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MicroGrants Featured on PBS
FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: The billboards and signs in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York, reflect dozens of languages, cultures, and nationalities. It’s an immigrant community of...
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2014 Grantees of the Year Celebration
Each fall we celebrate the outstanding grantees of the year in various categories. Our partner agencies nominate their shining stars and MicroGrants’ Women’s Advisory Group chooses the winners. As...
View ArticleGIVE to the MAX Day 2014 was a GREAT SUCCESS!
In one online giving day, we raised more than $100,000 toward our mission of boosting people of potential to self-sufficiency. A big incentive came from Matching Donation of $50,000! This means 100...
View ArticleJoe receives the Progress MN Award given by MN Dept of Finance & Commerce,...
Founder and CEO Joe Selvaggio received the 2014 Progress Minnesota Award, given to outstanding entrepreneurs by the Minnesota Department of Finance & Commerce: “ By all accounts Joe Selvaggio is...
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Don Samuels Joins the MicroGrants team as COO, January 2015
MicroGrants is proud to announce, Don Samuels as our new Chief Operating Officer. He comes to us with decades of committed work toward strengthening low-income people and their communities here in the...
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How investing in the poor creates wealth for all
Millionaires stand to gain by funding nonprofits and creating jobs for the poor. By Joe Selvaggio JUNE 14, 2015 — 2:37PM About the author Joe Selvaggio founded MicroGrants in 2005 to provide grants...
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Movers & Shakers: Don Samuels, MicroGrants
A look at the people behind the numbers in area business: DON SAMUELS MICROGRANTS Title: Chief operations officer Age: 66 Don Samuels hopes to help award more than $500,000 in grants to low-income...
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2015 Grantees of the Year Celebration
On September 16, we had our 3rd Annual Outstanding Grantees of the Year Celebration. The acceptance speeches from each of the 9 winners was sincere, inspiring and LOADED with gratitude! [CLICK below...
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Nonprofit MicroGrants selects Don Samuels as CEO
In his latest career, think of Don Samuels as kind of a venture capitalist to the working poor. Samuels is the former 10-year City Council member from north Minneapolis who years before in his Jordan...
View Article10th Anniversary Congratulations from Senator Amy Klobuchar
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2016 Grantees of the Year Awards
The 4th Annual Outstanding Grantees of the Year Awards took place at St Olaf Church in downtown Minneapolis on September 21st. Honoring our grantees and sharing their success stories with friends,...
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How investing in the poor creates wealth for all
Millionaires stand to gain by funding nonprofits and creating jobs for the poor. By Joe Selvaggio JUNE 14, 2015 — 2:37PM About the author Joe Selvaggio founded MicroGrants in 2005 to provide grants...
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Movers & Shakers: Don Samuels, MicroGrants
A look at the people behind the numbers in area business: DON SAMUELS MICROGRANTS Title: Chief operations officer Age: 66 Don Samuels hopes to help award more than $500,000 in grants to low-income...
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2015 Grantees of the Year Celebration
On September 16, we had our 3rd Annual Outstanding Grantees of the Year Celebration. The acceptance speeches from each of the 9 winners was sincere, inspiring and LOADED with gratitude! [CLICK below...
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Nonprofit MicroGrants selects Don Samuels as CEO
In his latest career, think of Don Samuels as kind of a venture capitalist to the working poor. Samuels is the former 10-year City Council member from north Minneapolis who years before in his Jordan...
View Article10th Anniversary Congratulations from Senator Amy Klobuchar
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2016 Grantees of the Year Awards
The 4th Annual Outstanding Grantees of the Year Awards took place at St Olaf Church in downtown Minneapolis on September 21st. Honoring our grantees and sharing their success stories with friends,...
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Drivers get repair vouchers instead of tickets for broken car lights
By Tim Harlow APRIL 18, 2017 — 12:51PM Charles Kingsley had finished his overnight shift as a security officer and was driving home on a recent weekday when he passed a police car heading in the...
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2017 Outstanding Grantees of the Year Awards
On Thursday, September 14, we had our 5th Annual Outstanding Grantees of the Year Awards Celebration. The acceptance speeches from each of the winners were sincere, inspiring and filled with...
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8 ways to help close Minnesota’s wealth gap
If we make the less fortunate a priority, we can improve the quality of life for all. By Don Samuels and Joe Selvaggio NOVEMBER 16, 2017 — 6:20PM Upon reading the amazing book “Amazing MN” by Lee...
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