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Building Solidarity: A LinkingLeaders Conversation with the Coalition of Asian-American Leaders

The LinkingLeaders Partnership is a coalition strengthening solidarity for racial justice and equity through a cross-racial, cross-cultural partnership in the Twin Cities. Bringing together more ...
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Our Commitment to Community 

Mortenson Family Foundation is guided by its mission to build partnerships to strengthen community-driven approaches that advance equity, opportunity, and sustainable systems. In this time ...
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Women Leading Change: How OneVillage Partners is Modeling Change and Driving Community-Led Development in Sierra Leone

OneVillage Partners (OVP) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to empowering rural communities in Sierra Leone through a community-led approach. The organization believes that sustainable progress ...
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Mortenson Family Foundation Welcomes Sara Boedecker-Johnston as New Organizational Development Director

Minneapolis, MN [December 5, 2024]—Mortenson Family Foundation is pleased toannounce that Sara Boedecker-Johnston has joined the Foundation as Organizational Development Director. Sara brings over 20 ...
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Reviving Nature and Community: Wakaŋ Tipi’s Phalen Creek Daylighting Project

Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi, which means “those who care for Wakaŋ Tipi” in Dakota, is a Native-led environmental stewardship nonprofit in Saint Paul. Wakaŋ Tipi is ...
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Transforming Early Childhood Education: MAICC’s Approach to Culturally Rooted Learning

The Montessori American Indian Childcare Center (MAICC) is tucked away in a brown brick building in St. Paul’s Southern Hayden Heights neighborhood. It is the ...
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Metro Blooms: Cultivating Resilient Landscapes for Sustainable Communities in Minneapolis

Based in South Minneapolis, Metro Blooms is a community-based nonprofit rooted in environmental justice and stewardship. It engages diverse communities across the city to create ...
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Insights into Philanthropy: Mortenson Family Foundation’s Path in Community-Centered Giving

Earlier this year, the nonprofit OneVillage Partners invited Mortenson Family Foundation to write an article for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies (IJPS). The article ...
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Wandikweza’s Nurses on Bikes: Redefining Maternal and Infant Healthcare in Remote Malawi

Eighty-four percent of Malawi’s population–about 15.4 million people–live in remote areas with limited healthcare access. But community-based organizations are working tirelessly to improve the lives ...
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