Mortenson Family Foundation

🎊 Tomorrow evening, join Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) for a landmark celebration of 100 Years of Art & Culture for its 2nd Annual Sneaker Ball Fundraiser! 🎨 By attending Sneaker Ball, you'll help uplift the future of youth within the artistic community of North #Minneapolis. Year-round, Juxtaposition Arts develops #community by engaging and employing young urban artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways to self-sufficiency while actualizing creative power. And earlier this year, the organization's new, thoughtfully-designed space earned the the CoStar Us Impact Awards for redevelopment of the year for Minneapolis & St Paul. 🎟️ Learn more about the event and get tickets: https://lnkd.in/e3EFK-cU

🌟 Thank you to speakers and presenters that joined us for the Minnesota Climate Donor Table this week! 🌱 We are grateful for your knowledge and care of our Minnesota communities. And as always, thank you to the McKnight Foundation for hosting us. Speakers included: Peter Klein, Executive Director, Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Agency Pete Wyckoff, Assistant Commissioner for Federal and State Energy Initiatives, Minnesota Department of Commerce Kate Knuth, Climate Director, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Anna Wasescha, President/CEO, West Central Initiative Samuel H. Grant III PhD, Executive Director, Rainbow Research Sharon Nordrum, Artist and Culture Bearer, Red Lake Band Member Michael Harley, Director, Environmental Initiative

🚀 #JobAlert: We're #hiring a full-time Organizational Development Director focused on organizational and executive effectiveness. 🗓️ Candidates who submit information by August 20, 2024 will receive priority consideration. 🌟 Learn more about the position: https://lnkd.in/eBbv2myf 📨 Think you're a fit? Please send your cover letter and resume to foundationposition@gmail.com

Our mission is to build partnerships to strengthen community-driven approaches that advance opportunity, equity, and sustainable systems. I’m ending the week with gratitude for this amazing team that is consistently finding ways to improve our work and live up to our mission. Thank you, Maryan Abdinur, Margretta Getaweh-Supuwood, Camille Gonzalez, and Rabya Hassen for all you do to keep us grounded and moving forward. Mortenson Family Foundation

📣 The Open Road Fund 2024 is now accepting applications through July 29, 2024.

Happy Juneteenth! Often referred to as America’s Second Independence Day or Freedom Day, Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863. Don't miss celebrations happening today, June 19, throughout Minnesota to learn about the importance of Freedom Day and to gather in community: 📍 Albert Lea Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/g4A7XiSi 📍 Duluth NAACP Juneteenth Jamboree: https://lnkd.in/gu7cgkFR 📍 Eagan Juneteenth Celebration (June 23): https://lnkd.in/gjNy2FSa 📍 Edina Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/gSkMPSFk 📍 Fort Snelling Juneteenth Tours: https://lnkd.in/gqqTkPWp 📍 Mankato Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/gp_HcVDm 📍 Maple Grove Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/gnpkPrNk 📍 Marshall Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/gpEv3X8N 📍 Minneapolis Soul of the Southside Festival: https://lnkd.in/gs93kWNe 📍 Minnesota State Capitol Juneteenth Family Celebration (June 22): https://lnkd.in/gSW3JD24 📍 Owatonna Juneteenth Freedom Day (June 22): https://lnkd.in/gibNV4Vh 📍 Rondo Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/gzrzkdu8 📍 St. Paul Juneteenth Breakfast featuring Bakari Sellers (June 20): https://lnkd.in/gZKKsh3g 📍 West St. Paul ROCC the City Juneteenth Celebration: https://lnkd.in/gqr5Dq4d 📍 Woodbury for Justice & Equality: https://woodbury4je.com/ *Please note - MCN is closed today, Wednesday, June 19, in observation of Juneteenth.

🌟 Congratulations on a successful fundraising night, Common Hope! It's such an incredibly important initiative paving the way for access to education, healthcare, housing, and more for 4,417 students and families in Guatemala. 🌸 The gala's theme, "Our Future in Bloom," wonderfully captured the vision of bringing hope forward and ensuring hope blooms. 🌸 Our team members Camille Gonzalez and Margretta Getaweh-Supuwood were honored to attend.

📣 Nominate a nonprofit for a 2024 Minnesota Nonprofit Mission Award from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits! This is a great opportunity to recognize work in the following categories: 🌟 Advocacy 🌟 Innovation 🌟 Anti-racism initiative 🌟 Responsive philanthropy ⏳ Deadline: Sun., May 12 at 11:59pm Learn more: https://lnkd.in/evP8GcX

The communities we partner with and learn from in both Africa and Central America deeply impact our views on what is possible here and influence our actions everywhere. Our world is smaller every day and what we do or do not do locally has local and global impact and consequences. I’m in constant awe by the work our colleagues and partners are doing everywhere.

Our community relationship officer Margretta Getaweh-Supuwood is in Panajachel for the 2024 El Directorial Networking event — meeting our partners, having inspiring conversations, and learning more about the development landscape in Guatemala. She also visited two of our partners, ANADESA and Pueblo a Pueblo, to gain a deeper understanding of their work and learn about their approach to community-led development. #CommunityDevelopment #InternationalDevelopment #Nonprofit