Newsroom: All

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

• Impact Story: MacPhail Center for Music

  ​MacPhail Center for Music seeks to provide students of all backgrounds and abilities access to exceptional music learning experiences.

• Impact Story: In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

  ​In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre creates vital, poetic theater for all ages and backgrounds

• Impact Story: Lake Region Arts Council

  ​Lake Region Arts Council serves nine counties, including Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin.

• Impact Story: The Nature Conservancy

  ​The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

• Impact Story: Irrigate

  Irrigate is an artist-led creative placemaking initiative spanning the six miles of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit line during the years of its construction.

• Impact Story: Youthprise

  ​Youthprise aims boldly for the vision that Minnesota will lead the nation in accelerating leadership and innovation beyond the classroom.

• Chamber Music Society of MN

  ​The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota is a classical music ensemble founded in 1992.

• Article: Friends of the Mississippi River and National Park Service release inaugural State of the River report

  September 27, 2012 - Inaugural State of the River report reveals progress, cause for alarm on the Mississippi.

• Article: McKnight awards recipients for community service

  ​September 26, 2012 - Charles Hallman, MN Spokesman-Recorder. Gada Roba of Minneapolis, Gino Nelson of Lakeville and Ibrahim Hussein of Owatonna were among six Minnesotans recently honored by The McKnight Foundation for their community service.

• News Release: McKnight approves over $15 million in third quarter 2012 grantmaking

  September 21, 2012 - McKnight approves over $15 Million in third quarter, including support for community development in Duluth and pre-K to 3rd grade outcomes statewide.

• News: Case Study: Into the Fray

  September 18, 2012 - McKnight-funded case study details early learning investment impact 

• Article: Kinney rewarded for reaching out to vets

  ​September 15, 2012 - Meg Heaton, Hudson Star-Observer. Diane Kinney was recently awarded $10,000 as one of the winners of this year’s McKnight Foundation Binger Awards in Human Service.

• Article: Knack for people turns into a calling that helps hundreds

  September 13, 2012 - Jean Hopfensberger, Star Tribune.

• Article: McKnight honors Meld

  August 31, 2012 - Shari Horton, Independent Age - Aitkin, MN

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

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