Resource Library

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

Tag: grant-programs

• Factsheet: Collaborative Crop Research

  2011 - Information about the program goals, scope, and grants process.
  PDF, 232KB
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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

• McKnight general factsheet

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

• Defining "We" In Environmental Advocacy

  This new must-read booklet for every environmental advocate discusses the importance of language in explaining and advancing advocacy work.
  Full report (PDF, 430 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

• Bright Stars: Charting the Impact of the Arts in Rural Minnesota

  September 2005 - For many towns in rural Minnesota, the arts and artists have proved to be powerful tools of economic and community development.
  PDF (6 MB)

• A New Angle: Arts Development in the Suburbs

  May 2002 - Exploration of the arts in Twin Cities suburbs, and of the history, status, and direction of suburban arts activity.
  Web page