How Can Foundations Influence Investors? Just Ask!
Question: How does a comparatively small foundation get fund managers with $1.5 trillion dollars to stand up and be counted on climate change? Answer: Ask them.
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Courageous Tenants Point the Way
Tenants in south Minneapolis recently won an important victory in the pursuit of justice. It may be the most recent case to reveal the substandard housing conditions of many low-income renters, but it’s hardly an isolated situation. Even as we are encouraged by this court ruling, we must recognize that lawsuits alone cannot create the …
Regional Cultural Treasures
▾ The Regional Cultural Treasures initiative honors the diversity of expression and artistic excellence that these organizations have contributed to our state of Minnesota over decades. Learn More American Indian Community Housing Organization Celebrating the resiliency and creativity of Indigenous people. American Indian Community Housing Organization Arts Program (AICHO) honors the resiliency of Indigenous people by …
The McKnight Foundation Statement on the Paris Climate Agreement
December 14, 2015 – The McKnight Foundation statement on the Paris climate agreement.
Chronicle of Philanthropy: Fighting Global Climate Change Requires Foundations to Give Local
The following op-ed originally appeared at The Chronicle of Philanthropy. With permission, it is reprinted here in its entirety. Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges of our time — so pressing it brought nearly 170 nations together this spring to sign a landmark agreement. While the scale of this challenge is global, we …
Pioneer Press | Editorial: Eyes on affordable housing for working families
August 27, 2016 – Maja Beckstrom, Pioneer Press. McKnight has invested 15 percent of its endowment, or $300 million, into a range of assets that reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable growth.
Bill Cottman: Old Rhythms Making New Sense
When we set out on our State of the Artist Documentary Project, working with some of the McKnight Artist Fellows of the past 30 years, we immediately saw a chance to satisfy our own curiosity about Bill Cottman and his family. We’d met Bill, his wife Beverly, and their daughter Kenna last year when they …
Carolyn Swiszcz: Perpetual Inspiration Machine
Perpetual Inspiration Machine from Works Progress on Vimeo. What happens when creating work for a gallery audience isn’t enough? During our visit to visual artist Carolyn Swiszcz’s home studio in West Saint Paul, she shared a book of sketches she’d done back in grade school. From the time she was a kid, Carolyn was making things, whether …
Dobby Gibson: Putting Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion from Works Progress on Vimeo. How can poets collaborate with other artists and communities to bring poetry into the world in new ways? Dobby Gibson is a poet, but he doesn’t wear the title on his sleeve. In our initial conversations with him about the State of the Artist Documentary Project, Dobby …