W. K. Kellogg Foundation
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| Founded | June 1930 |
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| Founder | Will Keith Kellogg |
| Focus | A number of topics |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Grants and programs |
| Endowment | $7.3 billion |
| Website | www.wkkf.org |
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Formerly called
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W.K. Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation |
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was founded in June 1930 as the W.K. Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation by breakfast cereal pioneer Will Keith Kellogg. In 1934, Kellogg donated more than $66 million in Kellogg Company stock and other investments to the W.K. Kellogg Trust ($7.0 billion in 2015 dollars). As with other endowments, the yearly income from this trust funds the foundation.
The private foundation continues to hold substantial equity in and enjoy a strong relationship with the Kellogg Company, both of which are based in Battle Creek, Michigan. It is governed by an independent board of trustees.
In the early 21st century, the foundation is the seventh largest philanthropic foundation in the U.S. In 2005, the foundation reported that the total assets of the foundation and its trust were US$7.3 billion; about US$5.5 billion of this was in Kellogg Company stock. The foundation funded US$243 million in grants and programs in its 2005 fiscal year. 82% of this was spent in the United States; 9% in southern Africa; and 9% in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 1996, it supplied a multi-year grant worth $750,000 ($1.39 million in 2015 dollars) to start mass salt fluoridation programs which were then carried out by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), covering 350 million people in Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. The project was part of a multi-year plan launched by PAHO in 1994 to “fluoridate the entire Region of the Americas”. More recently, they have provided funding for HealthCorps to prevent childhood obesity by encouraging students to take personal responsibility for their health and wellness.
The foundation provides a number of grants to organizations across the United States and other countries on a number of topics.
In 2016, the Kellogg Foundation was funding more than 40 projects in Indian country, with a total value of more than $30 million in open grants. According to the non-profit’s website, the foundation has funded 380 Native American projects since 2008. Many grants are for health, education and language programs for children and youths. In 2009 it granted the third-highest amount of money to Native American projects, after the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
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