Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

This article was written by Laura Dunford, MCN deputy communications director, and originally published in the Fall 2025 issue of Nonprofit News: Nonprofit Volatility. Read the full issue.

Top takeaway: Messaging strategies and talking points ...

Top takeaway: The Office of Grant’s Management is asking for input by May 8 on three areas – payments, reports, and monitoring. Plus May 4 State Grant Payments Listening Session.

Nonprofits across Minnes...

Top takeaway: A bill requiring a standardized RFP template has passed a committee in the House last week and can now be taken up on the floor. We are cautiously optimistic about this bipartisan bill continuing to move through the process, and possibly becoming law this year. 

Building on information contributions from nonprofit colleagues a...

Top Takeaway: The Johnson Amendment, the federal law protecting nonprofit nonpartisanship since 1954, is preserved. On March 31, 2026, a federal judge in Texas dismissed the case NRB v. Bessent.

What is the Johnson Amendment?

The Johnson Amendment, a federal law approved by Congress with strong bipartisan support more than 70 ye...

Top takeaway: What actually happened in the most widely reported cases of fraud and recommendations for the state that are grounded in evidence.

In recent months, MCN has heard from many of you about growing concerns with the public narrative around fraud and nonprofits, and the policy responses that have followed. At the same time, the legisla...