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• Position Announcement: Receptionist

  ​October 2, 2013 - Position announcement: Receptionist

• Deadline: 2014 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards

  October 1, 2013 - Applications for 2014 Technological Innovations in Neuroscience awards due December 2, 2013

• Quarterly Digest September 2013

  September 19, 2013 - McKnight approves $28 million in third-quarter 2013 grantmaking.

• McKnight honors Lao community leader

  ​September 14, 2013 - Bryan Thao Worra, Asian American Press. Lao Assistance Center Executive Director Sunny Chanthanouvong recently received the Virginia McKnight Binger Human Services Award

• Our Voice: Grantee Perception Reports

  September 12, 2013 - The fourth iteration of the Center for Effective Philanthropy's survey of McKnight grantees is now available.

• Northside Achievement Zone

  ​September 16, 2013 - Tamera, a single mom in north Minneapolis, received valuable assistance from McKnight grantee Northside Achievement Zone when she became unemployed.

• Deadline: 2014 McKnight Scholar Awards

  September 6, 2013 - Applications for the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Scholar Award due January 6, 2014.
  

• Blog: Lao Minnesotan receives McKnight Human Services award

  ​​August 16, 2013 - Congratulations to Sunny Chanthanouvong on receiving the Virginia McKnight Binger Human Services Award.

• People's Press: Owatonna man honored for his work with social justice

  ​August 16, 2013 - Derek Sullivan, Owatonna People's Press. Owatonna man honored for his work with social justice.

• Leading to civic engagement: Sunny Chanthanouvong receives McKnight Award

  August 16, 2013 - ​Bryan Thao Worra, Twin Cities Daily Planet. Lao Assistance Center executive director Sunny Chanthanouvong honored with the 2013 Virginia McKnight Binger Award in Human Service. 

• Blog: Sunny Chanthanouvong Receives 2013 Virginia McKnight Binger Award in Human Service

  August 16, 2013 - Little Laos on the Prairie blog. Sunny Chanthanouvong receives 2013 Virginia McKnight Binger Award in Human Service.
  

• MinnPost: Six Minnesotans with compelling stories of helping the disadvantaged

  ​August 14, 2013 - Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost. Six Minnesotans with compelling stories of helping the disadvantaged.

• Star Tribune: North side volunteer honored among 6 with McKnight Binger awards

  ​August 14, 2013 - Alejandro Matos, Star Tribune. North side volunteer honored among 6 with McKnight Binger awards.

• Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service honor six outstanding Minnesotans

  ​August 14, 2013 - Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service honor six outstanding Minnesotans for their commitment to helping others.

• McKnight hires human resources generalist

  August 7, 2013 — The McKnight Foundation has hired Joni Chacich as human resources generalist.