Margaret A. Cargill Foundation



Margaret A. Cargill Foundation will provide meaningful support through long-term relationships with strategic grantee partners to identify and implement sustainable solutions to persistent problems and to explore innovative opportunities within closely defined program areas.

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Recent News from Cargill Foundation


Low profile of Minnesota's wealthiest philanthropy may change under new CEO
Foundation: Wells Fargo Foundation, Cargill Foundation

MACP, which includes the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and the Anne Ray Foundation ... About 10% of its grants go to Minnesota...more

Low profile of Minnesota's wealthiest philanthropy may be changing under new CEO
Foundation: Wells Fargo Foundation, Cargill Foundation

With $9 billion in assets as of 2021 between its two foundations, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP) ranks among the largest...more

SMIF awards COVID grants to small towns
Foundation: Initiative Foundation, Cargill Foundation

The Small Town Grant: COVID-19 Response grants are made possible with support from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Fund at the St. Paul...more

Cargill Foundation gives $4 million to Minneapolis schools
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

The grants will support initiatives meant to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, in the schools through programs...more

As budgets tighten, community partnerships key in arts education
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

Wilson spoke about a grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation that has gone to elementary schools to encourage arts education. The $550,000 grant was announced in late 2015, and is funding a...more

Cargill Foundation announces $4 million grant for MPS
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

The Cargill Foundation will donate $4 million to Minneapolis Public Schools and its nonprofit partner, AchieveMpls, over three years,...more

Grant funds Lutheran school's STEM programs
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

The school, 10600 Bloomington Ferry Road, received a Project Lead the Way grant from the Cargill Foundation. The grant will fund the...more

What's Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Up To Lately? Helping African Farmers, For One Thing
Foundation: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Cargill Foundation

Over the past few years, the foundation has awarded grants to organizations working in drought-prone regions of Ethiopia, those fighting for...more

Exploring Duluth's elephant in the room: Poverty
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Cargill Foundation

The Community Foundation started the Opportunity Gap initiative in the fall of 2015. In conjunction with the launch, it received a $1.5 million grant...more



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