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…
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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…
As part of its continuing commitment to economic empowerment and education equity in North Minneapolis, The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota approved grants of $321,000 this week…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Foundation are pleased to announce a strategic operating partnership…
