Briefing: State Grant Contract Advocacy
December 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
About this Event:
Minnesota’s human services nonprofits are public infrastructure. Through state grant contracts, they house families, feed neighbors, train workers, and support Minnesotans through every stage of life. But the contracts that fund this work often stand in our organizations’ way: late payments, reimbursement-only structures, shifting reporting demands, and administrative costs that go unfunded. MACC and the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) are co-hosting a free virtual briefing on where grant contract reform stands, and how nonprofits can shape what comes next in the 2027 legislative session.
What You’ll Hear
- Where things stand: progress from last session, on both defense and offense
- Correcting the record: how we’ve pushed back on the fraud narrative and overreaching compliance policy, and what’s coming in 2027
- Your experience: the challenges you face with state grants, shared live during the session. Bring an example from your own work. Real stories are among the most powerful tools we have at the Capitol.
- What’s next: reform proposals in development for 2027
- How to get involved: connecting with your legislators, sharing your story, and joining us at Nonprofit Day on the Hill
Who should come:
Open to any nonprofit that holds or seeks state grants.
Our Session Presenters:
The briefing will be led by Trisha Reinwald, Vice President of Member Advancement at MACC, and Marie Ellis, Senior Advisor for Policy and Impact at MCN, who co-chairs the National Council of Nonprofits’ Grants & Contracts Cohort.
The event grows out of MACC’s leadership in the Grant Reform Coalition, alongside MCN, MCF, Propel, WorkWell, United Way, and other partners. MACC is the only coalition voice speaking for human services as a whole sector, and we bring the on-the-ground experience of more than 60 community-based member organizations into policy conversations. Over the past year, that work helped secure regular meetings with legislative leaders on grantmaking reform, a standing quarterly meeting with the Office of Grants Management, and a new law requiring a standard summary cover sheet for competitive state grant RFPs. Learn more about that work!