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: Kate Wolford: McKnight's commitment to out-of-school time support

  June 9, 2010 - Open letter to McKnight's out-of-school time grantees and grantseekers.

• Our Voice: Operating expense reductions in 2010

  June 2010 - McKnight will be closed for eight furlough days this year.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: Comments at HUD Sustainable Communities visit

  April 22, 2010 - McKnight president Kate Wolford was one of several speakers kicking off a visit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Sustainable Communities Initiative to the Twin Cities.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: Appreciation for grantee efforts, and 2010 grantmaking forecast

  December 2009 - Open letter to McKnight's grantees from foundation president Kate Wolford.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: Charting a course in unsettling times

  November 18, 2009 - In her keynote speech at Twin Cities Compass' annual meeting in St. Paul, McKnight's president explores the crucial role of data in maximizing the impact of philanthropic resources, especially in turbulent times.

• Our Voice: Lucky by Design: Readiness to Pounce Depends on Sound Research

  May 2009 - Twin Cities Compass. Article about McKnight's investment in affordable housing by president Kate Wolford.

• Our Voice: Testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division

  April 6, 2009 - Arts program director Vickie Benson provides professional analysis on the need for a strategic statewide distribution plan for arts funding.

• Our Voice: Request for Action for Resilient Gulf Coast

  March 2009 - The following letter to the US Senate and House of Representatives, urging federal leadership and support for the Gulf Coast region, was signed by two dozen foundations and nonprofit organizations, including The McKnight Foundation.

• Our Voice: Contrasting Crisis

  March 2009 - This essay by McKnight president Kate Wolford appeared in the spring 2009 issue of the Initiative Foundation's IQ Magazine.

• Our Voice: Open letter from President Kate Wolford: For McKnight and its partners, now is the time for collaboration and innovation

  December 2008 - The following letter was sent to The McKnight Foundation's grantees, outlining the Foundation's plans for grant payouts in 2009.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: The hour is late for Central Corridor

  May 2, 2008 - Commentary, Star Tribune. If we don't seal the deal on this light-rail line, we've much to lose: Federal funding, new jobs, a brighter future.

• Our Voice: Time-Tested Models in Regional Community Philanthropy

  April 2008 - This essay by McKnight president Kate Wolford appeared in the Council on Foundation's journal Philanthropy and Rural America.

• Our Voice: Letter to Minnesota's Congressional Delegates

  October 2007 - McKnight calls U.S. lawmakers to action, to tackle global climate change.