Watch the video with Spanish subtitles and graphics. Strong, vibrant communities start with stable housing. Yet with rising rent and stagnant wages, many people live one misstep away from losing their home—a broken car, a sick child, or job loss can send someone down the road to eviction. In Minnesota, over 16,000 evictions are filed …
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. …
IN BRIEF Program name: Our expanded program dedicated to building food systems that are economically, socially, and ecologically just and sustainable will now be called the Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems. Expanded goal: Cultivate resilient food systems globally by bridging farmer-centered agroecological research, action, and influence. What it means: With the grounded, place-based future …
As the McKnight Foundation began developing a new program devoted to equity and inclusion in our state, we’ve been mindful that engaging the wisdom and expertise of individuals and communities beyond the Foundation walls increases the program’s relevance, credibility, and effectiveness. As we get closer to the public launch of our grantmaking guidelines this fall, …
The Foundation had approximately $3.2 billion in assets at the end of 2021 and on average grants about $90 million a year.
Aligned Investments Aligned investments are in harmony with the McKnight Foundation’s mission and values. Their financial performance is evaluated against the broader market. High Impact Investments High impact investments deliver greater environmental and social change. Most have market expectations; a few Program-Related Investments have charitable expectations. Exited Investments Exited investments are no longer in our …
2010-2012 Angélique Bordey, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine Cognitive Deficits in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Rita Balice-Gordon, Ph.D.,, and Josep Dalmau, M.D, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine CCellular, Synaptic and Circuit Mechanisms of Autoimmune anti-Glutamate Receptor Disorders of Memory and Cognition Michael DeWeese, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Probing the Cortical Mechanisms of Working Memory 2009-2011 …
The strategy of McKnight’s Arts & Culture program is to fund organizations, programs, and projects that provide support structures for working artists and culture bearers to develop and share their work, and to lead in movements and communities. This includes artists and culture bearers working in a broad continuum of activities and approaches across disciplines …
Nate Wade became the investment officer at the McKnight Foundation in 2019, covering its $2.2 billion endowment, including its commitment to impact investing. Nate provides strategic analysis of the portfolio, working directly with fund managers, the board’s investment committees, and investment advisors. He is building the Foundation’s direct private investment program and helping expand into …
Twin Cities renters face a market where only 27% of advertised vacancies are affordable to 60% of the area median income. Through analysis of private market and affordable housing data, the latest MN Housing Measures report produced annually in partnership between the McKnight Foundation and HousingLink shows a new low in affordability for the region and …