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 …
Mga Lugar ng Pokus ng Komunidad Noong Setyembre 2019, inihayag ng McKnight Foundation ang isang bagong programa na nakatuon sa komunidad upang isulong ang equity at pagsasama sa Minnesota. Ang layunin: Bumuo ng isang masiglang hinaharap para sa lahat ng Minnesotans na may ibinahaging kapangyarihan, kasaganaan, at pakikilahok. Upang mabuo ang masiglang hinaharap na ito, ang bagong programang ito ay paparangalan at bubuo sa natutunan namin mula sa gawaing sinuportahan namin ...
Ang aming mga pamumuhunan ay gumagawa ng McKnight Foundation bilang isang bahagi ng may-ari ng maraming mga kumpanya ng US at pandaigdig, na nagpoposisyon sa amin upang maimpluwensyahan ang mga kasanayan sa korporasyon. Ang istratehiyang ito para sa incremental change ay tinatawag na engagement sa mamumuhunan-pagpapabuti ng iyong pagmamay-ari. Sa buong mundo mayroong isang lumalagong network ng mga nakikibahagi, proactive mamumuhunan gamit trillions ng dolyar upang bumuo ng isang mas transparent, sustainable ...
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 …
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. …
Marso 2014 - Isang pag-aaral ng kaso tungkol sa kamakailang nakumpletong proseso ng pagtuklas ng kaalaman sa pamamahala ng McKnight Foundation. (Basahin ang nauugnay na post sa blog sa Stanford Social Innovation Review.) Pagkuha ng estratehiya tungkol sa kung paano ka mag-organisa at mag-redistribute ng kaalaman ay makakatulong lamang tungkol sa sinuman na makamit ang kanilang mga layunin nang mas mahusay. Namin sa McKnight Foundation madalas mahanap ang ating sarili sa ...
2003 - Nilalaman at mga imahe mula sa aming 2002 taunang ulat, sa Adobe Acrobat format.