Past Successes & Campaigns

Since its founding in 1987, MCN has been recognized for exemplary work at the state legislature and as a source of training on relationships and advocacy between nonprofits and government.  The number and subject matter of MCN’s public policy positions has grown over time. Below are just some of the campaigns and successes over MCN's history of public policy work.

• Opposed voter restriction amendment
• Opposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
• Reduced the impacts of fraud clawbacks on nonprofits
• Eliminated the annual deadline for nonprofit employers to opt out of the state unemployment insurance fund
• Raised audit threshold for charitable organizations to $750,000
• Established new definition for charitable property tax exemption
• Deleted for Budgetary Reasons Campaign gave sobering realities of impact of state budget cuts
• Think Twice Before Cutting Funding to Nonprofits Campaign limited budget cuts to vital services
• Passed the Charitable Giving Relief Act, providing tax deductions to Minnesota non-itemizers