acrobat format, 300KB
Congregations in Community: Muslims, Christians, and Jews Joining to Strengthen Community
June 2001 - Brochure spotlighting each of the five faith-based partners of McKnight's Congregations in Community initiative.
Adobe Acrobat format, 208Kb.


Links—Children and Families

Child Trends DataBank
The latest national trends and research on child and youth well-being.
Website
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Researching federal policies and programs affecting low- and moderate-income people.
Website
Institute for Child and Family Policy, Columbia University
Research/policy information about children, youth, and families.
Website
Institute on Race and Poverty
Research and education.
Website
Minnesota Budget Project
Research, analysis, and outreach on state budget and tax policy affecting low- and moderate-income persons and the organizations that serve them.
Website
Public Education Network
Efforts to improve public education.
Website
National Institute for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, Zero to Three
Early childhood development.
Website
Public Agenda Online
Current issues in public policy.
Website
Ways to Work
A loan program administered by Alliance for Children and Families member organizations across the country.
Website
National Center for Children in Poverty
Promoting strategies that prevent child poverty in the U.S. and that improve lives of low-income children and their families.
Website
Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Annual Report
Children’s well-being throughout the U.S.
Website
Benton Foundation’s Connect for Kids
Parenting strategies.
Website




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