Minnesota Non-profit News (United States)

Members of the University of Minnesota Entrepreneurship Club have successfully launched Youth Music Education Foundation with official 501c3 Status. Students interested in studying at the School of Rock may apply for YMEF's financial assistance.

The Center for GRACE to provide support, encouragement and resources for families coping with pregnancy and infant loss, infertility and adoption challenges

LandOf.org wins at the 9th Annual Horizon Interactive Media Awards Competition

Partnership creates an easy-to-use online tool to assist Minnesota homeowners in postponing their foreclosure sale. For those facing foreclosure, that extra time often means they can save their homes.

EZ Air Park, an airport parking and shuttle service locally owned and operated in Minneapolis, matching the contributions raised during it's Facebook campaign in April to benefit a local chapter of the American Red Cross.

Hart will assume her duties effective June 1

Minneapolis Urban League Guild to honor achievements of 2011 high school graduates while inspiring them to pursue post-secondary education.

Hands-on activities offer creative freedom to kids

Radiqx Press announces the release of InDesign On-Demand: Low Budget Publishing Digitally-a book to enable non-profits, pastors, and new authors to publish books and booklets quickly and economically.

Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 132 and Local 563 have signed an unprecedented Memorandum of Commitment with MUL to provide training for African Americans seeking to become apprentices in highway construction.

Walking for 30,000 animals...a short walk that goes for miles, and miles, and miles

The Minnesota Chapter of the Lymphoma Research Foundation is having their 7th annual 5k Walk/Run to raise money for lymphoma cancer research. Join the walk and take a step to find a cure on June 11, 2011 at Lake Nokomis.

Nonprofit approved as a fiscally responsible charity

Technique enables children to express their thoughts and feelings through their “natural language” of play

The Minneapolis Urban League will end 2010 with a surplus; $240,000 turnaround from the close of 2009.

George Lee, founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Jobs Foundation and the for-profit company Probus OneTouch, has joined PRISM as a member of the board of directors.

All proceeds from Sit For Something's 2/15/11 showing of It Might Get Loud will benefit School of Rock's Scholarship Fund. The public is invited to attend the movie at St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis Minnesota and help fund music education.

HER Communications Specializes in Public Awareness for Non-Profits and Clean Technology Companies

Continuing its dedication to funding lupus research, the Lupus Foundation of Minnesota announces its grant awards for 2011.

The Lupus Foundation of Minnesota (LFM) will present a seminar on chronic disease management St. Mary’s Medical Center: “Partnering with Your Health Care Team and Healthy Disease Management”

Cummings Mobility, a leading dealer of BraunAbility accessible wheelchair vans and lift systems, was recently recognized for outstanding sales performance at The Braun Corporation’s first national AbilitySummit conference

The Blind Squirrel Poised to Revolutionize the Daily Deal Space

Anne Rasmussen, Hill Library’s COO/CFO, extends the reach of Library’s mission through a prestigious appointment to the chairpersonship of a Federal Advisory Committee to the Internal Revenue Service

Smart and Chic becomes Wish Granter for Wish Upon a Wedding Organization

Hilton Minneapolis/St.Paul Airport invites families to start a new tradition for celebrating New Year’s Eve—leaving the house, and having fun for a good cause. Sixth annual Minnesota Miracle NY Eve supports Minnesota's pediatric cancer families.

"Cultural Marxism," a great documentary as relevant as any to the times in which we live.The video shows how a group of Marxist theoreticians, plotted the corruption and overthrow of non-Communist nations by systematically undermining their cultures

Research funded by the Lupus Foundation of Minnesota leads to a new clinical test that predicts lupus flares

Capstone, the leading publisher of children’s books and digital products and services, is donating 300,000 overstock books to Books for Africa, the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent.

A public open house introducing the DHH IMPACT program is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at MSAD’s Pollard Hall.

Jeff Rathermel chosen as leader to define and implement expanded artistic vision

Go2wed.com and Treasure Island have partnered to provide local brides-to-be with an opportunity to get help planning their wedding while helping women with breast cancer.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce names Minneapolis based media production company iDream.tv "Small Business of the Year." The Business and Community Awards ceremony is Thurs., October 28th, 2010 at Aveda Institute in NE Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce names Minneapolis based media production company iDream.tv "Small Business of the Year." The Business and Community Awards ceremony is Thurs., October 28th, 2010 at Aveda Institute in NE Minneapolis, public invited.

MULYP will host an event called "Politics with a Purpose: How the 2010 gubernatorial election affects communities of color" on October 6th. It will be hosted at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Cowles Auditorium and Atrium starting at 5:30pm

The students, staff, and faculty at The Art Institutes International Minnesota invite the Twin Cities’ community to collect Yoplait Yogurt’s pink lids and help raise money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer research.

author Joe Flood in the booth on Shock and Awesome.. Political strategist Dusty Trice, senior staffer on Al Franken's successful senatorial campaign in Minnesota.. Freedom Glory Project founder Johnny B., the man who helped lead BP Oil Spill protest

8 Captivating Circus Performances, September 30th – October 3rd at the Target Center. OPENING NIGHT TICKETS (THURSDAY, 9/30) ONLY $12!

RJF's narrowed philanthropic focus helps raise more than $100,000 to support children’s health and development.

Volunteer group, Black Twin Cities CARES, has joined forces with Motivated Mothers in an exciting new partnership to bring change in the Twin Cities and abroad.

To help in the fight against cancer and increase the awareness of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's funding for cancer research and its education and treatment programs, FunkyChunky is donating 10% of its online sales in September to the LLS.

On Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Correctional Transition Services, Inc board of directors removed founder and executive director Paul Kustermann from the offices with the help of the Minneapolis Police. There's a whole lot more to this story...

Tom’s of Maine “50 States for Good” Program...as the only Minnesota non-profit contending, online votes will determine if REDA will be selected as a recipient of 20,000 dollars.

In September, LFM will host teir annual Lupus Walk for Hope and 5K Trail Run in the Twin Cities and Rochester. The event provides critic resources that fund lupus research and provide direct support to those with lupus right here, right now.

Rhett Streeter, 11, inspired by his mother's struggle with lupus, wrote a song which has become an anthem for those with autoimmune diseases. Mom Lorie, Dad Roger and Rhett are ambassadors for the Lupus Walk for Hope and 5K Trail Run.

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Minneapolis blogger publishes an open letter to National Urban League President Mark Morial. How bad are things really in Minnesota. Someone needs to check in real soon.

Community members are in shock. This is the first time in 20 year the resident of the minority-ethnic area of north Minneapolis will not have the citywide celebration of Family Day. Is this s sign of the times, or bad planning?

Forty-thousand dollar worth of scholarships will be awarded to eleven college and university students by the Twin Cities chapter of the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) at its 29th annual scholarship gala.

The Art Institutes International Minnesota Hosts a Garage and Bake Sale Fundraiser Benefiting Student Tuition Scholarships.

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