Our grantee-partner Marnita's Table recently led a community dinner and conversation on safety for the Saint Paul Public Schools, which is Minnesota's second largest school district.

The Star Tribune recently shared an article about youth-led efforts to combat climate change, and the Conservation Crew program at our new grantee-partner Conservation Minnesota received a mention.

George Family Foundation grantees Minneapolis Parks Foundation and The Loppet Foundation collaborated with community-based program, Melanin in Motion, to connect communities of color to outdoor adventure opportunities.

St. Paul, MN (Jan. 20, 2023) — An old schoolhouse in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood is now home to a youth program with new life. The building is a space one local nonprofit has been waiting for to do important work with St. Paul’s Black youth.

Minnesota Public Radio News host Angela Davis talks with Penny and Bill George about the struggles and losses that shaped their values and how their values are shaping their philanthropy.

Order of the Constantine and Significant Sig Bill George, GEORGIA TECH 1964, joined wife Penny and the George Family Foundation to make a transformational gift to the Sigma Chi Foundation in support of the Authentic Leadership or "Self" track of Sigma Chi's Transformational Leader program.

St. Paul, MN (Oct. 12, 2022) — After surviving breast cancer in 1996, Penny George was taken aback by the lack of non-clinical hospital services that might aid in her recovery. Where was the holistic healing, the massage therapy, the guided meditation and mindfulness coaching?

Minneapolis, MN (Oct. 4, 2022) — The YMCA of the North, the second-largest YMCA system in the country, is the recipient of an $8 million gift from Penny & Bill George and the George Family Foundation to expand the Y’s innovative George Wellbeing initiative.

One of Minnesota’s leading foundations focused on integrative care and healing is helping the University of St. Thomas expand opportunities for students, researchers and professionals to transform their communities through whole-person care.