1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to state government; establishing a Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation
1.3 Board; requiring grants; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding
1.4 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [10.70] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Board established; membership.(a) A Minnesota Volunteerism
1.8Innovation Board is established. The board consists of the following members:
1.9 (1) three members appointed by the governor;
1.10 (2) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
1.11 (3) one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;
1.12 (4) two members appointed by the president of the senate; and
1.13 (5) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
1.14 (b) In addition to the members appointed under paragraph (a), a representative of the
1.15contractor providing administrative support under subdivision 4 shall serve as the board's
1.16secretary and is an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the board. The contractor's representation
1.17is not subject to the qualification standards in subdivision 2.
1.18 (c) The board shall elect a chair and other officers from among its membership.
1.19 Subd. 2.Qualifications for appointment.(a) The appointing authorities must coordinate
1.20appointments to ensure the inclusion of community leaders from a range of subsectors of
1.21the nonprofit, public, and business volunteerism communities. Appointees must be
1Section 1.
REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25
State of Minnesota
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NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Freiberg03/06/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1geographically balanced according to community indicator regions adopted by the state
2.2demographer, and must reflect a diversity of Minnesota's population.
2.3 (b) The community indicator regions adopted by the state demographer under paragraph
2.4(a) must reflect the Minnesota Compass regions adopted by Wilder Research, or another
2.5similar metric for identifying and measuring community indicators in individual regions of
2.6the state.
2.7 Subd. 3.Terms of appointment; removal; compensation.Members of the board shall
2.8be appointed for a five-year term. Members may be removed and vacancies filled as provided
2.9in section 15.0575, subdivisions 4 and 5. Members of the board serve without compensation
2.10or reimbursement for expenses, except for compensation or expense reimbursement that
2.11the member may receive in the ordinary course of employment or from another nonstate
2.12source that is not a grant applicant or recipient.
2.13 Subd. 4.Administrative staff support.The commissioner of administration must assist
2.14the board in entering a contract for professional services for administrative support. The
2.15contractor must have existing, demonstrated expertise in building the capacity of
2.16organizations to effectively engage volunteers according to best practices in volunteer
2.17resources leadership.
2.18 Subd. 5.Duties.The board shall:
2.19 (1) gather information about, analyze, and build upon Minnesota's current capacity for
2.20sustained high-quality, results-driven, evidence-based, innovative volunteerism in order to
2.21expand Minnesotans' ability to act on challenges and opportunities that correspond directly
2.22to Minnesota Compass measures, or other similar community indicators, and positively
2.23impact Minnesota communities;
2.24 (2) study and assess the capacity of Minnesota nonprofit, public, and business
2.25organizations to expand and deepen volunteer efforts that address community challenges
2.26and opportunities through sustained high-quality, results-driven volunteerism and make
2.27recommendations to community and volunteer engagement leaders and report the study
2.28results and recommendations to the governor and the legislature;
2.29 (3) gather baseline information about the capacity of Minnesota volunteer-involving
2.30organizations to demonstrate results through volunteering best practices and by tracking,
2.31analyzing, and reporting grant activities and measurable grant results with a common
2.32grant-tracking and grant-reporting system; and
2.33 (4) administer the grant program required by section 10.701.
2Section 1.
REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25 3.1 Subd. 6.Legislative reports.By November 15 of each year, the board shall prepare
3.2and deliver to the legislature and the governor a report that includes:
3.3 (1) a financial statement showing receipts and disbursements for the year ending the
3.4preceding June 30, including a listing of the nonstate gifts and contributions to the Minnesota
3.5volunteerism innovation account established in section 10.702 that are valued in excess of
3.6$1,000 along with the donor who contributed the gift;
3.7 (2) a brief description of the activities of the board for the preceding year;
3.8 (3) the number of meetings and approximate hours spent by board members in meetings
3.9and on other board activities;
3.10 (4) a brief summary of board rules proposed or adopted during the period with appropriate
3.11citations to the State Register and published rules; and
3.12 (5) the number of grant applications received by the board and the number of grants
3.13awarded, with a brief description of the purpose and outcomes of each awarded grant and
3.14the region of the state where the grantee is located.
3.15 Subd. 7.Expiration.The board expires June 30, 2028.
3.16 Sec. 2. [10.701] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION GRANTS.
3.17 Subdivision 1.Grants; measures of progress.The Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation
3.18Board must administer a grant program intended to increase measurable results of innovative
3.19volunteer efforts aligned with Minnesota Compass measures, or other similar community
3.20indicators, in areas that impact Minnesotans' quality of life. The measures must serve as
3.21indicators of progress to be measured in order to determine the recipient's progress toward
3.22identified community goals. An applicant for a grant must identify the measures to be used
3.23when applying for a grant.
3.24 Subd. 2.Eligibility; nonstate match required.Grants may be awarded to organizations
3.25in the public, nonprofit, or business sector that directly engage primarily nonstipend
3.26volunteers. To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must match the grant funds requested to
3.27be awarded in full. The match may be demonstrated through a direct contribution of funds,
3.28or through in-kind contributions, including the value of staff and volunteer time provided
3.29by the applicant, the applicant's community partners, or other nonstate sources. The value
3.30of time of volunteers who receive a stipend may not be counted toward the match
3.31requirement. The value of time of volunteers who receive reimbursement for direct
3.32volunteer-related expenses may be counted toward the match requirement. Grants may be
3.33renewed at the discretion of the board.
3Sec. 2.
REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0410603/03/25 4.1 Subd. 3.Rules and laws governing grantmaking process.The board must adopt
4.2administrative rules to establish procedures governing the application for grants, evaluation
4.3of applications, and other requirements for awarding grants, including procedures to ensure
4.4that grant awards are equitably distributed to applicants in all regions of the state. Sections
4.516B.97 to 16B.991 apply to the award of grants by the board. The terms of the grant
4.6agreement must require that all activities funded by the grant be completed no later than
4.7June 30, 2030.
4.8 Subd. 4.Expiration.This section expires June 30, 2030.
4.9 Sec. 3. [10.702] MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION ACCOUNT.
4.10 A Minnesota volunteerism innovation account is established in the special revenue fund.
4.11The account consists of amounts appropriated to the account by law, and other gifts and
4.12contributions to the account received by the commissioner of management and budget under
4.13section 16A.013 from nonstate sources for deposit in the account. Amounts in the account
4.14are appropriated to the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board for the purposes described
4.15in sections 10.70 and 10.701.
4.16 Sec. 4. MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD;
4.17APPOINTMENTS; FIRST MEETING.
4.18 Initial appointments to the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board must be made no
4.19later than August 1, 2025. The commissioner of administration must convene the first
4.20meeting of the board no later than September 1, 2025.
4.21 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERISM INNOVATION BOARD;
4.22APPROPRIATION.
4.23 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
4.24the general fund to the Minnesota volunteerism innovation account in the special revenue
4.25fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 10.702. Of this amount, no more than $80,000
4.26may be used in each fiscal year to support administrative costs associated with implementing
4.27the requirements of this act. All remaining amounts must be distributed as grants under
4.28Minnesota Statutes, section 10.701.
4Sec. 5.
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