About MACC

MACC's Strategic Plan 2010-2012

For a quick snapshot of who we are and what we do, download MACC Fast Facts

What is MACC?

A strategic partnership of community-based human service organizations that are leveraging their collective resources and voices to benefit the communities they serve.

MACC helps its member organizations strengthen their responses to community needs by encouraging leaders to work collaboratively, leading organizational and staff development efforts, and providing opportunities for networking and information-sharing.

MACC was formed in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Members include almost twenty organizations that employ more than 1,000 people with combined annual operating expenditures of approximately $70 million.

MACC goals

Foster far-reaching strategic partnerships among MACC member organizations
Create innovations among non-profits and across sectors for sustainable community organizations
Provide a network of wisdom, practical experience and support for current and next generation collaborative leaders
Maintain a flexible, inclusive alliance that offers meaningful connections and professional development at all levels of member organizations
Leverage MACC network talent and resources to attract interest and support for projects

MACC Values

People are assets
Broad, holistic, community-based services are critical
Long-term relatinoships are beneficial
Particiaption from the community is crucial
Everyone has a contribution to make
We build reciprocal relationships
Inclusiveness is essential for healthy communities

MACC meeting Who is MACC?

MACC members have more than 80 sites across the Twin Cities.
MACC members serve 315,000 metro area residents.
70 percent are people of color.
New Americans make up 25-35 percent of MACC-served communities.
Residents seeking services speak more than twenty languages, predominant are Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Russian, Vietnamese and English.
MACC member centers employ over 1,000 Twin Cities residents, primarily from the communities that MACC members serve.
MACC members have combined annual budget of $60 million.

MACC group What do MACC members do?

MACC agencies offer resources in housing, employment, education and health as well as basic needs services.
MACC agencies employ members of emerging communities.
MACC agencies provide access and skills for working within communities defined by culture and race.
MACC and its agencies provide training and learning opportunities in accessible sites across the Metropolitan area.

MACC staff

Yvonne Olsen, Executive Coordinator
(612) 341-1647
olseny@maccalliance.org

Liz Backstrom, Public Ally

(612) 876-9346

BackstromL@puc-mn.org

MACC Board

Officers

Mike Wynne, MACC Board Chair

President & CEO, Emerge

1101 West Broadway Avenue North; Minneapolis, MN 55411

612-529-9267

Molly Greenman, Vice Chair of MACC CommonWealth
President & CEO, The Family Parternship
414 South Eighth Street; Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-341-1622

Barbara Milon, Vice Chair of Membership

Executive Director, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center

1301 10th Avenue North; Minneapolis, MN 55411

612-374-4342

Peter Rosenblatt, Co-Vice Chair of Programs - External Partners & Professional Development
Executive Director, The Link
1210 Glenwood Avenue; Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-871-0748

Bill Laden, Co-Vice Chair of Programs - Innovation Conversations
Executive Director, East Side Neighborhood Services
1700 Second Street Northeast; Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-781-6011

Byron Laher, Secretary/Treasurer

Executive Director, Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP)

6840 78th Avenue North; Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

Members at Large

Armando Camacho

President, Neighborhood House

179 East Robie Street, St. Paul, MN 55107

651-789-2545

Anne Long
Executive Director, Plymouth Christian Youth Center
2210 Oliver Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-522-6501

LeRoy Martin

MACC CommonWealth Board Member

Chanda Smith-Baker
President, Pillsbury United Communities
1200 37th Avenue North , Minneapolis, MN 55412
612-302-3450

Greg Wandersee

Executive Director, West 7th Community Center

265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN 55102

651-298-5493