Diane Henry Freutel of McHenry County, Illinois recently inherited over a hundred acres of farmland along with several other properties. She never dreamt she’d be the last living family member and when her brother and father passed away in short succession, she felt overwhelmed and lost amid all of the information, programs, and decisions required …
Lake Street Council engages, serves, and advocates for the Lake Street business community in Minneapolis to ensure the vitality and prosperity of the commercial corridor. Every day, Lake Street Council works on business recruitment, safety and security, branding/marketing/PR, community events, online and door-to-door communications, commercial energy retrofits and energy savings, small business advocacy, and management …
The Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences. Focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time, the Walker takes a global, multidisciplinary, and diverse approach to the creation, presentation, interpretation, collection, and preservation of art. Walker programs examine the questions that …
Tim Hemphill, a corn and soybean farmer in Iowa, leases a portion of his land to a company that installed wind turbines, adding $20,000 a year to his income. Matt Grocoff charges his family’s electric vehicle via an outlet on their nearly zero-net-energy house in Michigan, which is powered by rooftop solar panels. And thanks …
The McKnight Foundation’s Strategic Framework states that, “We believe much of the power and impact of our work derives from the quality of our relationships with the people closest to the issues we address.” Our long-term success depends on strong and productive grantee partnerships. So to enable the best outcomes, we’re always looking for ways …
This post was originally published on Transparency Talks, the GlassPockets blog site on April 11, 2019. It is reprinted here with full permission The McKnight Foundation is proud to be among the early group of foundations that joined the GlassPockets movement and has benefited from its tools and resources. As GlassPockets crosses the threshold of …
In January 2018, a group of 20 civil society representatives gathered in Nonthaburi, Thailand for the Mekong/Myanmar Regional Energy Policy Advocacy Training. With support from the McKnight Foundation, as well as Oxfam and EarthRights International, International Rivers brought together environmental and human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, educators, and policy advisors from China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, …
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new and improved mcknight.org, developed with our partners at Visceral. From the beginning of this redesign, we focused on a fundamental question: How can our website advance mission and better serve visitors? You Spoke, We Listened We are immensely grateful to the more than 350 people …
Partnership with Indigenous Roots Expands Foundation’s Artist Fellowships Program The McKnight Foundation and the Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center of St. Paul will begin taking submissions for the three new $25,000 Fellowships for Culture Bearers as part of the McKnight Artist Fellowships program. These annual fellowships are part of McKnight’s third-quarter 2021 grantmaking, in which …
The McKnight Foundation awarded 36 grants totaling $25.3 million in its first-quarter 2018 grantmaking. Of the $25.3 million approved, $2.6 million went to our Education program, which supports efforts to close opportunity gaps by engaging families and supporting diverse, effective educators. Learn more about the program’s approach and how to apply for funding to advance the …