Newsroom: Our Voice

Speeches and opinion pieces by McKnight staff that help articulate the Foundation's position on community, regional, and state issues.

• 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.

• Food for Thought: Mary Tyler Moore Doesn't Live Here Anymore

  July 24, 2013 - In the third installment of our Food for Thought series, Jay Walljasper explores Mpls-St. Paul's identity crisis and potential solutions.

• Kate Wolford: Without transit plans, Twin Cities can't compete

  ​May 6, 2013 - In this Star Tribune op ed, McKnight president Kate Wolford calls for transportation infrastructure investments.

• Kate Wolford: Twin Cities Business interview

  ​April 2013 - In Twin Cities Business's “Giving 2013” publication, McKnight president Kate Wolford provides insights into funding collaborations that maximize impact.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford on TPT's Almanac

  ​​April 22, 2013 - Kate Wolford, along with three other Minnesota foundation heads, appeared on Friday's episode of TPT's Almanac.

• Neal Cuthbert: Evaluation is Worthwhile Only if it is Used

  ​April 15, 2013 - Neal Cuthbert, McKnight's vice president of program, shares his thoughts on evaluation in MCF's Giving Forum.

• Our Voice: McKnight's 2012 Annual Report

  ​April 19, 2013 - McKnight's year-at-glance annual report for 2012 is now available for download.

• Our Voice: McKnight announces new 'Moving the Market' funding opportunity

  April 2013 - McKnight's Region & Communities program announces"Moving the Market" funding opportunity.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: Appreciation for grantee efforts and 2013 grantmaking forecast

  ​January 9, 2013 - Open letter from McKnight president Kate Wolford: Appreciation for grantee efforts and 2013 grantmaking forecast

• Our Voice: Distinguished Artist selection panelist Emilie Buchwald's introduction to 2012 recipient John Caddy

  ​December 2012 - Emilie Buchwald, Milkweed founder and McKnight Distinguished Artist selection panelist, introduces John Caddy at the event honoring his receipt of the award.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: A See Through Strategy

  November 6, 2012 - Foundations join the transparency movement to better serve "customers." (Kate Wolford interview in Twin Cities Business magazine.)

• Our Voice: Website Redesign

  ​November 6, 2012 - Let us know what you think of our new website

• Our Voice: Tim Knowles, UEI: Urban schooling, the promise and the peril

  October 4, 2012 - Urban Education Institute's Timothy Knowles presents University of Chicago Harper Lecture on urban schooling.

• Our Voice: Open letter to McKnight's arts grantseekers

  August 30, 2012 - A completed Cultural Data Project profile now required for all arts proposals.

• Our Voice: McKnight Artist Fellowship 30th anniversary celebration video

  August 2012 - McKnight Foundation's Artist Fellowships 30th anniversary celebration slideshow.