In 2013, the McKnight Foundation's Collaborative Crop Research Program initiated support for farmer research networks (FRNs). FRNs were envisaged as a general approach to networked participatory research aimed at supporting the agroecological intensification (AEI) of smallholder farming in ten countries in Africa and the Andes region in South America. The 30 FRNs ranged in size …
ເຂດຈຸດສຸມຊຸມຊົນໃນເດືອນກັນຍາ 2019, ມູນນິທິ McKnight ໄດ້ປະກາດແຜນງານ ໃໝ່ ທີ່ສຸມໃສ່ຊຸມຊົນເພື່ອກ້າວສູ່ຄວາມທ່ຽງທໍາແລະການມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມໃນລັດ Minnesota. ເປົ້າ ໝາຍ: ສ້າງອະນາຄົດທີ່ສົດໃສ ສຳ ລັບ Minnesotans ທັງ ໝົດ ທີ່ມີ ອຳ ນາດຮ່ວມກັນ, ຄວາມຈະເລີນຮຸ່ງເຮືອງແລະການມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມ. ເພື່ອສ້າງອະນາຄົດທີ່ສົດໃສ, ໂປແກຼມ ໃໝ່ ນີ້ຈະໃຫ້ກຽດແລະສ້າງຂື້ນໃນສິ່ງທີ່ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ຮຽນຮູ້ຈາກວຽກທີ່ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ສະ ໜັບ ສະ ໜູນ …
ການລົງທຶນຂອງພວກເຮົາເຮັດໃຫ້ McKnight ມູນນິທິເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງບາງບໍລິສັດຂອງສະຫະລັດແລະທົ່ວໂລກ, ກໍານົດໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາມີອິດທິພົນຕໍ່ການປະຕິບັດຂອງບໍລິສັດ. ກົນລະຍຸດນີ້ສໍາລັບການປ່ຽນແປງທີ່ເພີ່ມຂື້ນເອີ້ນວ່າການລົງທຶນຂອງນັກລົງທຶນ - ການປັບປຸງສິ່ງທີ່ທ່ານເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງ. ໃນທົ່ວໂລກມີເຄືອຂ່າຍທີ່ມີການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຂອງນັກລົງທຶນທີ່ມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມ, ນັກລົງທຶນທີ່ມີປະສິດທິພາບໂດຍໃຊ້ແປດພັນໂດລາເພື່ອສ້າງຄວາມໂປ່ງໃສ, ຍືນຍົງ ...
With an endowment valued at $2.3 billion, the McKnight Foundation is a substantial client for fund managers. We can use this position to promote integrated thinking on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues among the asset managers we hire. Here’s how we do it: Evaluate and Rate Evaluate and rate all our investment managers …
Doupe Fellowship Allison Doupe was deeply connected to the McKnight Endowment Fund. She received a McKnight Scholar Award in 1993 and joined the scholar award committee in 2006. She took over as chair of the scholar committee in 2010 and joined the McKnight Endowment Fund board at that time. Additionally, Allison was an amazing mentor …
2024-2026 Annegret Falkner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Computational Neuroendocrinology: Linking Hormone-Mediated Transcription to Complex Behavior Through Neural Dynamics Gonadal hormones – estrogen and testosterone are among the best known – are important to mammals in many ways. They modulate internal states, behavior, and physiology. But while much has been …
NDC is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that empowers aspiring under-resourced entrepreneurs to build businesses in their neighborhoods, often the most economically strained in the Twin Cities. The organization describes itself as a character lender and points to its wraparound support for entrepreneurs—both pre-loan and post-loan—for achieving a high degree of repayment. NDC’s lending …
Family Housing Fund protects and creates affordable housing in the Twin Cities metro area. It also created the Twin Cities Community Land Bank to strategically invest in land and buildings. Investment $5 million 10-year loan at 2%; originated in 2009. Exited in 2022 (success). Rationale Capital to ease the foreclosure crisis in the Minneapolis-St. Paul …
2024-2027 Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry, and co-principal investigator Kunal Patel, M.D., Neurosurgery, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Characterizing the Context: The Role of the Microenvironment in Shaping Human Glioblastoma: The prognosis for people diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of primary brain cancer, has changed very little in decades. …
ເດືອນມີນາ 2014 - ການສຶກສາກໍລະນີກ່ຽວກັບຂະບວນການຄົ້ນພົບຄວາມຮູ້ກ່ຽວກັບການຄຸ້ມຄອງຄວາມຮູ້ຂອງ McKnight Foundation. (ອ່ານບົດຄວາມກ່ຽວກັບ blog ທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງກັບ Stanford Social Innovation Review.) ການມີແຜນຍຸດທະສາດກ່ຽວກັບວິທີທີ່ທ່ານຈັດລະບຽບແລະການແຈກຢາຍຄວາມຮູ້ສາມາດຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ທຸກຄົນສາມາດບັນລຸເປົ້າຫມາຍຂອງພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຢ່າງມີປະສິດທິຜົນ. ພວກເຮົາຢູ່ທີ່ມູນນິທິ McKnight ມັກພົບຕົວເອງຢູ່ທີ່ ...