BY MEMBERS OF THE BLUE LINE COALITION* Three years ago, the Foundation began working with Nexus Community Partners to assess and build the capacity of North Minneapolis stakeholders to effectively…

BY Patrick Troska, Executive Director and Joel Luedtke, Senior Program Officer In our last blog, “2014 Year in Review Part 1: Taking Feedback Seriously,” we shared what we learned when…

BY JULIE BREKKE, VICE-PRESIDENT OF PPL Having worked in the nonprofit sector since the mid-90s, I’ve been involved to some degree on a variety of cross sector efforts. With plenty…

BY MEMBERS OF THE MOVE MN COALITION The Jay and Rose Phillips Foundation of Minnesota’s funding priorities include transportation and making sure people with low incomes have access to jobs…

WRITTEN BY PATRICK J. TROSKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The end of a calendar year marks a natural opportunity to pause and reflect on the past year. If you’re like me, you…

By SONDRA SAMUELS, PRESIDENT & CEO OF THE NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE The Foundation has been supporting the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) from its beginnings in 2009. We have invited Sondra…

BY DARIELLE DANNEN, POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE METROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS The Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD) is a membership organization of community developers, over half who are…

WRITTEN BY JOEL LUEDTKE, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER Here’s a timely multiple choice question: We know a new school year has begun because: A) Our Facebook News Feeds are filled up…

WRITTEN BY JAKE BLUMBERG AND ANN KANER-ROTH OF PROJECT 515 Through the support of the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota, Project 515 Education Campaign was able to…

BY PATRICK J. TROSKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Earlier this week I decided to ride the new Metro Green Line light rail from The Interchange to Union Depot and back. Having opened…