MCF has a very active and engaged group of corporate members. If your company is interested in joining us to better connect with many of Minnesota’s renowned corporate giver peers, contact Chuck Peterson, Vice President of Member Services and Operations, at cpeterson@mcf.org.


Upcoming Events for Corporate Grantmakers
MCF offers programs for all grantmakers. Some programs are designed specifically for corporate grantmakers and corporate giving programs. Look for this symbol:

Upcoming programs

Get Involved!
MCF offers two listserves* for its corporate members.


Corporate Social Responsibility

•	Definition from Wikipedia
•	Organizations: • Business for Social Responsibility • Local: Twin Cities CSR Forum. Contact Hamlin Metzer, Best Buy, Hamlin.Metzger@bestbuy.com or Kandace Olsen, Great River Energy, at kolsen@GREnergy.com

Corporate Grantmaking Basics

•	Develop a Corporate Giving Program, Foundation, or Fund
•	Corporate Volunteering
•	Employee Giving
•	Employee Volunteerism: Corporate Volunteerism Council Twin Cities
•	Sample Documents* Find examples of grant summaries, policies, site visit checklists, approval and decline letters, and much more.

Corporate Giving Trends
Corporate grantmakers comprised 9 percent of all grantmakers but gave 42 percent of all grant dollars in 2006.

•	Top 25 Minnesota Corporate Grantmakers
•	Top 50 National Corporate Grantmakers
•	Giving in Numbers: National Grantmaking Trends (PDF)
•	More Minnesota trends and analysis

More Resources

•	2010 Cone Shared Responsibility Study Cone
•	Measuring the Value of Corporate Philanthropy Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
•	Weathering the Storm: The State of Corporate Citizenship in the United States 2009 The Hitachi Foundation and Boston College Carroll School of Management, Center for Corporate Citizenship
•	Key Facts on Corporate Foundations
•	The Minnesota Business Giving and Community Involvement Workbook
•	Integrating Corporate Citizenship: Leading from the Middle Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
•	Corporate Philanthropy: The Age of Integration (PDF) The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University; sponsored by Target Corporation
•	Quick Tips from Exploring Corporate Philanthropy Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
•	The Basics of an Organized Corporate Giving Program (PDF) Council of Michigan Foundations
•	Exploring Corporate Philanthropy (PDF) Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy
•	Corporate Philanthropy Resource Guide Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
•	Step Up: A Call for Business Leadership in Society Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
•	Philanthropy and Business: The Changing Agenda The Conference Board
•	Changing the Game: Leading Corporations Switch From Defense To Offense In Solving Global Problems Stanford Social Innovation Review
•	Reward Trumps Risk: How Business Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Are Changing The Conference Board

Giving Forum Articles

•	Corporate Philanthropy: Unwavering Commitment and Focused Strategies in Stormy Times
•	Corporate Philanthropy: Giving Derives from Role of Business in Society
•	Minnesota Business Gives Builds Main-Street Giving
•	Corporate Voices in Philanthropy
•	On Company Time: Companies and Communities Reap the Benefits of Volunteerism
•	How Company Restructurings Are Changing Minnesota Grantmaking
•	Minnesota Companies Strive to Increase the Impact of Their Grantmaking
•	The New Philanthropists
•	Health Care Grantmakers Move into the Community
•	A Changing Corporate Landscape Leads to Changes in Corporate Giving
•	More from Giving Forum

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