Welcome! MCN now 20 years old!
Posted by Jon Pratt on January 8th, 2007
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits began its work on January 1, 1987. 20 years later MCN has 1650 member organizations, and sponsors 80 events a year. As the longest serving staff member (yes, I was here even back in 1987 as executive director), it has been a pleasure to see how the nonprofit sector has grown and matured.
The number of organizations and total economic activity have continued to grow, Making Minnesota’s nonprofit sector rank at or near the top of every measure of charitable giving, volunteering, civic engagement and nonprofit activity. Surely if there is a location where the nonprofit sector can take its place as a full participant in a state’s economy, public policy and civic leadership, it is Minnesota!
Like other organizations, MCN has also grown over this time. To take a look at MCN’s first Web site (dated 11/10/96) take a look at this link from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
Ten years after MCN’s first Web site, we are starting several blogs as an additional way to share information about developments in Minnesota’s nonprofit sector.
Let me know what you think — additions, corrections and suggested deletions are welcome! jon@mncn.org.