McKnight Foundation Names Tehout Selameab as its New Director of Learning
Tehout is a strategic research, planning, and evaluation professional with more than 20 years of experience conceptualizing, managing, and evaluating community-based programs.
Democracy Thrives in the Civic Space
Today, we are the people called to stand up and defend our democracy, and that requires strengthening our civil society.
Building Tribal Energy Sovereignty in the Midwest
Native Sun Community Power Development is among groups driving a new path toward Tribal sovereignty, an Indigenous-led energy revolution powering justice and jobs by deploying solar and electric vehicles across the Upper Midwest.
McKnight Team Members Assume New Roles
Congratulations to Neeraj Mehta: VP Programs; Elizabeth McGeveran: VP Investments; Tamara Wallace: Governance Liaison & Executive Assistant!
Courageous Character: Katherin Meza
Courageous Character Katherin Meza is leading agroecological research with smallholder potato farmers in the Peruvian highlands to build just Andean food systems in collaboration with Grupo Yanapai, Colorado State University, AGUAPAN, and International Potato Center.
Viva La Papa: 20 Years of Collaboration for Sustainable Food Systems in the Andes
Potato guardians and researchers in Peru are working together to grow Indigenous knowledge, livelihoods, and power through a 20-year-old Andes Community of Practice, creating just and agroecological food systems across the region and globe.
Is Culture The Key To Vibrant and Equitable Arts Communities?
Discover how Minnesota’s Indigenous culture bearers are spurring creativity, power, and connection across the state. Organizations like Duluth’s American Indian Community Housing Organization and St. Paul’s Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance are using art to drive change and empower Indigenous communities.
Michigan’s 100 Percent Clean Electricity Laws Make State an Engine for Climate Action and Economic Opportunity
McKnight Foundation Leaders Comment on Legislation and Progress Toward Equitable Clean Energy Future (November 28, 2023) Earlier today, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a suite of clean energy legislation that moves the state closer to economy-wide decarbonization by committing Michigan utilities to provide their customers with 100 percent clean electricity by 2040, increasing energy efficiency …
Applications Open: 2024 Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award
LOIs for the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award are due Monday, November 6, 2023 (last time zone on earth). The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. To this end, the …
Two Years Later, We Look Toward What’s Possible
It’s been two years since Mr. George Floyd was murdered. Like so many Black Americans throughout history, he came to Minnesota for opportunity. Yet instead of realizing the American Dream, what unfolded was a nightmare. What happened to Mr. Floyd is not an anomaly. His story depicts the insidious nature of racism—how it shows up …