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The Pohlad family announced last month that they were looking to sell the Minnesota Twins after owning the team for 40 years.  

Well, for almost that long, the Pohlads also have had a private family foundation. It gives away millions of dollars every year to nonprofit organizations around the Twin Cities.  

In recent years the foundation has focused on two priorities — giving money to ease the housing crisis and address racial inequality. One of the foundation’s goals is to increase the number of Black homeowners.  

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the president of the 

, Susan Bass Roberts, about how and where the Pohlads give away their money and about her own career in corporate and community philanthropy, 

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The Pohlad Family Foundation focuses its philanthropy on housing and racial justice. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the foundation’s president, Susan Bass Roberts, about where the money goes.   

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