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Your Values, Your Legacy: Estate Gifts Support Wilder's Mission Forever

by Anne Rodenberg
October 21-27, 2024, is National Estate Planning Awareness Week. By including a gift to Wilder in your will or trust, or by naming Wilder as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy or retirement… Read more »
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Data Ownership, Governance, and Sovereignty for Nonprofits

by Jacqueline Zhang
What are the data points that describe you? Do you feel they accurately represent who you are? When you give away your data, do you know what it’s being used for? Do you trust institutions to make… Read more »
An older adult couple play piano together.

Music for Life Connects Older Adults with Music and Community

by Ryan Ander-Evans
Learn how evaluation partner MacPhail Center for Music connects older adults through music classes and ensembles. Hear participants in their own words and learn about the program's impact.

Meet the Board: 6 Questions with Judy Kishel

by Judy Kishel
The Meet the Board spotlight helps Wilder's community get to know the members of our

Doing Taxes? Time to Think About Charitable Giving Plans.

by Anne Rodenberg
Tax time is a great time to plan and adjust how and when you give to charities. As you review your 2023 paperwork and think about your charitable plans for 2024, know that there are ways to maximize… Read more »

Investing in Wilder Through Your IRA

by Anne Rodenberg
When well invested over time, an IRA becomes a helpful tool to support your life goals. If one of your goals is to strengthen our community by supporting charities like Wilder - and you are 70 ½ or… Read more »

Twin Cities organizations named 2024 pro bono research partners

Hopewell Music Cooperative North and Irreducible Grace Foundation have been selected to receive pro bono research and evaluation assistance from Wilder Research in 2024. The… Read more »
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Minnesota Homeless Study interviews took place throughout the day on October 26, 2023.

Turning data into action: What’s next for the Minnesota Homelessness Study?

by Stephanie Nelson-Dusek
Find out how thousands of interviews with people experiencing homelessness are turned into information that improves policies and programs.
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