With New Roles, McKnight Program Team Members Sharpen Opportunities for Impact
Sarah Christiansen and Ben Goldfarb assume new roles to amplify impact across McKnight’s programs, as Ben Passer is promoted to Midwest Climate & Energy program director
Tonya Allen Joins McKnight as President
McKnight selects a proven innovator, influencer, and alliance builder as it takes on the greatest challenges of this generation.
Chronicle of Philanthropy | Sharing Power and Curbing Racial Inequities: How Grant Makers Can Commit to Real Change a Year After Covid
Just after the Covid lockdown, our organizations joined with several other grant makers to launch a philanthropy pledge focused on helping nonprofits survive the economic fallout from the Covid pandemic and meet the exploding demand for services in their communities. The pledge succeeded beyond our expectations. More than 800 organizations signed the pledge. Better yet, many grant …
McKnight Awards $900,000 for Study of Brain Disorders
December 18, 2020 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected three projects to receive the 2021 Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Awards. The awards will total $900,000 over three years for research on the biology of brain diseases, with each project receiving $300,000 between 2021 and 2024. The Neurobiology of Brain Disorders (NBD) Awards support …
A Study of the McKnight Arts Program: Executive Summary
August 2009 – Center for the Study of Art and Community. Research and recommendations which informed the 2009 revision of McKnight’s arts program guidelines.
Affordable Housing That Lasts For Generations
City of Lakes Community Land Trust creates affordable housing opportunities by acquiring land and removing it from the speculative, for-profit real estate market. Income-qualified buyers can then purchase a home on the land, leasing the land through a 99-year renewable ground lease. This ensures that if and when the homeowner decides to sell, the Land …
Strategic Framework Video
The video includes subtitles in Spanish, Somali, Oromo, German, French, Arabic, Chinese, Amharic, and Laotian. Access the subtitles by hitting the “CC” button on the bottom right corner of the video player. Watch the video with subtitles in Hmong, Dakota, and Ojibwe by clicking the corresponding link. As part of our release of the Strategic Framework 2019-2021, we …
Strategic Framework
This is the third iteration of our Strategic Framework, and it will guide our work for the next three years. This framework reflects our shared sense of urgency given the societal and planetary challenges of our day. It also reflects our commitment to using the Foundation’s resources for relevance, credibility, and impact—all in collaboration with …
Highlights from 2021
Trying times have the power to bring us together or tear us apart. With the ongoing pandemic, deep political and social divides, and devastating climate events, 2021 was another year of complexity and heartache. And yet, it was a time when many pulled together with renewed purpose, clarity, and hope. At McKnight, we welcomed new …
Tonya Allen, President of the McKnight Foundation
Tonya Allen is president of the McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation that seeks to advance a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive. McKnight annually grants about $100 million in support of climate solutions in the Midwest, an equitable and inclusive Minnesota, the arts, neuroscience, and international crop research. Allen …