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    FINDING THE STARS AND CONNECTING THE DOTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY IN THE TWIN CITIES

     
     

    FINDING THE STARS AND CONNECTING THE DOTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY IN THE TWIN CITIES

     
     

    FINDING THE STARS AND CONNECTING THE DOTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY IN THE TWIN CITIES

     
     

    FINDING THE STARS AND CONNECTING THE DOTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY IN THE TWIN CITIES

    FACT:  The Twin Cities is one of the most generous philanthropic communities in the country.

    FACT:  The proportion of our population living in poverty has risen by 60% over the past two decades.

    At Constellation, we’re on a mission to change that math.

    Bright Giving

    The Constellation Fund is built to turn good intentions into great results. We use the best available evidence to invest in the fight against poverty. We conduct rigorous benefit-cost analyses to better understand the projected impact of poverty alleviation programs. Our best-in-class quantitative analysis is matched with on-the-ground community insights in order to find, fund, and empower poverty-fighting nonprofits creating transformational impacts across the Twin Cities. 

    What we do    Give Bright

    Powerful Partnerships

    Our generous Board of Directors and Leadership Funders pay for all of our overhead costs so that every dollar you donate to Constellation goes directly to effectively alleviating poverty in our community. We work with world-class experts to measure the projected poverty-fighting impacts of your investments. And through our innovative Beyond Dollars program, top local companies surround our grantees with pro bono capacity-building support to help scale their impact – and yours.

    Beyond Dollars    Our Team

    Measurable Impact

    Everyone experiencing poverty deserves access to the most impactful services that can help them break the cycle once and for all. By leveraging the best available evidence, we ensure that 100% of the precious philanthropic resources of our generous donors is invested into organizations creating deep and measurable benefits for those living in poverty in the Twin Cities. And by catalyzing new learnings through our research arm, CoLab, we uncover better data to support evidence-informed funding and our community’s efforts to strengthen and scale solutions.

    Our Impact    Our Research

    GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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    100% Impact

    Our Board of Directors and Leadership Funders cover all our operating costs so that every dollar donated to Constellation goes to a portfolio of impactful poverty-fighting nonprofits across the Twin Cities.

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    One Goal

    Constellation has a single-minded dedication to fighting poverty in the Twin Cities. We judge our success solely by the demonstrable impacts of the grantees that we support.

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    Evidence-Driven

    Central to Constellation’s decision making is a rigorous, evidence-driven process to identify the most promising nonprofits. We do this data- and research-heavy work so our donors don’t have to.

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    Beyond Dollars

    Constellation’s grantees are provided not only with funding, but also with connections to best-in-class pro bono partners to provide services and expertise otherwise inaccessible to most poverty-fighting organizations.

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    World-Class Research

    As Constellation leverages the best available evidence through its grantmaking, our  groundbreaking research arm, CoLab, is catalyzing, funding, and supporting actionable new research on poverty-fighting solutions.

    CONTACT US

    The Constellation Fund
    323 N. Washington Ave.
    Suite 200
    Minneapolis, MN 55401 info@constellationfund.org

     

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    • Who We Are
      • Mission and Values
      • Our Team
      • Grantees
    • What We Do
    • Impact
      • Impact Overview
      • Impact Reports
      • Metrics
      • Annual Report 2024
      • Apply for Funding
    • Beyond Dollars
    • CoLab