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2026 State & Federal Policy Actions – a comprehensive list
Top takeaway: A comprehensive list of state and federal policy actions, listed in reverse chronological order, to help your nonprofit keep track of all the happenings. Find the 2025 list here. How to navigate this document Policy categories have been added in parenthesis following the action title: Federal; State; SNAP; Funding; Nonprofit Attacks; Nonpartisanship; PSLF;…
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Guidance for federal law enforcement encounters at nonprofits
Top takeaway: A sample policy to help your nonprofit prepare for potential Federal Law Enforcement encounters at your nonprofit. Preparation is the most important factor in avoiding mistakes and managing your nonprofit’s encounters with Federal Law Enforcement lawfully and responsibly. Nonprofits who have a written policy like the one below, that understand what Federal Law…
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MCN Member Spotlight: Grand Marais Art Colony
This is part of a series highlighting MCN members across the state, featuring a vast array of nonprofit focus areas, and celebrating the myriad ways nonprofits enrich lives. We recently spoke with Grand Marais Art Colony Artistic Director Ruth Pszwaro about the art scene on the North Shore, new initiatives by the Art Colony, and…
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Partial federal government shutdown over: updates
Top takeaway: Congress and the White House enacted bipartisan legislation on Feb. 3 to reopen and fund key federal agencies, ending a four-day partial government shutdown. Temporary funding for DHS was extended to Feb. 13; if Congress cannot reach an agreement, it risks another partial shutdown. Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Congress and the White House…
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Actions of solidarity for friends and allies outside Minnesota
Top takeaway: For our non-Minnesotan friends, thank you for your outreach and outpouring of support, and here are some tangible ways you can be in solidarity with the people of Minnesota. Download these Actions of Solidarity as a 1-pager >> Minnesota is being asked to do the impossible once again: to hold unbearable grief at the same…
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Resources: supporting community during ICE operations
Minnesota is once again facing a dark moment. Our state is undergoing what the federal department of Homeland Security has called the “largest scale immigration operation ever,” an onslaught that is killing people, blatantly instigating and escalating harm, endangering our friends and neighbors, breaking up families, and traumatizing children. Our neighbors, our children, and our…
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Supporting immigrants in this time of grief
Minnesota is once again facing a dark moment. Our communities grieve the loss of life of Renee Nicole Good who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7 in south Minneapolis. By all accounts, she was a loving mother, wife, poet, and a strong advocate for her community. Minnesota Council…
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2025 Pulse Check Report
Top takeaway: Nonprofits continue to struggle with increased demand and decreased funding at the close of 2025. After a year of upheaval for many nonprofits, MCN decided to take a quick pulse check of the nonprofit sector. The 2025 Pulse Check Report is a continuation of this spring’s 2025 Current Conditions of Minnesota’s Nonprofit Sector…
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Solidarity with our immigrant neighbors
A joint statement from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and the Minnesota Council on Foundations, including resources on immigrant safety and legal rights: Across our state, immigrants, especially Somali Minnesotans, are living in terror of intensifying ICE raids targeting our communities. The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) and the Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF) stand…
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2025 State & Federal Policy Actions – a comprehensive list
Top takeaway: A comprehensive list of state and federal policy actions, listed in reverse chronological order, to help your nonprofit keep track of all the happenings. How to navigate this document Policy categories have been added in parenthesis following the action title: Federal; State; SNAP; Funding; Nonprofit Attacks; Nonpartisanship; PSLF; Shutdown. We recommend using “control F”…
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