Resource Library

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

Tag: general

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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
  

• 2012 Annual Report

  April 2013 - McKnight's 2012 "year-at-a-glance" annual report
  ​PDF 1 MB

• Financial Glossary

  A list of common financial terms used by foundations and nonprofit organizations. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
  http://www.rwjf.org/grantees/howtotools/financialglossary.jsp

• Free Management Library

  A wealth of practical information about personal, professional, and organizational development for nonprofit leaders. Check out the series of 13 Learning Modules, tutorials on topics from organizational start-up to evaluation. (MAP for Nonprofits)
  http://www.mapnp.org/library/index.html

• Info Central

  A collection of many important management, fundraising, and legal resources, organized primarily around the Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence. (Minnesota Council of Nonprofits)
  http://www.mncn.org/infocentral.htm

• Managing in Hard Times

  Best practices and tools for environmental and conservation nonprofits in a tight economic and shifting political situation. Make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind. (Institute for Conservation Leadership)
  http://www.icl.org/page/managing-hard-times-sections-download

• Nonprofit financial management

  Loans, financial management workshops, and financial management assistance offered to strengthen the financial capacity of nonprofit organizations in Minnesota. (Nonprofits Assistance Fund)
  http://www.nonprofitsassistancefund.org/

• Nonprofit Good Practice Guide

  One-stop-shop for preferred practices and pitfalls, glossaries, resources, trends, and website profiles—from accountability and advocacy to fundraising and technology. (Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership)
  http://www.npgoodpractice.org

• Ventureneer.com

  Building successful enterprises with heart: small business advice, nonprofit training, free webinars, best practices, social enterprise education, and much more, all targeted toward "social impact" organizations.
  http://www.ventureneer.com
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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: 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
  

• 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)