Bill > HF1990

This bill establishes the Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Board, a new state entity designed to enhance and support volunteer efforts across Minnesota. The board will consist of nine members appointed by various state leaders, ensuring geographic and demographic diversity, who will serve five-year terms without compensation. The board's primary responsibilities include analyzing Minnesota's volunteer capacity, studying nonprofit and public organizations' ability to expand volunteer efforts, gathering baseline information about volunteer organizations, and administering a new grant program. The grants will be awarded to public, nonprofit, and business organizations that engage primarily non-stipend volunteers, with recipients required to match the grant funds through direct contributions or in-kind support. The board must submit annual reports to the legislature detailing its financial activities, board meetings, proposed rules, and grant outcomes. A Minnesota Volunteerism Innovation Account will be created to fund the board's activities, with an initial appropriation of $1,000,000 in both fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with no more than $80,000 per year allocated to administrative costs. The board is set to expire on June 30, 2028, with the grant program expiring on June 30, 2030, and the first board meeting is mandated to occur no later than September 1, 2025.

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