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
  • Writing a Successful Proposal
    Help for beginning and experienced grantseekers in meeting the proposal needs of most Minnesota funders, even those with no written guidelines.
    http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
  • Pew Internet & American Life Project
    June 2012 - Produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic, and political life.
    www.pewinternet.org
  • Nonprofit Recycling Network
    February 2012 - The Nonprofit Recycling Network, focused on the productive transfer and reuse of office and school equipment, assists teachers, technicians, schools, churches, and community leaders who are interested in reusing office and school technology.
    www.recycles.org
  • Spiceworks
    April 2013 - A free IT community designed to assist nonprofit organizations with technology planning needs. Spiceworks provides diagnostic and planning tools, and a framework for evaluating technology needs.
    www.spiceworks.com
  • TechSoup
    October 2012 - Everything about technology, specifically for nonprofits — from tech discussions, to how-to tutorials, products, and links to services.
    www.techsoup.org
  • Tutorialized.com
    Lots of great web design tutorials on everything from ASP, ColdFusion, and Java to HTML, Flash, and PHP.
    http://www.tutorialized.com/
  • Idealist.org
    A website that connects volunteer opportunities with those interested in volunteering.
    http://www.idealist.org/
  • Recruiting volunteers
    Provides articles, resources, tools, and success stories about volunteer recruitment. (Network for the Good)
    http://www.networkforgood.org/npo/volunteers/
  • ServiceLeader.org
    Information on all aspects of volunteer management—getting an organization ready to involve volunteers, screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, legal issues, and more. (Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas)
    http://www.serviceleader.org/new/managers/index.php
  • McKnight Strategic Framework, 2012-2014
    July 30, 2012
    PDF, 114KB
  • Fernalgaereport
    FERN: Toxic Algae Report
    ​September 2012 - Food and Environment Reporting Network report on toxic blue-green algae blooms dangerous affects on freshwater bodies.
    www.thefern.org
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    Case Study: Into the Fray
    ​Into the Fray: How a Funders Coalition Restored Momentum for Early Learning in Minnesota, a new McKnight-funded study from The Foundation for Child Development, details early learning investment impact.
    PDF, 650 KB
  • How to Start a Nonprofit in MN
    ​This guide by Megan Cherveny of Harbor Business Compliance, specializing in nonprofit formation and compliance, provides information on how to incorporate, obtain an EIN, apply for 501(c)(3) status, create corporate records, and more.
    www.harborcompliance.com/information/how-to-start-a-non-profit-organization-in-minnesota.php
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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.
  • 2011 Annual Report
    ​April 2012 - Our 2011 "year-at-a-glance" annual report, in PDF format.
    PDF, 1 MB
  • 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
  • Ranee Ramaswamy: 2011 Distinguished Artist
    December 2011 - Featuring essays about Ramaswamy's influence as a dancer and choreographer, a chronology of her work and life, and photographs.
    PDF, 5 MB
  • 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)