Since July 1 2006, the foundation has been led by Rip Rapson, formerly of the McKnight Foundation.

He founded The McKnight Foundation in 1953.

The McKnight Foundation, however, is an independent private philanthropic organization; it is not affiliated with the 3M Company.

McKnight Foundation - Binger promoted grants for the arts, international-dispute resolution and research into neuroscience.

Virginia Binger's parents established the McKnight Foundation in 1953 as a private philanthropic organization.

Prior to joining Kresge, Rapson was president of the McKnight Foundation in Minneapolis.

For its services to artists, the label was awarded an endowment by the McKnight Foundation to subsidize its ongoing activities.

McKnight Foundation Award in Plant Biology, 1986.

He is the recipient of a poetry fellowship from the McKnight Foundation.

He is the winner of both the McKnight Foundation and the Bush Foundation prizes for fiction.