This case study examines the challenges and lessons learned during the 10-month development of the Carbon Efficiency Strategy, a joint venture between Mellon Capital Management and The McKnight Foundation, offering carbon-conscious investors a way to invest in companies whose practices could reduce carbon emissions. In late October 2014, Gabriela “Gabby” Franco Parcella, chairman, president, and CEO …
Transportation, in particular daily commuting, produces nearly 30 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Scoop seeks to disrupt long, solitary commutes by providing custom, flexible carpool options for workers. Investment $2.5 million direct equity investment; originated in 2019. Exited 2022 (failure due to Covid-19 impacts). Rationale The Scoop app replaces clunky …
Community Focus Areas In September 2019, the McKnight Foundation announced a new community-focused program to advance equity and inclusion in Minnesota. The goal: Build a vibrant future for all Minnesotans with shared power, prosperity, and participation. To build this vibrant future, this new program will honor and build upon what we’ve learned from the work we’ve supported …
Muneer Karcher-Ramos joined McKnight in March 2024 as Vibrant & Equitable Communities (Communities) program director. The Communities program works to advance a vibrant future for all Minnesotans with shared power, prosperity, and participation. Muneer brings more than 15 years of experience working in and with communities to create greater opportunity for many residents in our …
Instead of investing in traditional “real assets” like commercial real estate and oil wells, Vision Ridge sees opportunity in new kinds of assets such as the largest public network of electric vehicle charging stations, EVgo. Its vision is to “unleash capital markets to solve our generation’s greatest challenges.” Investment Sustainable Asset Funds II: $7.5 million; …
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) received a grant from McKnight/CCRP in 2015 in part to enhance access to information, case studies, tools and methods, and other resources related to agroecological intensification (AEI) of smallholder farming. FAO released the Agroecology Knowledge Hub (AKH) in November 2016.
The assessment examines how advocates are working to transform the transportation system, and how philanthropy is supporting those efforts. The assessment looks at both mobility choices (walking, bicycling and transit) and electrification (moving from gas-powered to electric vehicles) as well as the specific challenges and opportunities inherent in each.
After a review of our history in the arts sector that ratified the program’s evolution and incorporating ongoing engagement with partners and community members, the McKnight Foundation board approved a new program goal and funding guidelines, and officially changed the name to the Arts & Culture program. The new goal is to catalyze the creativity, power, and leadership of Minnesota working artists and culture bearers. This program refresh is …
March 2014 – A case study about the McKnight Foundation’s recently completed knowledge management discovery process. (Read the related blog post at Stanford Social Innovation Review.) Getting strategic about how you organize and redistribute knowledge can help just about anyone achieve their goals more efficiently. We at the McKnight Foundation often find ourselves at the …
This post was originally published on Transparency Talks, the GlassPockets blog site on April 11, 2019. It is reprinted here with full permission The McKnight Foundation is proud to be among the early group of foundations that joined the GlassPockets movement and has benefited from its tools and resources. As GlassPockets crosses the threshold of …