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What if every good action inspired more goodness

What if every dollar we gave increased over time?

improving the lives for generations to come

With the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundations, generosity grows over time

The work that we do with our community and with our partners

touches lives across the entire state of Minnesota.

This is Giving, Amplified.

It all started with our first donor

when Annie left $5,000,

a gift of faith in a future she would not see,

her gift became the seed for what is now

the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundations.

In fact, those funds continue multiplying and helping Minnesotans today.

More than 75 years after that first gift,

we manage nearly 1.5 billion dollars in assets.

The Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundations have been collaborating

with many organizations right from the start

by providing all-important funding.

We had me and two other volunteers living in my basement,

and over the next six years

we've grown to 70 full-time staff.

They really cared about what we were doing

and provided real infrastructure and support to help us grow in the community.

Most recently,

the Foundations helped us

establish Beaningful,

which is a social enterprise coffee shop

that provides first job opportunities for our participants.

We believe that listening

is critical to the work that we do

as Minnesota's largest community foundation.

Communities are in the best position to articulate their own challenges and opportunities.

We reach across the state

through our donor-advised fund holders

and through our Foundation gifts,

we reached 71 out of 87 counties in the state last year.

Our donors are a part of a dynamic giving community.

If you want to be healthy,

if you want to feel well,

contribute.

When you see your values passed on to others

and then you see that they actually find ways to multiply that effect,

as an adult or a parent or a grandparent,

you can't ask for anything more than that.

We have more than 75 years of history in Minnesota.

We recently reached a historic milestone - more than 1 billion dollars in grants to the community.

The Minnesota giving community continues to humble us.

Aligned with shared priorities,

transforming communities in need and serving future generations

Thank you a billion times over, Minnesota.

For more infomation >> Thanks a billion, Minnesota - Duration: 2:59.

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Staying Stoic? Snowiest February Ever Has Minnesota Feeling 'Snow-motions' - Duration: 2:23.

For more infomation >> Staying Stoic? Snowiest February Ever Has Minnesota Feeling 'Snow-motions' - Duration: 2:23.

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Federal offices and Minnesota schools shut down as bitter chill sweeps across the country - Duration: 3:36.

Federal offices and Minnesota schools shut down as bitter chill sweeps across the country

With over 160 million Americans facing the threat of winter weather and flooding, Minnesota announced it was closing all public schools Wednesday because of the threat of an inch of snow every hour during the morning commute.

The Baltimore and Washington D.C. area was bracing for the same an inch an hour of the white stuff early Wednesday as well. With a handful of exceptions, the federal government said it was closing all offices for the day, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

Of the 1,700 flights canceled as of early Wednesday, more than 40 percent of them were scheduled to land or take off from Washington or Baltimore airports, according to FlightAware.

As a potent winter storm is poised to deliver a mixture of snow, sleet, freezing rain and possible flooding across much of the eastern United States through Thursday, residents in the Southeast are being told to prepare for flooding as forecasters predict severe storms along the Gulf Coast. The Ohio Valley, too, faces the threat of dangerous flooding.

Coast to coast

The nasty weather is expected to pound the entire country, as two separate storms one on each coast are bringing winter weather watches, warnings and advisories to the northern United States.

Warm moist air streaming north from the Gulf of Mexico combined with a colder storm system exiting the Rockies to create an expected Tuesday night that carried into Wednesday.

Much of the Pacific Northwest is under winter weather warnings or watches. Las Vegas can expect an inch or two of snow, and those living in the mountains of Southern California should brace for heavy snow. Phoenix is under a freeze warning.

Heavy snow warnings are posted from Nebraska to Michigan, with cities like Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; and Minneapolis expecting more than 6 inches of snow.

Other cities that need to bundle up include Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit and Cleveland, all of which are under advisories and can expect to see at least 3 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain.

East Coast takes the brunt

With 3 to 6 inches of snow expected in Washington and Baltimore, the wintry weather is expected to last into Thursday. As warmer air mixes in, it could leave a thin layer of ice around 1/10 of an inch on roads and other surfaces in the region.

Snow or ice is expected from Philadelphia northward to Boston. A few inches of snow could fall in the region before switching over to rain.

The heaviest snow, 4 to 8 inches, is expected in the Appalachians from North Carolina into Pennsylvania

The National Weather Service said Tuesday afternoon that some areas near the Maryland Pennsylvania border will get up to 8 inches of snow.

Students in the School District of Philadelphia the nations eighth largest by enrollment were told to stay home Wednesday, but building engineers and those in administrative roles were instructed to report for work.

The South, especially Tennessee, will get wet

A moist, warmer air mass is bringing heavy rain, possibly through the end of the week, from the Ohio Valley into the Southeast. Flood or watches will extend from northern Alabama and Mississippi northward to Ohio.

Rain has already hit the region, and forecasters say to expect 2 to 4 more inches of rain, with 5 to 7 inches predicted in parts of Tennessee, including Memphis and Nashville, through the end of the week.

Birmingham, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky; and Charleston, West Virginia, also face the threat of significant flooding.

Multiple waves of rain will affect North Georgia this week. Atlanta is likely to receive 2 to 3 inches of rain, with higher amounts expected in the mountains to the north.

Parts of northern Alabama saw flash flood warnings on Tuesday night. The Birmingham office of the National Weather Service said some areas may get 5 inches of rain by Friday morning.

For more infomation >> Federal offices and Minnesota schools shut down as bitter chill sweeps across the country - Duration: 3:36.

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Gov. Walz Announces 2-Year Budget Plan For Minnesota - Duration: 2:01.

YOUR SPORTS.

>> DENNIS: HI, EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ IS PROPOSING A

49 BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET THAT

INCLUDES A 20-CENT HIKE IN THE

STATE'S GASOLINE TAX ALONG WITH

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN

SPENDING AND EDUCATION AND

HEALTH CARE WHILE GRANTING TAX

RELIEF FOR MANY MINNESOTANS.

HIS PROPOSAL ANNOUNCED TODAY

INCLUDES A 523 MILLION-DOLLAR

INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING FOR

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MORE AID

TO CITIES AND COUNTIES,

SUBSIDIES TO CUT PREMIUMS ON THE

STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE

BY 20% AND $70 MILLION TO ENSURE

THAT ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN RURAL

MINNESOTA HAVE HIGH SPEED

INTERNET ACCESS.

THE GAS TAX INCREASE FOR ROADS

AND BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD

FREE UP GENERAL FUND REVENUES

THAT WOULD THEN BE REDIRECTED TO

EDUCATION.

>> AS I TRAVELED MILE AFTER MILE

AND ENJOYED COUNTLESS

CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE STATE,

IT BECAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO ME

THAT THERE ARE THREE TOP

PRIORITIES FOR MINNESOTA,

EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND

COMMUNITY PROSPERITY.

MINNESOTANS WANT TO BRING DOWN

THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, PROVIDE

A QUALITY EDUCATION TO CHILDREN

AND GRANDCHILDREN AND ENSURE

COMMUNITIES ACROSS STATE ARE

PROSPERING.

THE BUDGET I'M UNVEILING TODAY

WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN

ACHIEVING THESE PRIORITIES.

I'VE OFTEN SAID A BUDGET IS MORE

THAN A FISCAL DOCUMENT.

IT REFLECTS THE MORALS AND

VALUES OF THE PEOPLE OF

MINNESOTA.

THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT

MINNESOTANS VOTED FOR IN

HISTORIC NUMBERS IN NOVEMBER.

>> DENNIS: REPUBLICAN

LEGISLATIVE LEADERS SAY THEIR

CAUCUSES WON'T ACCEPT THE TAX

INCREASES THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS

PROPOSED GIVEN THE STATE'S

PROJECTED BUDGET SURPLUS.

HOUSE MINORITY LEADER CURT DAUDT