Join McKnight as our Program Administrator, Strategic Climate Initiatives and Grants & Program Operations! This is an exciting opportunity for an agile administrative professional to support McKnight's Director of Strategic Climate Initiatives, Director of Grants and Program Operations, and program teams in our collective work to advance a just, creative, and abundant future for people and our planet. This position plays a key role in managing logistics and daily operations, project coordination, budget administration, and helping the program teams meet their priorities. Apply by September 25, 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g7wZYuas
McKnight Foundation
Philanthropy
Minneapolis, MN 15,026 followers
The McKnight Foundation seeks to advance a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive.
About us
The McKnight Foundation, a family foundation based in Minnesota, advances a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive.
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http://www.mcknight.org
External link for McKnight Foundation
- Industry
- Philanthropy
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, MN
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1953
- Specialties
- arts, education, youth, literacy, environment, Mississippi River, climate change, Southeast Asia, crop research, Mekong River, neuroscience research, regional development, affordable housing, neighborhood development, Minnesota, and Twin Cities
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710 S 2nd Street, Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55401, US
Employees at McKnight Foundation
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Kathryn Wehr
Senior Program Officer, McKnight Foundation
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Tonya Allen
President at McKnight Foundation | Independent Director
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Elaine Gast Fawcett
Philanthropy Advisor & Author - Communications & Change Management Consultant - Grants Process Specialist
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Brendon Slotterback
Decarbonization | Philanthropic Strategy
Updates
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The Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority (MN CIFA, our state's "green bank") is hiring its inaugural permanent Executive Director! 🎉 This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of the nation's most well-resourced state-level clean energy finance entities as the indomitable Peter Klein winds down his interim ED role. MN CIFA was created by the Minnesota Legislature in 2023 with a significant capitalization of $45 million in public funding, with the potential for tens of millions more through the federal Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, DOE's Loan Programs Office, and private capital. Importantly, MN CIFA will release its first investment strategy later this year with an explicit commitment to ensure that at least 40 percent of benefits flow to environmental justice communities in Minnesota. If you, or someone you know, are an entrepreneurial individual who can lead powerfully at the intersection of finance, clean energy, and equity, please consider this opportunity. Apply if interested, and help spread the word! 📢 Posting attached here for ease of reference, or go to the "External Applicants" link at https://lnkd.in/daEEXDH5 and search for Job ID 79073.
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Becker is an incredible example of how communities that powered our last energy system can be at the center of our thriving clean energy future, with all of the good-paying jobs and economic benefits that accompany it. Powering our nation’s economy is in Minnesota and the Midwest's DNA, and this shows what's possible when we come together across sectors to collaborate, with transformative results.
Fantastic to see this feature in The New York Times discussing the complexity and opportunity that lies in the clean energy transition, particularly for communities that have historically been dependent on fossil fuels. McKnight Foundation is proud to have worked with partners including Initiative Foundation, Just Transition Fund, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, and others to ensure a robust community engagement and economic transition process as Xcel Energy prepared to close its Sherco coal power plant, replacing that generation with the state's largest solar farm and long-duration battery storage. While the important work to support Becker's residents through this transition continues, it is a powerful example of bridging across sectors and what is possible when communities are brought into the process early and often. I'm hopeful that there will be many more stories like this in the years ahead to help advance an equitable clean energy transition! https://lnkd.in/gDTFeyg8
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Interested in attending the Next Narrative Summit? Register your interest ➡➡➡ https://lnkd.in/eMXveT2P
McKnight Foundation CEO, Tonya Allen, is joining us at the Next Narrative Summit to share how, in 2023, her Groundbreak Coalition's "next narrative" approach raised $ 1 billion regionally to create "a racially equitable and carbon-neutral" future in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Allen regards the $1 billion as just a beginning. The coalition plans to raise $4.3 billion more and may replicate the strategy in coming years. Want to learn more about her strategy? Register your interest in attending at www.bmecommunity.org/nns #NextNarrative #BMeCommunity #AssetFraming #BMeVanguard #StateTheirBestBeforeTheRest #NNS24 #NextNarrativeSummit2024
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“I’m an organizer at heart. And art is one of the tools that I use to try to change the world for the better and support people’s emotional and collective immune systems.” - Ricardo Levins Morales Learn more about our 2024 McKnight Distinguished artist Ricardo Levins Morales in this great feature from Myah Goff at POWER1047.FM. https://lnkd.in/g8kfUmWY
Ricardo Levins Morales named 2024 McKnight Distinguished Artist
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As federal climate funds continue to flow, we have an opportunity to ensure they reach as many people as possible and to build an equitable clean energy future. That's why we were excited to host federal, state, business labor, and nonprofit leaders at McKnight's offices this week to ensure the success of Minnesota's home energy and efficiency rebate programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act. 🏠⚡💰 Thanks to Ceres, Inc. for bringing together business representatives from Franklin Energy, Johnson Controls, Samsung Electronics America, and Minnesota Retailers, government officials in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Minnesota Department of Commerce, the Minnesota Management and Budget, and the office of U.S. Senator Tina Smith, and representatives from LIUNA, as well as nonprofit organizations including Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, Elevate and Rewiring America. When we work together, we can transform lives and economies in Minnesota and the Midwest. At the end of this decade, it’s the power of our partnerships and action at the state and local levels that will make the most significant climate bill ever passed by Congress a success. Happy 2nd Birthday, #InflationReductionAct!
Ceres convened public and private sector leaders in Minnesota today to discuss how best to design new home energy & efficiency rebate programs that will be implemented by the state and funded by the federal #InflationReductionAct #SaveOnCleanEnergy P.C. Molly Miles, McKnight Foundation Thanks to everyone who joined us from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Franklin Energy, Johnson Controls, Samsung Electronics America, Civic Nation, Minnesota Department of Commerce, Minnesota Retailers! https://bit.ly/3AinYRR
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We are excited to announce that this year's McKnight Distinguished Artist Award winner is Ricardo Levins Morales! An artist and organizer, Levins Morales creates art as a form of medicine to support healing from and resistance to oppression. His work is widely used by grassroots movements, organizations, and communities to motivate action and build resilience. “Ricardo is an incredible leader and organizer whose art and activism helps us envision and achieve a more just and abundant future,” said Tonya Allen, president of McKnight Foundation. “Over decades, his iconic art and generous spirit have inspired solidarity with farmers, environmentalists, union leaders, racial justice advocates, and others working to build movements, strengthen communities, and advance justice.” https://lnkd.in/giYAfKvp
McKnight Names Ricardo Levins Morales 2024 Distinguished Artist
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"What we are looking for is as many bright spots as we can possibly have, and the goal is to knit those bright spots into a constellation, and I think that constellation is going to give us enough light to find the way forward, and that's what we're hoping as we invest in news media." -Tonya Allen, McKnight Foundation President Listen to these two insightful Report for America panels, moderated by MPR News host Angela Davis, exploring how to reinvigorate local news - and philanthropy’s role in making it happen. Learn about some of the "bright spots" in Minnesota's local news landscape, such as Sahan Journal and Project Optimist, and hear from McKnight president Tonya Allen about the importance of robust, equitable news ecosystems to strengthen democracy and advance critical priorities on racial equity and climate change, and how we're working collaborating with a range of partners to create more sustainable newsrooms across Minnesota through our participation in Press Forward and its Minnesota chapter. https://lnkd.in/eRaF3ywJ #PressForward #PressForwardMN #LocalNews #Democracy #SolutionsJournalism
How to create sustainable newsrooms for the future
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Join McKnight as our Program and Grants Associate, Arts & Culture! This is an exciting opportunity to join our Grants & Program Operations Team working closely with our Arts & Culture program in advancing the program's goal of catalyzing the creativity, power, and leadership of Minnesota's working artists and culture bearers. This position manages the grantmaking process and budget in partnership with the program team, providing grantmaking and operations structure, administration, and internal systems knowledge to enhance program results. Apply by August 27, 2024 at https://lnkd.in/gn3bSfMr
Program and Grants Associate - Arts & Culture - Minneapolis, MN
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