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Status of women and girls in Minnesota: Research overview
Women's Foundation of Minnesota and Center on Women & Public Policy, June 2010, 20 pp.
Provides health, safety, economic and leadership data on women and girls in Minnesota. Analysis of the measures reveals greater disparities for women of color, rural women, older women, women with disabilities, and women who identify as lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
Volunteering in America 2010: National, state, and city information
Corporation for National & Community Service, June 2010, 20 pp.
Reports key findings about volunteer trends across the United States. According to the report, Minnesota ranks third among the states and Minneapolis ranks first among the large cities included in the study.
Relationships matter: Volunteerism in immigrant communities
Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration, March 2010, 40 pp.
This report details the findings and recommendations from a three year project that explored how volunteerism is perceived within immigrant communities, and the struggle of nonprofit organizations to successfully connect with them.
2010 Outlook report
Minnesota Council on Foundations, January 2010, 6 pp.
Analysis of the outlook for Minnesota grantmaking in 2010, based on a December 2009 survey of Minnesota Council on Foundations members.
Giving in Minnesota: 2009 edition
Minnesota Council on Foundations, December 2009, 86 pp.
A comprehensive analysis of the trends and patterns of giving by organized philanthropy in Minnesota.
Minnesota nonprofit economy report: A Statewide and regional analysis
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, December 2009, 28 pp.
Annual report providing employment and and financial data for nonprofit organizations statewide and in six Minnesota regions.
Minnesota civic health index 2009
The Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Augsburg College, October 2009, 18 pp.
Created in connection with the National Conference on Citizenship, this report shows that Minnesota—a state long known for its civic involvement and engagement—ranks as one of the most civically engaged states. Measurements include volunteering rates, public meeting attendance and voter turnout.
Strengthening democracy, increasing opportunities: Impacts of advocacy, organizing, and civic engagement in Minnesota
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, September 2009, 80 pp.
Documents the impacts of advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement in Minnesota. It suggests that the foundation community can strengthen its programmatic work by funding advocacy and demonstrates that philanthropic investments in policy engagement bring financial and social benefits to residents.
Volunteering in Minnesota
Corporation for National & Community Service, July 2009, 1 pp.
Brief snapshot of volunteerism in Minnesota, based on 2008 data.
The civic engagement of Baby Boomers: Preparing for a new wave of volunteers
Wilder Research, April 2007, 83 pp.
A study on the civic engagement of Baby Boomers in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Web sites
Citizens League
Identifies, frames and proposes solutions to public policy issues.
Minnesota Council on Foundations
Information on grantmakers, focus areas of giving, grant writing, and more.
Volunteering in America
The Corporation for National and Community Service provides data, analysis and research on volunteering and best practices on the use of volunteers.
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