Join Steve Boland, director of Next in Nonprofits, to learn about starting your work in individual donor support. The session will cover:

• Initial list building – who are you going to ask for support?

• Moving people up the engagement ladder from curious to supporter to donor

• Using peer-support to grow your donor base

• Creating a process for donor stewardship, including automation and online tools as appropriate

• Building a calendar of campaigns for the year (wait – what’s a campaign?)

Participants will leave the session with an overview of options to build regular, unrestricted giving for your mission work.

Learn more: https://minnesotanonprofits.org/event/introduction-to-individual-donor-development-march-2026

MN Cup is a startup competition and hub to direct mentorship, education, and seed capital to the best new ventures in Minnesota. Our process leverages volunteer judges with industry and functional expertise in each of our nine divisions. Ten companies in each division will be selected by these judges to move forward into the semifinalist round, which will take place between May 18th and August 7th. Two subsequent rounds will further narrow the participants, ending at our Grand Finale on Monday, September 14th. Over $400,000 in prize money will be given away to competitors, with no equity taken or strings attached.

Learn more:https://apply.younoodle.com/showcase/competition/mn_cup_2026

A one-day Vision Trip serves as an educational and experiential experience rather than a traditional service-focused trip. Participants learn about refugees and gain hands-on experience interacting with refugee and immigrant neighbors.

Learn more:https://signupforms.com/registrations/45110

This event is being held in-person and virtually and is open to everyone.

With traditional alliances shifting around the world, some nations may reconsider their nuclear options as a means of ensuring their security. What are the implications for nuclear proliferation around the world?

To explore this pressing issue, join Global Minnesota at the annual Great Decisions Conference on April 14. Featuring a top level keynote, expert presentations and in-depth discussions, this half-day event will bring together Minnesota’s global community to discuss “Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation.”

Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller, chief U.S. negotiator of the New START arms control treaty, will deliver the keynote address. She brings a depth of experience and leadership from positions including, Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, and Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance. Gottemoeller currently serves as the William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford University. Read her full bio here.

register here: https://globalminnesota.org/event/great-decisions-conference-ruptured-alliances-nuclear-proliferation/

Complex humanitarian emergencies – where conflict, political instability and crises such as human suffering, climate shocks and widespread poverty are layered together – are among the most underfunded crises in the world by the philanthropic sector.  State of Disaster Philanthropy 2025 research revealed that after a record-breaking 2022 fueled by the Ukraine humanitarian crisis, philanthropic giving for complex humanitarian emergencies declined to 10.1% of total disaster funding in 2023. 

Funders care deeply about human suffering, but what drives them to act in response to complex crisis settings and what holds them back is not well understood.   

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Accountable Now carried out research that explored what motivates philanthropic giving in these contexts, what gets in the way and how to overcome those barriers.  

Learn More:https://disasterphilanthropy.org/events/supporting-communities-in-crisis-evidence-on-funder-motivations-barriers-and-opportunities/

Join Give Us Wings on Thursday, April 16, for a glamorous Old Hollywood–style evening at the historic Hollywood Theater in NE Minneapolis. Enjoy an inspiring night as they celebrate and toast the impact of Give Us Wings and support their partners in Uganda.

Learn more: https://www.giveuswings.org/events/celebration

The fields of peacebuilding and humanitarian fields are rapidly shifting career pathways. Peacebuilding and Humanitarianism at a Crossroads is a full-day virtual seminar designed to help students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals navigate what comes next.

Learn more: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/gpj36dr