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.

 

• 2022 Voter Engagement Grants
  2022; Democracy Campaign
• Opposed harmful oversight legislation of nonprofits
  2022; State Advocacy
• Advocated for a $200M Nonprofit Relief Fund
  2021 - 2022; State Advocacy
• Advocated for philanthropic reform with the ACE Act
  2021 - 2022; Federal Advocacy
• Advocated for nonprofit COVID relief with the WORK NOW Act
  2021; Federal Advocacy
• Opposed voter restriction amendment
  2012; State Advocacy
• Opposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
  2006 - 2013; State Advocacy
• Reduced the impacts of fraud clawbacks on nonprofits
  2012; State Advocacy
• Eliminated the annual deadline for nonprofit employers to opt out of the state unemployment insurance fund
  2010; State Advocacy
• Raised audit threshold for charitable organizations to $750,000
  2009; State Advocacy
• Established new definition for charitable property tax exemption
  2009; State Advocacy
• Deleted for Budgetary Reasons Campaign gave sobering realities of impact of state budget cuts
  2006; State Advocacy
• Think Twice Before Cutting Funding to Nonprofits Campaign limited budget cuts to vital services
  2001; State Advocacy
• Passed the Charitable Giving Relief Act, providing tax deductions to Minnesota non-itemizers
  1999; State Advocacy