MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, creator.
	Title:	Organization records.
	Dates:	1980-1999 (bulk 1984-1996).
	Abstract:	Board minutes, committee files, publications and reports, subject files, and other material relating to the activities of, and issues of concern to, a St. Paul-based association of Minnesota nonprofit organizations that was formed in 1987 to increase the resources and strengthen the effectiveness of Minnesota nonprofits, especially those that serve or advocate for disadvantaged people.
	Quantity:	3.3 cubic feet (4 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits was established in January 1987. It is a statewide membership association of nonprofit organizations sharing information, services, and research to educate its members and the community. The Council has over one thousand members representing all activity areas, budget ranges, and geographic regions of Minnesota. It works in partnership with its members, foundations, businesses, and government to strengthen nonprofits and to provide the information and benefits its members want and need. The Council is governed by a board of directors elected by the membership and representing all regions of Minnesota and every major nonprofit activity area. Services offered by the Council include a library, fax-on-demand, a web site, publications, the Nonprofit News bimonthly members-only newsletter, the monthly members-only publication Members Grants Alert, education and training programs, annual conferences, and cost saving programs and endorsed service providers. The Council was incorporated in December 1986, and was apparently an outgrowth of, or successor to, The Philanthropy Project, which began in 1984.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The records include board minutes, committee files, publications and reports, organizational newsletters, clippings, overhead transparencies, subject files, videocassettes, and other material. Most of the material was developed for, and distributed to, member nonprofit organizations and concerns annual meetings, Council-sponsored conferences and workshops, fund raising by nonprofit organizations, strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the reduction of federal funding ("devolution") for various nonprofit organizations and their programs, lobbying, and other issues of concern to the nonprofit sector.

There is a body of material that originated in the office of Marcia Keller Avner, the council's Public Policy Director. Much of this centers on "The Partnership for Minnesota's Future," a joint project of the Council and the Children's Defense Fund--Minnesota to prepare Minnesota nonprofits to respond to federal budget cuts and the so-called "New Federalism."

Correspondents and organizations represented in the collection include Minnesota Council of Nonprofits' executive director Jon Pratt; public policy director Marcia Keller Avner; and officials of the Minnesota Council on Foundations. There is also a doctoral thesis by Michael Byungnam Lee and a series of workshop presentations authored by Minneapolis attorney Eve Rose Borenstein.

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ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:


		Board Minutes
		Committees
		Public Policy Director's Files
		Publications and Reports
		Subject files
		Videocassettes

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Organization Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,624

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, May 2001

Catalog ID number: 990017370630104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

BOARD MINUTES

Location

Box

147.C.5.7B

1987-1990. 5 folders.

1995-1996.

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COMMITTEES

Location

Box

147.C.5.7B

Board Development Committee, 1987-1988.

Executive Committee, 1988.

Finance Committee, 1989-1991. 2 folders.

Membership Committee, 1987-1989. 3 folders.

Program Committee, 1988-1989. 2 folders.

Program/Research Committee, 1987-1990.

Research Committee, 1990-1991, 1993. 2 folders.

Research and Program Committee, 1987-1988.

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PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR'S FILES

Subject files of Marcia Keller Avner, who became public policy director in 1996.

Location

Box

147.C.5.7B

Resume, undated.

Children's Defense Fund partnership files:

These files relate to "The Partnership for Minnesota's Future," a project sponsored jointly by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and the Children's Defense Fund--Minnesota to prepare Minnesota to respond strategically to federal budget cuts and the "New Federalism."

Budget briefing, 1996.

Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio (CLUES) request, 1996.

Civic engagement project, 1996.

Clippings, 1996.

Community foundations meeting, 1996.

Devolution project: Early stages, 1995.

Duluth briefing and media training, 1995-1996.

Grant proposals, 1995.

Hennepin County, 1986-1988.

History of Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Devolution Project background issues w/DHS, CDF, University of Minnesota, 1995.

Information and communications task force, 1996.

Lev, Diane, 1996-1998.

Levins/Rosemount, 1996-1997.

Mann, Cindy: Overheads, 1997.

MAP presentation (overhead transparencies), undated.

Otto Bremer Foundation, [circa 1996?].

Partnership outline: Workplan, 1996.

Planning document for NWA report, 1996.

Pratt, Jon, 1997.

Pratt was executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Pratt & Petrescu: "Bowling Together: Nonprofits need to work at Civic Engagement," undated.

Project description, etc., 1995-1996.

Providing Information for Change Conference, October 3-4, 1996.

Richfield, 1996.

Social contract, 1996.

Speech: Community foundations, neighborhoods, and the devolution revolution, 1996.

Speech notes, undated.

STRIDE conference, 1996.

STRIDE overheads, 1996.

Town West Chamber, 1996-1997.

Transparencies: Welfare, nutrition, income, tax cuts, etc., [circa 1996?].

United Way: St. Paul Companies, undated.

Federal reform briefings list, [circa 1996?].

Governors Conference on Welfare Reform, 1997.

Ishtook Alert, 1995-1996.

Legislative Fax No. 5, 1996.

Location

Box

147.C.5.8F

Mankato briefing, 1996.

Minnesota budget briefing and strategy session, 1995.

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Children's Defense Fund.

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Children's Defense Fund planning meeting, February 20, 1996.

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Minnesota Council on Foundations working group, 1996.

Partnership: Overview statement, 1996.

Personal notes of congratulations, 1996.

Second welfare reform update, 1996.

Spence Himbocker/Neighborhood Funders Group, 1996.

Tarryl, 1996.

Welfare briefing, January 18, 1996.

Welfare reform, 1996.

Welfare reform and public policy, undated and 1997.

Welfare reform education committee, 1996.

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PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Location

Box

147.C.5.8F

Charitable Gambling Sites in Minnesota, 1994.

Corporate-Nonprofit Linkages in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 1982.

"Preliminary Findings from Three Surveys." Joseph Galaskiewicz, principal investigator; Wolfgang Bielefeld and Patti Mullaney, research assistants.

Directory of Services and Resources for Minnesota Nonprofits, 1991-1992.

Duluth-Superior Region Nonprofit Economy Report, 1998.

Impact of Sales and Property Taxation on Minnesota Charities, 1989.

Minnesota Charitable Bequest Study, 1992.

Minnesota Foundations Sourcebook:

1988-1990. 3 volumes.

1992-1993.

Minnesota Fundraiser's Calendar, 1997.

Location

Box

147.C.5.10F

Minnesota Grants Calendar, 1999.

Location

Box

147.C.5.8F

Minnesota Grants Directory:

1993-1995. 2 volumes.

1998-1999. 2 volumes.

Minnesota Lawful Gambling Sponsors, 1990.

Minnesota Nonprofit Job Seekers' Guide, 1994.

Minnesota Nonprofit Salary and Benefits Survey, 1999.

Minnesota Nonprofit Survey: Executive Director Compensation, 1989.

Minnesota Philanthropic Support for the Disadvantaged, 1984-1985. 2 volumes.

Two reports of The Philanthropy Project. Some similar and related reports are in the Minnesota Historical Society library.

Minnesota Philanthropy: Grants and Beneficiaries, 1993. 2 volumes.

Minnesota Project on Corporate Responsibility: Leadership Transition Study, 1985.

Minnesota's Nonprofit Economy, 1995.

Location

Box

147.C.5.10F

National Foundations Directory, 1995.

Location

Box

147.C.5.8F

Nonprofit News newsletter, 1989-1992, 1995-1998. 2 folders.

Nonprofits' Yellow Pages, 1991-1998.

Progress and Opportunities: A Guide for Future Responses to Basic Human Needs, 1984.

A report of the implementation phase of the Emergency Needs Project.

Starting and Running a Nonprofit Organization, 1980.

State by State, 1994.

"An organizing manual for state associations of nonprofit organizations." A publication of the State Assistance Project of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations.

Study of Executive Pay in Private Non-Profit Sector, 1988.

A doctoral thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of the University of Minnesota by Michael Byungnam Lee. 118 pages.

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SUBJECT FILES

Location

Box

147.C.5.8F

Action alerts, 1990-1991.

Annual conferences, 1987-1998. 8 folders.

Anti-Racism Task Force:

1988-1991.

Wilder collaborative efforts, 1990-1991.

Arts and human services, 1988-1989.

Location

Box

147.C.5.9B

Board elections, 1987.

Board meeting, January 28, 1991.

Board retreats, 1988-1989, 1993. 2 folders.

Budget, 1986-1988.

C-3 Net, 1989-1991.

"The first statewide computer network for nonprofits."

C-3 Net operating manual, 1990.

Capital campaign, 1994.

Charitable bequests, 1992.

Includes Minnesota Charitable Bequest Study by Catherine L. Velasquez Eberhart and Jon Pratt.

Church funding, 1983-1987.

Clippings, 1983-1984.

Correspondence, 1992-1993.

Finances/fund raising, 1986-1989.

Follow-up/evaluation, 1992-1993.

Foundation study, misc., 1992.

Fund raising from religious, 1986-1993.

Funding proposal, 1987.

Gambling research, 1987-1989.

Grant letters, 1987-1988.

Grant search information, 1990.

Grants: Summary/Total reports, 1993.

History: Former foundation research, 1985-1990.

Letters and mailings to members, 1986-1987.

Midwest Council of Nonprofits:

Undated.

Advisory committee meeting, December 12, 1986.

Documents, 1984-1993.

Event attendance, 1987.

Grants: Emma B. Howe Memorial Foundation, 1987.

Membership list, 1995.

Nonprofit Standards project, 1993-1994.

Minnesota Keystone program, 1992-1993.

Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1989, undated.

"An overview" by St. Paul attorney Jeffrey W. Cook.

Nonprofit accountability, 1992-1998.

Nonprofit corporation group, 1992-1993.

Nonprofit database project outcomes study, 1993.

Nonprofit research by Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, 1989-1990.

Nonprofit Sector Benefits Survey/Management Assistance project, 1991-1992.

Otto Bremer Foundation, 1991-1992, 1995.

Philanthropy Project: Thank-you letters to funders, 1984-1986.

Property tax alert, 1989.

Racism Resources Subcommittee, 1990.

Racism Task Force, 1989-1990.

Staff notes, 1990-1991.

Survey of current nonprofit issues: Summary results, 1998.

Tax impact report, 1989.

Unfair competition, 1994.

Workshop fliers, 1989-1994.

Workshops:

Controlling Nonprofit Liability, 1994.

Employee Benefits, 1991.

Ethics/Accountability Forum, 1996.

Eve Rose Borenstein Presentations, 1990-1997.

Borenstein was a Minneapolis attorney. Presentations include: New (and Old) Requirements of Minnesota's Nonprofit Law (1990); Disclose It! (1994); Nonprofit Housekeeping (1994); Related or Unrelated (1994); Tax Issues for Nonprofits (1995); The Basics of Maintaining a Nonprofit (1996); Income Issues and Treatment (1996); Nonprofit Law for Managers (1997).

Financial Accounting Standards Board, 1994.

Health Care Reform Forum, 1994.

Lobbying Strategy, 1991-1992.

Mastering Personnel Liability, 1995.

Nonprofit Gag Rule, 1995.

Nonprofit Law, 1988-1989.

Nonprofit Lobbying, 1992.

Planned Giving for Human Service Organizations, 1993.

Program Planning and Proposal Writing, 1993.

Miscellany, undated and 1991-1998.

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VIDEOCASSETTES

Location

Box

147.C.5.10F

Borenstein, Eve: New (and Old) Requirements of Minnesota's Nonprofit Law, December 11, 1990.

Executive Director as "organizer" of nonprofit board, October 8, 1993.

Mary Hartnett, Yusef Mgeni, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits annual conference.

Harrington, R. E.: Regional Networking Project Workshop, undated.

Light, Paul: Outcome Based Funding, October 7, 1993.

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits annual conference.

Lobbying Workshop, April 7, 1992. 2 videocassettes.

Weber, Mary: Program Planning and Proposal Writing, September 14, 1994.

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RELATED MATERIALS

Several directories and other publications of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and its predecessor, the Philanthropy Project, are in the Minnesota Historical Society book and serials collections.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Associations, institutions, etc. -- Minnesota.; Charities -- Minnesota.; Corporations -- Charitable contributions -- Minnesota.; Decentralization in government.; Endowments -- Minnesota.; Fund raising.; Gambling.; Grants-in-aid -- Minnesota.; Nonprofit organizations -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Avner, Marcia Keller.; Borenstein, Eve Rose.; Lee, Michael Byungnam.; Pratt, Jon.

Organizations:: Children's Defense Fund -- Minnesota.; Minnesota Council on Foundations.; Philanthropy Project (Minn.).

Types of Documents:: Theses.

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