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Charles Keffer

Minnesota Consultant

Charlie Keffer

Charlie is an experienced foundation consultant and nonprofit volunteer. We rely on him for advice about grantees and recommendations for foundation strategy and business processes. He also has responsibility at the foundation for a portfolio of human and social services grantees and helps with funding recommendations to our board. He brings

  • 45 years of higher education experience as a professor, administrator, and most recently provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of St. Thomas;
  • experience in corporate and foundation relations; and
  • long-range and strategic planning.

Charlie is an active member of his church community at the Church of St. Cecilia in St. Paul where he has served as

  • trustee,
  • lector,
  • parish council member,
  • chaired their faith formation and building committees, and
  • with his wife as lay missionaries to the diocese of Kingstown, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines.

He was a volunteer on the implementation committee at St. Paul’s Monastery and with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. He is currently the board chair at Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School in St. Paul.

Charlie earned his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Scranton and holds a master’s and doctorate from Harvard. Charlie has four grown children and five grandchildren, forming a convenient and formidable team for their annual International Coconut Classic soccer match. He lives with his wife in Roseville, Minnesota.

Staff

  • Mark Dienhart
  • Berit Allar
  • Lisa Church
  • Ana DiMercurio
  • Barb Dunker
  • Marla Friederichs
  • Mary Beth Geier
  • Linda Carey Halverson
  • Steve Hoeppner
  • Brian Kraft
  • Sheila Otto Phillips
  • Kelly Webster, Esq.
  • Mike Zumwinkle
  • Jill Hamburger
  • Charles Keffer
  • Dave Lee

Minnesota Office

6600 France Ave., Suite 550
Minneapolis, MN 55435
Phone: 952-324-8910

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Florida Office

999 Vanderbilt Rd., Suite 710
Naples, FL 34108
Phone: 239-263-9400

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  • About Us
    • About Us Overview
    • Our Vision, Mission & Values
      • How We Do Our Work
      • Why We Do Our Work
      • Where We Do Our Work
    • Our Founder
    • Our Board
      • Trustees Emeriti
      • Health Care Advisor
      • Housing Advisor
      • In Memorium
    • Our Recent Awards
    • Our Staff
  • What We Support
    • Overview
    • Focus Areas & Service Categories
      • Focus Areas & Service Categories
      • Education
      • Human & Social Services
      • Health & Medicine
    • Best Buy Employees
      • Best Buy Employee Relief
      • Best Buy Disaster Relief
      • Best Buy Hope Fund
    • Power of 100 – Women Who Care
  • Apply for a Grant
    • Grants Request Schedule
    • Grants Overview
    • Eligibility
    • Guidelines
    • Resources
    • Update Contact Information
  • Apply for Scholarships
    • Scholarship Schedule
    • College Scholarships Overview
      • Eligible High Schools
      • Downloadable Documents
      • Renew Your College Scholarship
      • Our 2023 Schulze Scholar Graduates
      • Meet Our 2023-24 New Schulze Scholars
    • Early Learning Scholarship Overview
      • Eligible Catholic Schools
      • Early Learning Scholarship Documents
  • CCC Assessment
  • News
    • RMSFF Grants Historic $20 million to NCH Healthcare Systems, Florida
    • RMSFF Board visits Children’s Hospital
    • RMSFF issues $1.5 mil challenge to Children’s Minnesota fundraising community