Call for Ideas and Proposals Student Success and Creative Ownership in North Minneapolis CORRECTIONS AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS The Foundation released two Call for Ideas documents on August 29th, 2016. …
by Dane Smith, President of Growth & Justice The headline and summary paragraph in the Star Tribune’s editorial page wrap-up of the 2016 legislative session captured the dismal conventional wisdom…
Today, the Foundation has released two separate “Calls for Ideas and Proposals” Student Success in North Minneapolis Creative Ownership in North Minneapolis PLEASE NOTIFY anyone and everyone who may be…
Proposal Submission Instructions Go to https://phillipsfamilymn.smartsimple.com. Click on “Register Here” in the bottom left corner of the “Welcome” box. Answer the Eligibility Quiz question. Note- your work must be in…
by Jay Klyman, VISTA Leader Greetings readers! This is Jay Klyman writing. I am the new VISTA Leader for the 2016-2017 cohort of C3 Twin Cities! Emma Olson is off…
by Joel Luedtke, Senior Program Officer Reports. Articles. Briefs. White Papers. These and their ilk accumulate in the email in-boxes and on the desks of Foundation staff. When we find…
By Joel Luedtke, Senior Program Officer Some of you know that the Foundation is in the process of substantially shifting its funding priorities. On one level, this is not particularly…
by Elizabeth Coco and Patrick Troska Months ago we engaged a local consulting group to lead us in a Human Centered Design process. This required us to commit to listen…
by Daniel Gerdes, Program Associate, The Pohlad Family Foundation To be quite frank, I had no idea what I was in for when I accepted my VISTA position with the…
This blog is next in a series of blogs that aim to share with its readers a bit about our journey as the Foundation engages in a human-centered design process…