Resource Library: General

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.

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  Minnesota Compass

  ​June 2013 - By tracking and analyzing trends in areas that affect our quality of life, Compass gives policymakers, business and community leaders, and concerned individuals a common foundation to act on issues to improve our communities.
  www.mncompass.org
  
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  The Impact of Your Giving

  June 2013 - A new U of M stewardship report shows the impact on the university of McKnight's funding of faculty and programmatic efforts.
  PDF, 10 MB
  

• McKnight Strategic Framework, 2012-2014

  July 30, 2012
  PDF, 114KB
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  Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service

  Information about the Awards in Human Service, as well as profiles of our annual awardees.
  

  • 2013 Awardees, 4.9 MB
    
  • 2012 Awardees, 1 MB
  • 2011 Awardees, 6.2 MB
  • 2010 Awardees, 670 KB
  • 2009 Awardees, 869 KB
  • 2008 Awardees, 5.4 MB
  • 2007 Awardees, 2.1 MB
  • 2006 Awardees, 3.4 MB
  • 2005 Awardees, 1.2 MB
  • 2004 Awardees, 2.4 MB
  • 2003 Awardees, 380 KB
  • 2002 Awardees, 2.7 MB
  • 2001 Awardees, 540 KB
  • 2000 Awardees, 681 KB

• Food for Thought Series: Cross-program Impact on Climate Change

  March 27, 2012 - Arabella Advisors, commissioned by The McKnight Foundation. The second installment of the Food for Thought Series, a collection of third-party reports that inform our program strategies and are shared with the fields we support.
  (PDF, 372 KB)

• Food for Thought Series: Minnesota's Local Food Climate

  ​March 2012 - Written by Jay Walljasper, commissioned by The McKnight Foundation. The first installment of the Food for Thought Series, a collection of third-party reports that inform our program strategies and are shared with the fields we support.
  PDF, 912 KB
  

• McKnight general factsheet

  2012 - The McKnight Foundation's history and most recent grantmaking data at-a-glance.
  PDF, 112 KB
  

• Grantee Perception Reports

  Since 2003, McKnight has engaged the Center for Effective Philanthropy to gather anonymous feedback from recent grantees about various components of our work, including grantmaking process, communications, and overall impact. The results are benchmarked against other foundations and compiled into a Grantee Perception Report.

  • Learn more
  • 2013 Grantee Perception Report
    
  • 2010 Grantee Perception Report
  • 2007 Grantee Perception Report
  • 2004 Grantee Perception Report

• Creating Common Ground

  May 2006 - Minnesota's Embrace Open Space nonprofit partnership as a case study in collaborative communications. Request printed copies.
  Full report (PDF, 193 KB)