
Wilder Research gathers and interprets facts and trends in order to help families and communities thrive, get at the core of community concerns, and raise issues that are overlooked or poorly understood. We work with organizations at the local, state and national levels.
Homelessness in Minnesota
New video highlights trends and issues of homelesss children and their families, who now make up more than one-third of homeless people in Minnesota
oneMinneapolis community indicators report
This new report, prepared by Wilder Research for The Minneapolis Foundation, shows Minneapolis faces costly racial disparities in education, jobs, housing, justice, and other critical areas.
10 things to know about immigration
Researcher Craig Helmstetter shares the list he compiled of important immigration facts about the Twin Cities region.
Interesting reading
Our researchers share useful websites and reports.
Evaluation basics: An e-learning course
This new e-learning tool takes you through 5 essential steps of evaluation, and includes interactive activities to test your knowledge.
Evaluation tip sheets
Tip sheets and presentations from our evaluation workshop series.
Collaboration Factors Inventory
Helps you assess how your collaboration is doing on 20 research-tested success factors.
EvaluATOD web site
Evaluation tools and resources specifically developed for people working on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention.
A couple of minutes about our future workforce
Learn more about other important community issues at mncompass.org
Minnesota Compass is a quality-of-life project led by Wilder Research.
Wilder Research
E-mail: research@wilder.org
Phone: 651-280-2700
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Emmy-nominated documentary
Homeless Youth: Finding Home
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