“It is a partnership of the leadership of the community so that people can sit around the table, make a strategic decision and then go back and empower the people in their organizations to make it happen. There’s no stone that you can’t turn over if you have to, when you have such a configuration of leadership.”
        ~ Emmett Carson, Minneapolis Foundation President

The Phillips Partnership is comprised of top executives of prominent corporations, public, and non-profit organizations:

Each member of the Phillips Partnership shares a commitment and a responsibility to the residents of the Phillips neighborhood. The elected officials who represent the area and the corporate executives whose businesses operate within the neighborhood pool their resources in a collective effort to support Phillips community objectives. This alliance represents a national precedent for effective strategic partnerships and is producing significant results in the Phillips neighborhood.