The W.K. Kellogg Foundation gave $7.5 million for a pioneering, cross-institutional collaboration to strengthen nonprofit and philanthropy education and increase the capacity and diversity of the nonprofit sector. The Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management at Arizona State University, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State will work together to share knowledge, strengthen communities of color, develop standardized research protocols, and jointly publish and disseminate research. "There has never been a comparable alliance of academic centers for philanthropy and nonprofit leadership," said Dr. Joel J. Orosz, interim executive director of the Johnson Center. "It's not about the benefits for the individual institutions, but rather about the advancement of the field as a whole. It is the rising tide that will lift all boats."

The Medica Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to the St. Paul Area Red Cross to fund preparedness and disaster relief in the east metro area. "The grant recognizes the need to support our local Red Cross as they assist local victims of house fires and other disasters that don't get national attention, but are no less devastating to the lives of their victims," said Rob Longendyke, the foundation's executive director.