Resource Library: All

Reports, research, and web-based resources — created both by McKnight and by our partners and other field leaders — that address the ideas and issues at play in our work.

Limit to McKnight-funded reports
  • The SPIN Academy
    May 2013 - The SPIN Academy strengthens non-profit organizations working for social change by teaching them to communicate effectively for themselves.
    www.spinacademy.org
  • Idealware
    April 2013 - Idealware, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, provides thoroughly researched, impartial and accessible resources about software to help nonprofits make smart software decisions.
    www.idealware.org
  • MAP for Nonprofits
    ​April 2013 - MAP provides management consulting and services, as well as board recruitment and training, to large, medium and small nonprofit organizations in the Twin Cities and beyond, helping nonprofit clients to more effectively achieve their missions.
    www.mapfornonprofits.org
  • Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
    ​April 2013 - NTEN is the membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Members share the common goal of helping nonprofits use all aspects of technology more effectively.
    www.nten.org
  • Lynda.com
    ​April 2013 - lynda.com is an online learning company that helps anyone learn software, design, and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. (Subscription required.)
    www.lynda.com
  • Beth Kanter
    ​April 2013 - Beth Kanter is the author of one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. She has over 30 years' experience in the nonprofit sector in communications, technology, training, and evaluation.
    www.bethkanter.org
  • 2012 Annual Report
    April 2013 - McKnight's 2012 "year-at-a-glance" annual report
    ​PDF 1 MB
  • Foundation for Child Development: PreK to 3rd Education
    The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) is a national, private philanthropy dedicated to the principle that all families should have the social and material resources to raise their children to be healthy, educated and productive members of their communities.
    http://fcd-us.org/our-work/prek-3rd-education
  • West Central Minnesota PreK to 3rd Grade Alignment
    ​The McKnight-funded West Central Initiative's online resource for preK to 3rd grade literacy in central Minnesota
    http://www.wcif.org/page/PreK3/
  • John Caddy: 2012 Distinguished Artist
    ​December 2012 - Commemorative publication featuring essays about Caddy's influence as a poet, teacher, and naturalist, a chronology of his work and life, and photographs.
    2012 Distinguished Artist: John Caddy (PDF, 3.3 MB)
  • University of Minnesota: Center for Transportation Studies
    Transportation research at the University of Minnesota covers the spectrum from basic to applied research, drawing on the many transportation-related disciplines within the University.
    http://www.cts.umn.edu/research
  • State of the River
    ​Companion website to the Friends of the Mississippi State of the River Report, which highlights 13 key indicators of river health and details the results in ways that non-scientists can understand.
    www.stateoftheriver.com
  • Midwest Energy Efficiency Resource Guide for Policymakers
    With $1.7 billion expected to be spent on Energy Efficiency in the Midwest by 2015, a new resource guide from the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance gives policymakers proven successes from across the region.
    PDF, 11.2 MB
  • Food and Environment Reporting Network
    ​The Food & Environment Reporting Network, Inc., is an independent, non-profit news organization that produces investigative reporting on food, agriculture, and environmental health. 
    http://thefern.org
  • A Study of McKnight's Mississippi River Program: Executive Summary
    December 2009 - Headwaters Group Philanthropic Services. Research and recommendations which informed the 2009 revision of McKnight's Mississippi River program guidelines. 
    PDF, 713 KB
  • Traveling Upstream: Improving Water Quality of the Mississippi River
    June 2005 - Results and recommendations from a survey of nonprofits and state/federal agencies regarding opportunities to improve the water quality of the Mississippi River.
    PDF (247 KB)
  • User's Guide: Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
    Follow-up to the McKnight-funded 2008 National Research Council report.
    PDF, 4 MB
  • Factsheet: Minnesota Initiative Foundations
    June 2011 - Detailed information about the Initiative Funds.
    PDF, 275KB
  • Local Food Systems as Regional Economic Drivers in Southern Minnesota
    June 2012 - A joint report by Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation and The McKnight Foundation
    PDF, 2.4 MB
  • Minnesota Early Childhood Initiative: Lessons Learned 2003-2006
    November 2006 - The story of the early childhood coalitions organized by the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations in Greater Minnesota.
    PDF (1.2 MB)