hmmm..Tingles the Almonds

Kinda like

Ada Hutschinson?

Potus: Ada Asa

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>Did y'all know that Mark Dayton's (former governor of Minnesota) wife is a Rockefeller?Check out some of the donors for Minnesota politicians:

>Among the 18 top donors, seven are labor unions and eight are individuals. Notable among the individuals areAlidaMessinger (Rockefeller oil heiress and the ex-wife of the ex-Governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton), the financier George Soros, and the Governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker.

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>hmmm..Tingles the Almonds

Winrock

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Pathetic

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>hmmm..Tingles the Almonds

>Kinda like

>Ada Hutschinson?

>Potus: Ada > Asa

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philanthropoist

AlidaRockefeller Messinger

American philanthropist

Alida Rockefeller Messinger is an American philanthropist who is an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune. A donor to Democratic candidates and environmentalist causes, she is the former of wife of Minnesota governor and U.S. Senator Mark Dayton. Wikipedia

Born: 1948 (age 75 years)

Spouse: Mark Dayton (m. 1978–1986)

Parents: John D. Rockefeller III, Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller

Grandparents: John D. Rockefeller Jr., Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Elon Huntington Hooker

Siblings: Jay Rockefeller

Niece: Valerie Rockefeller Wayne

Great-grandparents: John D. Rockefeller, Laura Spelman Rockefeller, Nelson W. Aldrich, Abigail Pearce Truman Chapman

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cunt is meddling all over the place

Money to Candidates MESSINGER, ALIDA ROCKEFELLER

SAINT PAUL, MN 55104 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER 06-08-2021 $10,000.00WHITMER, GRETCHENE (D) MI

Money to Candidates MESSINGER, ALIDA ROCKEFELLER

SAINT PAUL, MN 55104 NOT EMPLOYED 04-19-2022 $5,000.00SHAPIRO, JOSHUA D (JOSH) (D) PA

Money to Candidates MESSINGER, ALIDA

NEW YORK, NY 10111 RETIRED 04-19-2022 $2,900.00Raphael Warnock(D) F

Money to Candidates MESSINGER, ALIDA

SAINT PAUL, MN 55104 NOT EMPLOYED 05-02-2022 $2,900.00Maggie Hassan (D)F

https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=Alida+Messinger&sort=D&type=donors

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https://tcbmag.com/andrew-dayton-the-new-philanthropist/

Andrew Dayton learned about the importance of giving from his mother, Alida Rockefeller Messinger.

Andrew Dayton: The New Philanthropist

Instead of devoting his energy to growing businesses, the 35-year-old is pursuing his passion to build the Constellation Fund. His new foundation is using data and evidence-based approaches to tackle poverty in the Twin Cities.

By Liz Fedor

September 01, 2019

Framed by a constellation of stars on the walls of the Capri Theater in Minneapolis, Andrew Dayton took the stage on May Day for the public launch of the private foundation he’s created. “We live in one of the most philanthropic regions in the country,” said the 35-year-old son of former Gov. Mark Dayton and Alida Rockefeller Messinger, speaking to an affluent audience of movers and shakers from the business, civic, and nonprofit communities. Yet, Dayton stressed, one in five residents of the Twin Cities lives in poverty.

Andrew Dayton learned about the importance of giving from his mother, Alida Rockefeller Messinger.

Dayton has spent his life in the public eye, without feeling he earned that attention. His father was involved in politics throughout most of his childhood. Any mention of his last name sends Minnesotans down memory lane, sharing a story about their favorite department store of yesteryear. On his mother’s side is one of America’s most storied families, synonymous with wealth and philanthropy. When he and his older brother, Eric, opened the Minneapolis restaurant Bachelor Farmer and Marvel Bar, and then the neighboring retail store Askov Finlayson, the media attention came quickly, as did the references to “Dayton’s 2.0.”

But Andrew Dayton stepped away from it all five years ago and moved to San Francisco—first for his business, and then to embrace the anonymity and find his true passion: poverty alleviation. He came home to Minnesota to create a new breed of evidence-based philanthropy that he calls the Constellation Fund. Clad in a perfectly tailored navy suit and crisp white dress shirt while forgoing a tie, the young Dayton told his much older audience at the Capri that Minnesotans are living in a “broken philanthropy marketplace.”

The grandson of a Dayton and a Rockefeller who were prominent arts patrons, Andrew Dayton was raised to give back to his community. But he’s taking a risk by building a foundation from the ground up that will employ a new approach to battling poverty, an economic and social problem against which government and philanthropic leaders have struggled for decades to gain traction.

On this early spring night, Dayton thanks his foundation’s financial backers for supporting nonprofits that aim to help low-income people climb out of poverty. He remarks on the incongruity of 80 percent of U.S. philanthropic dollars going to universities, the arts, building projects, and other mainstream institutions, while there is such a gigantic need to help the poor.

The big picture

The Constellation Fund isn’t focused on helping low-income people with their immediate needs, but rather addressing housing, education, and other larger issues that will move people into the middle class. He tells his supporters that instead of measuring “outputs,” such as the number of people getting temporary assistance, he wants his new foundation to emphasize “outcomes,” in which lives are transformed.

He says later that he recognizes there will be “some natural skepticism from nonprofits.” Many will be watching who gets grants from his foundation and whether his use of analytics is successful in making a greater impact than more traditional philanthropy has made.

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>Andrew Dayton learned about the importance of giving from his mother, Alida Rockefeller Messinger.

muh Philanthropy

"I feel happy and grateful that my children value philanthropy and don’t think of inherited money as their money."

—Alida Rockefeller Messinger, Andrew Dayton’s mother

Melvin Carter, the first black mayor of St. Paul, is an ally in Dayton’s nascent effort. “This work has to be a team sport,” Carter says, emphasizing the importance of leveraging resources to alleviate poverty. During his turn on the Capri stage, Carter noted Prince’s connection to the landmark venue in north Minneapolis: Forty years ago, Prince performed at the Capri on Broadway Avenue for his first solo show.

Prince was a rising star in 1979 and his talent took him to the top of the entertainment industry.

The music, fashion, and sports scenes have undergone big changes since Prince became a national phenomenon. But if one contrasts economic life in the Twin Cities in 1979 to 2019, it’s clear there has not been a dramatic improvement in racial disparities. Children raised in low-income households still struggle to do better than their parents.

Dayton’s vision for the Constellation Fund started to take shape in late 2017. By the end of June this year, he’d raised $1.65 million for making grants. He’s recruited a high-powered board that’s embraced his argument that a foundation can be more effective through strategic grantmaking. Specifically, he advocates providing large, unrestricted grants to nonprofit organizations that are “best in class” in fighting poverty.

San Francisco immersion

Dayton did not wake up one day and decide to create a foundation to address persistent poverty. But he’s had more exposure to giving and philanthropy than most people in their 30s. Throughout his adult life, he has regularly been asked to make charitable donations.

“When you have the names Rockefeller and Dayton, you end up on a lot of fundraising lists,” Dayton says.

Dayton says he often felt overwhelmed about how to evaluate the avalanche of charitable funding requests. He gave money to organizations he believed in, such as Habitat for Humanity. He also met with nonprofit executive directors, who asked him for money to support a host of programs. But, he concedes, “I just didn’t feel like I was being a really thoughtful steward of my resources.”

His conception of “smart philanthropy” evolved after he left his hometown of Minneapolis for San Francisco in 2014. He moved to California to oversee Askov Finlayson’s pants manufacturing. Dayton, who earned an undergraduate degree in history from Yale and a law degree from the University of Michigan, says he enjoys being in business with his brother. But, he acknowledges, “I wasn’t tapping into part of my passion”—public policy.

Dayton checked his phone before speaking to Constellation Fund supporters.

As his company’s manufacturing operations got underway, he accepted a part-time position in the San Francisco city administrator’s office. Businesses received tax breaks to remain in San Francisco, and it was Dayton’s job to administer a community benefit program. He was charged with making sure business-provided benefits—in exchange for the tax breaks—were put to good use.

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Minnesota DFL funded by 23 of America’s richest families

These 23 collectively hold wealth of nearly $350 billion.

(Center of the American Experiment) — 23 of America’s richest billionaire families donated to Minnesota Democrats (DFL) in the past three years. Collectively, they donated over $6.2 million to the Minnesota DFL in that time. These 23 collectively hold wealth of nearly $350 billion. That’s with a “b.”

Each year, the financial magazine Forbes publishes its famous list of the 400 richest Americans. Of the current 400, the following donated to Minnesota Democratic campaigns and political causes in the years 2020-22:

A few notes: instances where the donation was recorded in the name of an immediate family member (rather than the 400-named individual) are indicated with parentheses. The “+” sign indicates where the individual 400 member and immediate family member(s) donated during the period.

The largest single donor, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (No. 310), donated more than $2.6 million to Minnesota Democrats.

Sam Bankman-Fried (No. 41), of the disgraced crypto company FTX, is now said to be worth less than $10 million.

Only two “local” billionaires appear on the DFL donor list. Giving $450,000 was the Cargill-heiress Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer. She is descended from Cargill’s founder William W. Cargill.

Minnesota Campaign Finance Board records show her donations coming from a Minnetonka address. Forbes lists her home residence as Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Bill Austin is the founder of the Eden Prairie-based Starkey Hearing Technologies. He is the only member of the current Forbes 400 recorded as giving donations to both Minnesota Democrats and Republicans.

His donations list a Brownsville, Texas, address.

On the Republican side of the aisle, the cupboard is much barer. Only seven of the Forbes 400 gave to Minnesota state Republican candidates or causes in the past three years, giving a total of $70,000. Of the $70,000, a total of $49,000 was donated by Bill Austin.

None of the famous Republican names appear on the list. Charles Koch (of “Koch Brothers” fame), No. 13, does not appear, and neither does his brother David’s widow, Julia.

Other famous names, such as Peter Thiel (No. 252) and Donald Trump (No. 343) do not appear.

Finally, neither the late Sheldon Adelson nor his widow Miriam (No. 26) appear.

Other names that are famous in Minnesota political circles are also missing. Big DFL donors Alida (Rockefeller) Messinger, the Pohlad family (Twins), and Zygi Wilf (Vikings) are all rich and large DFL donors, but not wealthy enough the make the current 400 list. To make the cut in 2022, you needed a personal net worth of at least $2.7 billion. Minnesota billionaire Glen Taylor (Timberwolves, Star Tribune) no longer appears on the Forbes 400 list.

The Rockefeller fortune has been so diluted by the succeeding generations that no member appears on the current 400 list. David Rockefeller (Alida’s uncle) appeared on the original Forbes 400 list published in 1982 and for many years thereafter.

Forbes maintains a separate list of the top 50 wealthiest families, and the Minnesota-based Cargill-MacMillan family appears at No. 4. The 71 members of the Rockefeller family (worth a collective $8.4 billion) appear at No. 43.

The Pohlad family dropped off the Forbes family list in 2016.

Forbes maintains a larger list, a real-time tracking of all of the world’s billionaires. Glen Taylor ranks No. 1,104 on the world list. Stanley Hubbard (broadcasting) ranks at No. 1,804.

Read the full Minnesota for Sale series here.

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