 | Minnesota author Bill Holm dies
February 26, 2009 - Bob von Sternberg, Star Tribune. Bill Holm, a well-regarded author from Minneota, Minn., died Wednesday at a hospital in Sioux Falls. |
| Minneota author Bill Holm dead at 65
February 26, 2009 - Marshall Independent. Minneota author William "Bill" Holm died Wednesday at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Minnesota mourns the loss of author Bill Holm
February 26, 2009 - Casey Selix and Amy Goetzman, MinnPost.com. Minnesota poet and essayist Bill Holm died Wednesday at a hospital in South Dakota. |
| Sheehy takes over community grants
Jan 30, 2009 - Steve Berg, MinnPost.com. Lee Sheehy has left his job as Sen. Amy Klobuchar's chief of staff to direct the McKnight Foundation's region and communities grantmaking program. |
| McKnight expands agriculture efforts in Africa
December 8, 2008 - Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio. |
| McKnight food crop research gets a $27 million boost
December 8, 2008 - Matt McKinney, Star Tribune. The grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to aid the world's poorest farmers will help double what the Minnesota foundation spends per year on ag research. |
| McKnight awards: Game to help
November 20, 2008 - Patrice Relerford, Star Tribune. Two North Side sisters who created a student garden are among several people who will receive McKnight awards today. |
| Governor Pawlenty appoints McKnight's Dan Bartholomay to head Minnesota Housing
October 17, 2008 - Office of the Governor, St. Paul. |
| Uniting ten states tied by one iconic river
September 5, 2008 - Dana Thiede, KARE 11 News. Interview with McKnight environment program director Gretchen Bonfert. |
| Olympian effort needed to clear China's smoggy skies
August 8, 2008 - Robert Collier, San Francisco Chronicle. This article highlights the work of the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation, a McKnight grantee. |
| Minnesota arts organizations receive outside help
July 14, 2008 - Karl Gehrke, Minnesota Public Radio. Seventeen small arts groups in northern Minnesota and the Twin Cities have been selected to participate in ArtsLab. |
| Groups chosen for ArtsLab get money and support
July 14, 2008 - Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press. Seventeen Minnesota arts groups have been selected as participants in a new program designed to help small organizations develop. |
| 17 arts groups are picked for leadership training
July 14, 2008 - Mary Abbe, Star Tribune. Seventeen small arts groups to receive training. |
| McKnight supports CURA's Community Growth Options and Krusell Fellowship
Spring 2008 - The CURA Reporter reports on two recent McKnight grants. |
| Getting his rhythm back
May 13, 2008 - Cindy Votruba, Marshall Independent. |
| Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished Artist
May 12, 2008 - Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio. Minnesota writer Bill Holm is celebrating a little. Today the McKnight Foundation named him its 2008 Distinguished Artist. |
| From "Failure" to '08 Distinguished Artist
May 12, 2008 - Mary Ann Grossman, Pioneer Press. Writer Bill Holm has traveled the globe, but his gifts to Minnesota's culture make him McKnight's honoree. |
| Writer Bill Holm's ship comes in
May 12, 2008 - Sarah T. Williams, Star Tribune. The poet and essayist, who splits his time between Minnesota and Iceland, is known as "an American original." |
| Water: Tapping a strained supply
April 18, 2008 - Patricia Lefevere, National Catholic Reporter. |
| Foundation heads: The state of the state
February 9, 2008. Commentary, Star Tribune. Four Minnesota philanthropic leaders give their opinion on the direction the state is headed in. Read the related editorial. |
| Lori Sturdevant, Star Tribune: Complacency is the enemy, stewards say
February 9, 2008 - Editorial, Star Tribune. Four Minnesota philanthropic leaders give their perspectives on the state of the state. |
| Arts funding to benefit state's metro, northwest arts funding collaborative to cover two state areas
January 14, 2008 - Graydon Royce, Star Tribune. The new program pledges $1.85 million to arts groups over three years. |
| Five foundations focus new program on small arts groups
January 14, 2008 - Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press. |
| Sometimes, good deeds do get noticed
November 14, 2007 - Bob Von Sternberg, Star Tribune. Ten Minnesotans are to be honored today by the McKnight Foundation for their work in serving others. |
| Neglect on the Mississippi
October 21, 2007 - Editorial, Star Tribune. A call to action for the nation's greatest river. |
