MCN is pleased to announce Kari Aanestad as the organization’s new associate director, effective August 16, 2021.
Category: General
Preparing for the unlikely Minnesota government shutdown
As state budget negotiations continue, nonprofits need to think now about how to mitigate the possible impacts of budget delays or a state government shutdown.
A New Chapter for MCN: A Leadership Update
MCN is pleased to share that the board of directors has unanimously voted to appoint Nonoko Sato as executive director effective August 1, 2021.
An update on the MCN executive director search
MCN has partnered with Good Insight to lead the search for a successor to retiring executive director Jon Pratt.
Getting ARPA funds to nonprofits
Asking MN counties & cities to use federal relief dollars for nonprofit grants.
MCN response to request for representation election to certify a collective bargaining unit for staff employed at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
MCN affirms support for the March 12 petition for an election. This decision came after deliberation among MCN’s board of directors, community advisors, MCN employees and volunteers, and after receiving messages and hearing a presentation to the board from the organizing group advancing this proposal.
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits board to hear from proposed union staff members
MCN received a request from several MCN employees to be recognized as a union affiliated with the Minnesota Newspaper & Communications Guild.
MCN denounces insurrection at U.S. Capitol
MCN joins voices across the nation in firmly denouncing the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
MCN to begin search for successor for founding executive director, Jon Pratt, in 2021
MCN will be commencing a search for a successor for founding executive director, Jon Pratt, who will be transitioning into retirement in 2021.
Minnesota nonprofits call for trust in our democracy
As nonprofits, faith, civic, community, and business organizations we are joining to call for election integrity and democracy. We stand united for a democracy of, by, and for the people.