{"id":59335,"date":"2024-01-16T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/?p=59335"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:36:14","slug":"reflecting-2023-year-progress-proximity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/en_ca\/news-ideas\/reflecting-2023-year-progress-proximity\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on 2023: A Year of Progress and Proximity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2023 was a whirlwind year for McKnight and our partners.<\/p>\n

We celebrated landmark legislation and milestone progress toward investment and policy solutions to make Minnesota and beyond a better place for everyone. \u00a0With other funders and coalition partners, we made an incredible $1 billion down payment on expanding wealth-building opportunities in Minnesota communities through GroundBreak Coalition. We unveiled new approaches to our grantmaking, celebrated leaders in the arts, community, climate, neuroscience, and global foods, and invested $107,998,200 through 688 grants to incredible organizations in Minnesota, the Midwest, and across the globe working to advance a more just, creative, and abundant future.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2023 Grantmaking<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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As we reflect on 2023, we recognize and honor the community members and business owners, the climate scientists, leaders, and activists, the working artists and culture bearers, the researchers and farmers, and the neuroscientists, who show up every day and make our mission possible. You inspire and push us toward a better future where all<\/em> people and our planet will thrive.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy these highlights from 2023.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Fellows and guests at the 2023 McKnight Foundation fellows celebration watch a video honoring cherished community elder, artist, and 2023 Culture Bearer Fellow Nothando Zulu.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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JANUARY<\/h3>\n

A More Streamlined, Equitable Grantmaking Process<\/strong><\/p>\n

In late 2022, McKnight changed the way we do grantmaking<\/a> to build stronger, more supportive grantee partnerships. Aligning to this new process, in January 2023, the Arts & Culture<\/a> and Midwest Climate & Energy<\/a> teams formalized a streamlined approach to grantmaking and an open application process\u2014a move toward simplifying grantmaking while providing more flexibility and transparency for our applicants and partners, allowing partners to focus more on mission over process. These programs now accept applications at any time (in select states for the Climate program), require less written and financial information from applicants, and strive to make grant decisions faster.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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FEBRUARY<\/h3>\n

Big Win for Climate and Clean Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2023, Minnesota made a\u00a0transformational down payment<\/a>\u00a0on an equitable clean energy future for all Minnesotans, signing into law in February and June the state\u2019s largest-ever investments in clean energy, environmental justice, and transit, as well as establishing a green bank\u2014making our state a national climate leader. Read McKnight\u2019s statement<\/a> on the 100% clean energy bill passed in February, and these stories of climate progress and hope<\/a> on what the legislative advances mean for Minnesotans\u2014and the impact that climate and clean energy advocates hope for in the future.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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