For the past six years, the Phillips Foundation has supported innovative, student-centered learning opportunities at Minneapolis Public Schools in North Minneapolis. It has been my honor to manage this part…
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The staff and board members of the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota share our condolences with the family, friends, and colleagues of Vic Rosenthal. With his passing,…
The Phillips Family Foundation Supports Minnesota’s Effort to Aid in the Afghan Refugee Resettlement
The lives of Jay and Rose Phillips were not unlike most Eastern European Jews who immigrated to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Their parents arrived…
“What about joy?” This was the question – the hope – voiced by a group of North Minneapolis educators and parents when asked what the Phillips Family Foundation should focus…
Five years ago The Jay & Rose Phillips Foundation of Minnesota made a commitment to join arms with North Minneapolis residents and discover together how to improve the neighborhoods of…
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota is pleased to share our new publication, “A Move Towards Community-Led Grantmaking.” This case study provides a detailed, thorough and honest…
As a parent, and the product of a pretty traditional education experience, I tend to think of schools as something I support, that I give to. Whether as a volunteer,…
Do you have Frank Sinatra’s (or perhaps Liza Minelli’s) voice running through your brain? For me, it’s Ol’ Blue Eye’s iconic rendition of “Theme from New York, New York” that…
by Joel Luedtke, Program Director From 2011 to 2016, the Phillips Sectoral Employment Initiative (PSEI) provided multifaceted building support to a cohort of organizations that offer industry-focused job training services…
