Minnesota

Serving: Minnesota

Co-Chairs:

, McKnight Foundation
, Bush Foundation

Upcoming Meetings

December 9, 2008
Land O’Lakes Foundation, St. Paul
GIFTS Users Group Roundtable and highlights from recent MicroEdge GIFTS conference

Recent Meetings and Resources

November 5, 2008
G&K Services, Minnetonka
Preview of the GM Guide, the successor resource to the Best Practices in Grants Management manual.

September 9, 2008
The McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis
The Minnesota network met for a GIFTS Users Group Roundtable/Hot Topics meeting.

August 13, 2008
Lifetrack Resources, St. Paul
Community Nonprofit On-Site Visit: How to Conduct a Site Visit and How Nonprofits Prepare for a Site Visit. Patrick Troska, Program Officer from the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation, and Cindy Toppin, Vice President of Programs from Lifetrack Resources, hosted a session to discuss how nonprofits prepare for a site visit, and how foundations conduct one.

July 23, 2008
Minnesota Council on Foundations, Minneapolis
The Minnesota network held a joint session with the Minnesota Council on Foundations on Project Streamline.

June 10, 2008
Gifts User Group meeting on “The Seven R’s of Grant Management: Receive, Route, Review, Record, Respond, Remit, Reflect”

May 14, 2008
“Preparing Board Books: Processes and Practices”

March 11, 2008
Medica, Minneapolis
Gifts User Group meeting on “GIFTS Procedure Manuals and Training for Foundation Staff and Employees”

 

Join Us

Attend a Meeting

All grants management professionals are welcome to attend regional GMN meetings. Contact the co-chairs to RSVP. GMN members can sign up to receive updates and reminders on regional meetings through GIGI, GMN’s online community.

Thank You

We extend our thanks to the grantmakers who have hosted the Minnesota network’s meetings over the past year. Their support is critical to the success of our network.