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 newly redeveloped 927 Building on West Broadway Av. reopens as a premier space to work, gather, and celebrate. With its renovation nearly complete, a 130-year-old building in North Minneapolis…
This fall there’s a lot of talk about what’s wrong with public education. Test scores are lower, racial disparities are wider, and educators are leaving the field. While the COVID-19…
On a Friday in May, drywall, bricks, steel beams, and cement floors formed the backdrop for a morning of interviews at the 927 Building on West Broadway Avenue. The building’s…
Does your student love band? Basketball or boxing? Cooking or hula hoops? North Minneapolis families with children in grades K-12 won’t want to miss this year’s exciting new roster of…
Over a year ago, I sat down and used Post-it Notes and journal entries to create a makeshift vision board that included these words: Strategic partnerships. Philanthropy. Real estate. Writing….
The 927 Building is taking shape at the corner of Dupont and West Broadway in north Minneapolis. This $7 million project will be a premier space to work, meet and…
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…
