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Learning Grantee Learning Log
October 30, 2017
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? 2. To wrap up the Reconnecting Neighborhoods community planning process, Redesign refined the Reconnecting Neighborhoods 2020 Plan.…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
October 30, 2017
What has been most instrumental to your progress? 1. In 2019, Seward Redesign continued intentional work to engage East African residents, resulting in diverse and…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
October 26, 2017
What has been most instrumental to your progress? An important aspect in our work for this year, was continued collaboration building with Oglala Sioux tribal…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
October 26, 2017
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? The first activity that was instrumental in making progress was regular meetings with Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST)…
Learning Paper
October 24, 2017
Contributors: Jen Ford Reedy There’s a famous (in philanthropy) quote that defines foundations as “a large body of money completely surrounded by people who want some.”…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
October 11, 2017
What has been most instrumental to your progress? During the first part of 2017 Ramsey County worked in partnership with Minnesota Recovery Connection (MRC) to…
Learning Grantee Learning Log
October 11, 2017
What has been most instrumenta to your progress? We have established a referral process with providers. Along with referrals and case management of clients, we…
Learning Paper
October 10, 2017
Five years ago, we stepped into the roles of Board Chair and President of the Foundation together. At the time, board and staff members were unanimous in wanting to improve board-staff engagement and alignment.
Learning Fellow Learning Log
October 9, 2017
When I started the Bush Fellowship in July 2016, I had a simple plan. I wanted to advance my journalism education at one of the…
Learning Paper
October 8, 2017
Contributors: Dominick Washington and Jen Ford Reedy Less than 10% of all private foundations have a website, according to the Foundation Center. That’s a bit shocking until…