You search Minnesota Grantmakers Online. You peer at the websites. You leave some voicemails and send some e-mails. Sound familiar? If you’re a grantseeker in Minnesota, you try lots of ways to find the fit between your nonprofit’s mission and local foundations.
But what you really want to know is who is sitting in the board room. Who will be nodding his or her head in agreement when your proposal is presented?
For the Summer 2008 issue of Giving Forum, we chatted with foundation trustees and the staff members who work with them. We asked about their values and hopes, their challenges, and how they go about their day-to-day work, trying to make our communities a little better, a little stronger.
