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Schafer: A Dayton brother tackles a new horizon, efficiency in philanthropy April 10, 2021 — 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: Social scientists have so thoroughly proved that people make charitable donations based on emotions rather than carefully thinking about impact that they have probably moved on to more interesting stuff. The founder of the Constellation Fund in Minneapolis, Andrew Dayton, said he knows about those studies, too. Yet for him, the debate is not over. The nonprofit he launched is built on the notion ...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex, gives $25 million to Minnesota nonprofits MacKenzie Scott said she gave $4 billion in four months.  December 16, 2020 — 5:38pm Text size Copy shortlink: Gaye Adams Massey's phone rang with a gift unlike any the YWCA St. Paul had ever received. A secretive philanthropist wanted to cut the YWCA a $3 million check — the largest one-time private donation in the organization's 113-year history. It was an out-of-the-blue grant that Massey, the CEO, hadn't even applied to receive. "This ...

In a Tumultuous Year, COVID Puts Homeless Crisis Front and Center From summer to fall 2020, a homeless encampment was based near the Lake Harriet bandshell. We went inside the homeless encampment, where a city’s growing housing crisis took on faces and names. The Lake Harriet homeless encampment The Lake Harriet homeless encampment, photographed in late September, is across the street from the Lake Harriet Bandshell and overlooks the lake. * Editor’s Note: Some of the homeless persons in this article agreed to speak with only limited attribution. Others are highly vulnerable individ...