Philanthropy in Times of Need Kris Kewitsch | Executive Director, Charities Review Council | April 2025 In 1946, Minnesota’s leading citizens created the Minnesota Community Research Council (now Charities Review Council) out of concern that the generosity the community displayed in support of soldiers fighting in World War II would be exploited by national organizations… Read more
Showing Up for Causes You Care About Kris Kewitsch | Executive Director, Charities Review Council | April 2025 Supporting the issues you care about can take many forms, from financial contributions to direct action. How can you leverage your power as an informed donor? Call your legislators, and make your voice heard. A phone call… Read more
Kris Kewitsch | Executive Director, Charities Review Council | December 2024 Approaching Your Donors as Informed Givers As you engage individual donors in your year-end campaign and as you begin to frame up next year’s fundraising and communications plans, it’s important to consider how donors make their giving decisions. It’s partly practical. Donors are busy… Read more
Kris Kewitsch | Executive Director, Charities Review Council | December 2024 The Power of Giving Have you ever stopped to think about how powerful your giving truly is? It may be easy to underestimate the impact of a single donation, but what if you thought about the act of giving like the act of voting? … Read more
KRIS KEWITSCH | Executive Director | Charities Review Council Meet Haiti Teen Challenge! An international organization with Minnesota roots, Haiti Teen Challenge invests in and revitalizes Haiti by providing the country’s only residential recovery program for young men and women. In 2008, a group from Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge (another Meets Standards® nonprofit) visited… Read more
