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News, speeches, opinion pieces, and other information that help illustrate our work and explain our position on issues.

• News Release: Innovative McKnight-supported capacity-building program announces selection of 17 arts nonprofit participants

  July 14, 2008 - Five-funder initiative commits to building the capacity of distinctive arts organizations through a new $1.85 million three-year training and development program.

• News Release: McKnight announces $3 million to address global climate change

  June 10, 2008 - RE-AMP and Midwestern Governors Association receive grants to strengthen multistate collaboration toward regional carbon reductions.

• News Release: McKnight approves over $23.6 million in second quarter of 2008, including over $4 million to support the arts in Minnesota

  June 6, 2008 - McKnight's 2nd-quarter 2008 approved grants.

• News Release: Writer and poet Bill Holm receives 11th annual McKnight Distinguished Artist Award

  May 12, 2008 - Poet and essayist has impacted the arts in Minnesota for more than 30 years.

• News Release: 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: 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.

• News Release: McKnight names director of international program

  April 24, 2008 - The McKnight Foundation has named Jane Maland Cady as international program director.

• 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.

• Article: 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.

• News Release: McKnight approves over $19.2 million in fourth quarter of 2008, including $2 million to foster thriving neighborhoods

  January 15, 2008 - McKnight's fourth-quarter 2008 approved grants.

• News Release: Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service honor 10 outstanding Minnesotans

  November 15, 2007 - McKnight names 2007 awardees, working to improve the lives of others.

• News Release: McKnight announces $7.2 million grant to Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

  October 24, 2007 - McKnight has pledged up to $7.2 million to the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation over the next five years.

• News Release: McKnight announces $7.2 million for central Minnesota in grant to the Initiative Foundation

  October 17, 2007 - McKnight has pledged up to $7.2 million to the Initiative Foundation over the next five years.

• Article: Study: Protect Mississippi River Better

  October 16, 2007 - Associated Press article.

• News Release: McKnight-funded National Academies study calls for government action to maintain and restore Mississippi River

  October 16, 2007 - A new report from the National Research Council of the National Academies examines the need for action from the Environmental Protection Agency to prevent further pollution of the Mississippi River.