# Miller & Ciresi *Law firm recorded as Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, whose 1998 gift to the Minneapolis Foundation was funded by Minnesota tobacco-litigation fees.* The Minnesota record carries this firm under the name Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. On October 6, 1998, the firm announced a gift of up to $30 million to the [[Minneapolis Foundation]]. The gift was funded by [[Minnesota]] tobacco-litigation legal fees.[^1] The project's master account states that it confirmed these details against the firm's release. It describes the gift as the foundation's largest at that time, and the release carries the phrase "the largest we've ever received".[^1] The gift took the form of a supporting organization bearing the firm's name. The firm thereby created the [[RKMC Foundation for Children]], which partners with the Minneapolis Foundation.[^1] The master account places this private fee track beside two public tobacco tracks. It describes the public tracks as declared inviolate and then repealed between 1999 and 2006, and as placed outside the state treasury through MPAAT.[^2] The record shows the announcement date, the $30 million ceiling, the funding source and the vehicle. It does not establish the gift's later disbursements. It also does not establish any financial relationship between the firm and the foundation beyond the announced gift.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi announced the gift to the Minneapolis Foundation.[^1] ### What - The firm created a supporting organization bearing its name, the RKMC Foundation for Children, which partners with the Minneapolis Foundation.[^1] ### When - The firm announced the gift on October 6, 1998.[^1] ### Why - Minnesota tobacco-litigation legal fees funded the gift.[^1] ### How much - The gift was up to $30 million.[^1] - The master account describes it as the Minneapolis Foundation's largest gift at that time.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: *How Minnesota Got Here (merged master, footnoted)*, note 33, citing the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi release of October 6, 1998 (validated; marked primary-confirmed). The note establishes the announcement of up to $30 million to the Minneapolis Foundation, the supporting organization bearing the firm's name, the funding by Minnesota tobacco-litigation fees, the creation of the RKMC Foundation for Children, and the phrase "the largest we've ever received". This pack has no allowed URL for the release. [^2]: *How Minnesota Got Here (merged master, footnoted)*, section "The money mechanics" (validated). This section is the master's account of the October 6, 1998 gift as the Minneapolis Foundation's largest at the time. It also describes the gift as the third of three tobacco tracks, beside two public tracks that the master dates 1999 to 2006 and links to MPAAT. This pack has no allowed URL for this source.