Growth & Justice

“The organization does not have any committees which have the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Form 990 is reviewed and approved at a meeting of the board finance committee and is distributed electronically to all members of the board of directors. It is then accepted by a vote of the board of directors at their next meeting prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and discussed annually at a meeting of the board of directors, and each member signs a statemetn acknowledging receipt and compliance with the policy.”

“The board finance committee discusses salary and benefits for all staff members during the annual budget process. The committee has access to comparability data (salary surveys) and the authority to recommend and approve these compensation decisions.”

“The board finance committee discusses salary and benefits for all staff members during the annual budget process. The committee has access to comparability data salary surveys.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interst policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Examples of the education partnership's function and reach. The northside achievement zone, the st. Paul promise neighborhood, and three greater minnesota partnerships receiving state funds due to our efforts have joined to form the education partnership coalition. Growth & justice meets with the coalition regularly to discuss state-wide partnerships and new ways to serve the local youth. This article from the strive together national network describes how growth & justice works in coalition with other groups, in this case uniting urban and rural regions and finding bipartisan support for public investment in education equity. We continue to get traction and invitations to speak from that op-ed on the cover of the star tribune op-ex section. In the fall we delivered major presentations on the education partnerships to the minnesota council on foundations and to community leaders in alexandria. We launched on our website a series of up-close profiles of four of these partnerships in greater minnesota (red wing, itasca county, st. Cloud and northfield) these stories are lively and engaging narratives about how these partnerships function, who is involved, and how the local youth are served. We have been meeting regularly with a group now called the education partnership coalition, comprising the northside achievement zone, the st. Paul promise neighborhood and three of the greater minnesota partnerships that received state funding as a result of our efforts. This article from the strive together national network describes how well and effectively g&j works in coalition with other groups, and in this case uniting urban and rural regions and finding bipartisan support for public investment in education equity. Workforce equity for a competitive economy: growth & justice, along with six partner groups, is planning "hungry for equity," a major convening of hundreds of youth of color, business leaders, and higher education and workforce experts for january 2016, funded by a 10,000 grant from the bush foundation. In "hungry for equity," growth & justice is partnering closely with the citizens league, minnesota education equity partnership, center for school change, minnesota state college student association, and everybody in. We intend this convening to result in a lasting formal coalition for workforce equity, better alignment of training, and higher education to skilled jobs actually in demand. Our next op-ed in the capitol report newspaper will outline this bold intention, along with the creation of a persistent policy agenda that reduces racial disparities in workforce and improves the alignment between actual business demand and workforce readiness.”