Grow Minnesota! events help businesses prepare for the economic recovery. Sharing their perspectives on how the recession has changed the job market were (from left) Simon Foster of SpencerStuart, Minneapolis; Sue Metcalf of Ecolab, St. Paul; and Jan Erickson of Medtronic, Inc., Fridley. Dee Schutte, executive director of the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce, visits with House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers at the Session Priorities event. Governor Tim Pawlenty congratulates John M. Rivisto, president and CEO of Wells Concrete Company, on its new facility in Sartell. The plant has created 50 jobs in central Minnesota and will add another 100 jobs over the next five years. Minnesota legislative leaders share their priorities at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event: (from left) House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV Eyewitness News; Senate Minority Leader David Senjem; Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller. Governor Tim Pawlenty addresses nearly 1,600 business leaders and policy-makers at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event, the largest legislative gathering of its kind. Michele Engdahl with Thomson Reuters, Eagan, receives an up-close look at a hog-producing facility – Baarsch Farms-Next Generation Pork, Inc. near Austin – as part of Leadership Minnesota. The Minnesota Chamber program is an exclusive look at the state’s changing economy and the issues that will shape its future.

Where You Stand

Most businesses want to know how their giving practices stand in comparison to the practices of comparable-sized businesses in Minnesota. Taking a close look at key giving indicators helps a business reflect on its own giving program and set goals.

Take a look at the Business Scorecard and Ways to Give to see where your business stands. The benchmarking categories were developed based on research conducted in 2002 by Building Business Investment in Community, the forerunner to Minnesota Business Gives. The study involved interviews with close to 600 Minnesota businesses of all sizes and types.

The study, The Business of Giving Back, showed that business philanthropy in Minnesota is robust, that giving and community involvement is widespread throughout the state and throughout all sizes of businesses, that the focus of giving is local, and that the range of ways in which businesses contribute to their communities is extensive.

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