Wini Froelich joined McKnight in July 2026 as the Events and Guest Services Assistant. In this role, Wini helps create welcoming, seamless, and well-coordinated experiences for the Foundation’s guests, staff, partners, and vendors. Wini provides meeting support, coordinates event logistics, and assists with the day-to-day administrative and operational needs of the Events and Guest Services …
Minnesota illustrator Mike Hoyt reflects on his experience during Operation Metro Surge and the role of artists in spurring social and cultural change.
This article series for SSIR brings together foundation leaders, community partners, and a mutual aid organizer to reflect on what happened during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.
The future of Minnesota depends on the strength, leadership, and innovation of Greater Minnesota. As the Minnesota Initiative Foundations mark 40 years of service, the McKnight Foundation is announcing a total $6 million investment in the people, ideas, and locally led solutions shaping rural communities across the state.
Bush Foundation president Jen Ford Reedy’s new book, Please Be Good at Philanthropy, is a candid guide to foundation strategy and includes a case study highlighting the purpose, approach, and impact of the Minnesota Initiative Foundations.
Investing in small towns can do far more than fund projects. It can build trust and remind a community of its own capacity to shape the future.
Together with partners throughout the region, we can coordinate a homelessness response and sustain a community land trust.
West Central Initiative is place-based and responsive to what is happening in our region putting together what we know with what we hear to unite people, ideas, and resources.
At Southwest Initiative Foundation, our mission has always focused on what happens when rural communities are connected to opportunity and supported with the right tools.
Initiative Foundation believes in the promise and power of Central Minnesotans to imagine, decide on, and build thriving economies, vibrant communities and a culture of generosity.