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Founded in 1983 as a statewide nonprofit agency, the Minnesota AIDS Project envisions a Minnesota where new HIV infections are eliminated and individuals living with HIV live long, healthy lives. Our mission is to lead Minnesota's fight to stop HIV through prevention, advocacy, awareness and services. In partnership with over 1,000 volunteers, we provide compassionate, confidential and nondiscriminatory services, including practical, emotional and social support. In 2014, the organization provided services to more than half of the nearly 8,000 Minnesotans living with HIV. The Minnesota AIDS Projects Risk Reduction staff members reach thousands more throughout the state with HIV prevention education, HIV testing and community outreach to those at the greatest risk for transmission. The Minnesota AIDS Project is fighting to stop HIV in Minnesota. Join us!

The Minnesota Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church is the regional organization of United Methodist congregations in Minnesota. The United Methodist Church is the third-largest Christian body in the United States.

The Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers (MNACHC) is the member association for the 17 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the state. MNACHC provides Training and Technical Assistance to Health Centers for Quality Improvement, Public Policy and Advocacy, Workforce Recruitment, Retention and Resiliency, Emergency Preparedness, Compliance and more. We are proud of the affordable and accessible care that our Community Health Centers provide for over 200,000 Minnesotans each year.

Small Business Banking and Commercial Lending at Your Fingertips Minnesota Business Finance Corporation (MBFC) is a private not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a certified development company (CDC). Our CDC was created in 1983 as Opportunities Minnesota Inc. (OMNI), which was then a division of the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development. Through the enactment of state legislation in 1993, the organization became a quasi-public agency. In 1996, it was privatized and renamed the Minnesota Business Finance Corporation (MBFC). With offices in St. Cloud, Minneapolis and Bemidji, we serve the entire state of Minnesota, border to border. Plus, we’ll travel to YOU for all of your lending needs, no matter what part of Minnesota you’re in. We handle all SBA 504 approval, closing and loan servicing. Learn how our step-by-step lending process can help you get the small business funding you need.

Small Business Banking and Commercial Lending at Your Fingertips Minnesota Business Finance Corporation (MBFC) is a private not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a certified development company (CDC). Our CDC was created in 1983 as Opportunities Minnesota Inc. (OMNI), which was then a division of the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development. Through the enactment of state legislation in 1993, the organization became a quasi-public agency. In 1996, it was privatized and renamed the Minnesota Business Finance Corporation (MBFC). With offices in St. Cloud, Minneapolis and Bemidji, we serve the entire state of Minnesota, border to border. Plus, we’ll travel to YOU for all of your lending needs, no matter what part of Minnesota you’re in. We handle all SBA 504 approval, closing and loan servicing. Learn how our step-by-step lending process can help you get the small business funding you need.

The mission of Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is to use law, science, and research to protect Minnesota’s environment, its natural resources, and the health of its people. ​MCEA envisions clean water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, a sustainable economy, and improved public health for all Minnesotans. We are committed to growing our capacity and impact to achieve measurable progress toward this vision. For 50 years, we’ve worked at the legislature, in the courts, and with public agencies to enact, strengthen, and enforce smart environmental laws. MCEA is the leading legal voice protecting Minnesota’s environment, with deep organizational expertise that includes some of the foremost environmental law and policy professionals in the state. We work on many different issues, especially water, land use & transportation, clean energy, natural resources, and mining. Learn more about Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy at http://www.mncenter.org

The Strub Caulkins Center for Suicide Research (the Center), formed in late 2015, is a 501(c)(3) charitable, nonprofit corporation with a mission to raise public awareness of suicide and related mental health issues and to contribute to efforts to reduce suicide rates in the United States and throughout the world. The work of the Center was first started through Sumrith Solutions, LLC--a now desolved entity that gave rise to the Center. The founders of the Center have vast experience in emergency medical care and education and have first-hand experience with the effect suicide has on those who left asking questions and trying to understand what happened: a group of people called survivors. We embody our purpose, mission, vision, and values. In early 2016, we applied for tax-exempt, public charity status from the Internal Revenue Service.

Minnesota Continuing Legal Education is a not for profit 501(c)3 corporation established by the Minnesota State Bar Association to provide the highest quality educational experience to Minnesota lawyers and judges in an accessible fashion and at a reasonable cost. Our mission is to provide for and encourage the continuing education of all Minnesota lawyers through the development of a comprehensive variety of services: seminars and seminar materials, books and their supplements, periodical services and indexes. Minnesota CLE works with Minnesota lawyers to help them achieve the other half of successful lawyering – that mix of ethical consciousness, up-to-date knowledge, and practical know-how – which, combined with law school training, helps ensure the competent delivery of legal services to all clients. Minnesota CLE has strived to be an innovator in continuing legal education, especially in methods of delivery and use of technology. Minnesota was the first state to mandate continuing education for its lawyers and judges, and Minnesota CLE has long been recognized as a leader in bar-sponsored education programs.

Minnesota Continuing Legal Education is a not for profit 501(c)3 corporation established by the Minnesota State Bar Association to provide the highest quality educational experience to Minnesota lawyers and judges in an accessible fashion and at a reasonable cost. Our mission is to provide for and encourage the continuing education of all Minnesota lawyers through the development of a comprehensive variety of services: seminars and seminar materials, books and their supplements, periodical services and indexes. Minnesota CLE works with Minnesota lawyers to help them achieve the other half of successful lawyering – that mix of ethical consciousness, up-to-date knowledge, and practical know-how – which, combined with law school training, helps ensure the competent delivery of legal services to all clients. Minnesota CLE has strived to be an innovator in continuing legal education, especially in methods of delivery and use of technology. Minnesota was the first state to mandate continuing education for its lawyers and judges, and Minnesota CLE has long been recognized as a leader in bar-sponsored education programs.