2020 Assets and Grantmaking Snapshot

2020 Assets and Grantmaking Snapshot

Fiscal year 2020 was yet another year of growth for the Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota (CCF). We opened 68 new funds, growing our assets under management to $387 million — a growth of $21 million.

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SECURE Act Changes Retirement Plans for Next Generation

SECURE Act Changes Retirement Plans for Next Generation

Lauren Barron is an attorney in the Private Client Group of the law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where she advises on trusts, estates, and tax matters. Lauren attends Saint Anne’s parish in Hamel, MN, and her children attend Providence Academy in Plymouth, MN. Below, she highlights key changes to inherited IRAs to keep in mind when estate planning.

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Ask An Attorney: 11 Answers to Your Questions About Estate Planning

Ask An Attorney: 11 Answers to Your Questions About Estate Planning

Nicole M. Flaherty Cropper is an attorney at Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A. in Eden Prairie, where she specializes in trusts and estates. Nicole and her family are members at All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville, Minnesota, where she grew up. Below, Nicole helps us better understand estate planning by answering your most common questions.

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Letter From the President: The Golden Rule

Letter From the President: The Golden Rule

Dear Friends,

Jesus knows us well. He knows our tendency to overcomplicate things, to overload our calendars and overburden our minds. So for our happiness and his glory, he simplified all of religious law and gave us this one directive: love God above all things, and love your neighbor as yourself.

Over the last few months, we’ve witnessed our community embracing the simplicity of the golden rule in new and generous ways.

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