The Saint Paul Foundation The Saint Paul Foundation is a community foundation serving Saint Paul and surrounding communities by building permanent charitable capital, making philanthropic grants and providing services that contribute to the health and vitality of the region. Established in 1940, the Foundation manages a total of 850 trusts and funds with an estimated market value of more than $600 million, including the trusts and funds of its affiliate, Minnesota Foundation. FundLink FundLink is an online tool for eligible individuals and organizations who have funds with the Foundation. FundLink offers online access to fund balances and contributions, plus the ability to recommend grants from the fund if you're authorized to do so. Individuals can view cumulative and detailed information, including income and expenses, and market values. Grant and contribution information is available 24 hours a day. Planned Giving Design Center The Planned Giving Design Center (PGDC) is a service provided to professional advisors at no charge. The PGDC provides the most current technical and legal information about charitable planning options. Other Links of Interest The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grantmakers and other people involved in philanthropy. Council on Foundations Established in 1949, the Council on Foundations is a national nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations. GuideStar GuideStar is a searchable database of over 700,000 nonprofit agencies in the United States that lists financial and management information taken from IRS forms. Leave A Legacy LEAVE A LEGACY(tm) is a community-based program to help people learn about charitable giving through a will or from an estate. LEAVE A LEGACY(tm) does NOT solicit gifts for any particular organization. Instead, the program is a cooperative effort of all types of nonprofit groups including social service and arts organizations, churches, hospitals, educational institutions and other philanthropic groups. Minnesota Attorney General's Office - Charities Division A searchable database of organizations that are registered with the Charities Division of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. Minnesota Council on Foundations Founded in 1969, the Minnesota Council on Foundations is a regional membership association of grantmakers, including family and other private foundations, community and other public foundations, and corporate foundations and giving programs. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Established in 1987, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits is a statewide membership association of nonprofit organizations sharing information, services, and research to educate its members and the community. Minnesota Toolkit for Giving The Minnesota Toolkit for Giving is a one-stop resource for all charitable giving questions. It offers a comprehensive, initial source of information on the charitable giving options available to individuals, businesses and communities. The Toolkit was developed by the Minnesota Council on Foundations with its five community partners: the Center for Family Enterprise, University of St. Thomas; Leave A Legacy Minnesota; the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; the Minnesota Keystone Program; and The One Percent Club. Donor Advised Fund Links Eye-Link Foundation Eye-Link is dedicated to providing assistive technology and associated training to Minnesotans who are blind or have a severe visual impairment. An application for this "talking" software and hardware is provided on their Web site.