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
  • Meeatn
    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
  • Fern_tn
    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
  • Headwaterstn
    Traveling Upstream: Improving Water Quality of the Mississippi River
    June 2005 - Results and recommendations from a Headwaters survey of nonprofits and state/federal agencies regarding opportunities to improve the water quality of the Mississippi River.
    PDF (247 KB)
  • Visionmnfam_tn
    A Vision for Minnesota Families
    Jun 2008 - The McKnight Foundation supports affordable housing statewide to increase family stability and link families to greater opportunity in our communities.
    PDF, 214 KB
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Factsheet: Collaborative Crop Research
    2011 - Information about the program goals, scope, and grants process.
    PDF, 232KB
  • SE Asia Grants Program: Historical Overview, 1983-2011
    August 2012 - Composed of individual recollections and historical data, this report is meant to serve as part of the “institutional memory” of McKnight's Southeast Asia grants program.
    PDF, 1.1 MB
  • McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience factsheet
    2009 - History, overview, and detailed information about this discrete research program, consisting of three competitive annual awards.
    PDF (228 KB)
  • Initiative Foundation
    Serving the counties of Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, and Wright.
    http://www.ifound.org/
  • Northland Foundation
    Serving the counties of Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis.
    http://www.northlandfdn.org/
  • Northwest Minnesota Foundation
    Serving the counties of Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau.
    http://www.nwmf.org/
  • Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
    Serving the counties of Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Goodhue, Freeborn, Houston, LeSueur, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan, and Winona.
    http://www.smifoundation.org/
  • Southwest Initiative Foundation
    Serving the counties of Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, and Yellow Medicine.
    http://www.swifoundation.org/
  • West Central Initiative
    Serving the counties of Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin.
    http://www.wcif.org/
  • 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