March 22, 2001 | Read Time: 1 minute
Minnesota Toolkit for Giving: Fulfilling Your Life’s Passions and Goals answers charitable-giving questions for individuals, businesses, and organizations in Minnesota. The booklet opens with a list of reasons why people give, followed by questions aimed at helping donors plan their giving. The “ways to give” section explains nine major giving options: direct and planned gifts; contributing to or creating community foundations; establishing private foundations; developing corporate-giving programs, foundations, or funds; creating supporting organizations; joining or forming a giving circle; and alternative forms of giving, such as using the Internet. Additional resources and next steps are included. In addition, the toolkit offers stories of individual donors that show how several Minnesota residents are contributing to charities. The toolkit is available online at http://www.minnesotagiving.org and was produced by the Minnesota Council on Foundations, in partnership with the Center for Family Enterprise, the University of St. Thomas, Leave a Legacy Minnesota, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, the Minnesota Keystone Program, and the One Percent Club.
Publisher: Minnesota Council on Foundations, 15 South Fifth Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, Minn. 55402-1570; (612) 338-1989; fax (612) 337-5089; info@mcf.org; http://www.mcf.org; 41 pages; free for single copy; multiple copies for the following fees, plus 10 percent shipping and handling: 2-5 copies, $9 each; 6-10, $8, 11-15, $7; and 26 or more, $5.
