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MATTER Executive Leadership

MATTER Announces Executive Leadership Promotions to Strengthen Mission and Impact

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 5, 2025) – MATTER, a Minnesota-based global nonprofit, is pleased to announce the promotion of several key leaders to its executive leadership team, reinforcing its commitment to growth, innovation, and global impact. These leadership changes position MATTER for continued success in their mission of helping people start projects that improve communities.  Quenton […]

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MATTER Board Chair Casey Carl

MATTER Board of Directors Elects Casey Carl as Chair

Selection of Target’s Former Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Further Strengthens MATTER’s Focus on Strategic Growth MATTER announced today that Casey Carl, former chief strategy & innovation officer of Target Corporation, has been elected as board chair. Casey’s selection reinforces the organization’s focus on innovation while strategically growing to deliver solutions that give people locally,

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MATTERbox Goes National to Increase Access to Healthy Eating

DIY is all the rage these days. Whether it’s furniture, home repairs, gifts or decor, everyone wants to Do-It-Yourself. Now, MATTER has incorporated this concept in our latest initiative. Announcing the DIY MATTERbox. This novel approach to our successful MATTERbox program will activate healthy eating in communities far beyond MATTER’s immediate reach; and indeed, all

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World-Class Athletes Who are Changing the World with MATTER

Professional athletes are known for their exceptional skill, rigorous training and raw talent. That’s what sets them apart from everyone else. And within the professional athletic world, there are those whose compassion and generous spirit set them apart from their peers. MATTER is proud to partner with three such athletes this year: Bismack Biyombo of

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Press Release: MATTER Receives $40,000 Grant from the Pentair Foundation

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** MATTER RECEIVES $40,000 GRANT FROM THE PENTAIR FOUNDATION St. Louis Park, MN | October 30, 2017 | www.matter.ngo October 30, 2017 (St Louis Park, MN) – MATTER is pleased to announce it is a 2017 grant recipient of The Pentair Foundation. The $40,000 grant will support MATTER’s Lukosi Community Demonstration Farm project

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Press Release: Matter is a Smart Givers Charity Review Council Meets Standards® Organization!

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** MATTER IS A SMART GIVERS CHARITY REVIEW COUNCIL MEETS STANDARDS® ORGANIZATION! St. Louis Park, MN | October 3, 2017 | www.matter.ngo October 3, 2017 (St Louis Park, MN) – St. Louis Park-based global nonprofit MATTER is thrilled to announce that MATTER received Charities Review Council’s Meets Standards® seal, a visual marker on

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