W. K. Kellogg Foundation (MI)

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 by breakfast cereal pioneer W.K. Kellogg. They defined their purpose as administering funds for the promotion of the welfare, comfort, health, education, feeding, clothing, sheltering, and safeguarding of children and youth, directly or indirectly, without regard to sex, race, creed, or nationality.

Over the past years, the foundation's programming has continued to evolved. They strive to remain innovative and responsive with the ever changing needs of the society.

the foundation's mission is to support children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.

Web Address

www.wkkf.org

Social Media Links

YouTube - www.youtube.com/kelloggfoundation

Twitter - @wk_kellogg_fdn

Foundation RSS Feeds

News - feeds.feedburner.com/wkkf/newsroom

News - feeds.feedburner.com/wkkf/newsreleases

Assets

$7,696,627,040 - 2011-08-31
$8,402,996,155 - 2007-08-31

Giving

$236,115,064 - 2011-08-31
$302,844,012 - 2007-08-31

Foundation Grants and Resources

People Building Stronger Communities

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Raw Threads and Homelessness

Trends in Philanthropy 2013

Commerce Department Invests $1.25 Million For Infrastructure Improvements in Owingsville

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Grandmont Rosedale Furnishes Guide For Community Development

Recent News from Kellogg Foundation

Why blockchain needs ethics
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

To help integrate ethics into blockchain applications, the Beeck Center, a center for social-innovation at Georgetown University, has...more

Grand Rapids Symphony's $1.1M Wege grant will engage broader audience
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation

Grand Rapids Symphony's $1.1M Wege grant will engage broader audience ... Music is supposed to be for everyone, and that includes music presented by ... West Michigan in enduring ways that reach...more

Prichard Committee gets WK Kellogg Foundation grant to expand access to early care and education
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation

Developing innovative methods to support family home child care providers will be the focus of a new initiative of the Prichard Committee for...more

Black Belt Community Foundation is an Alabama Bright Light of hope, healing
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

Felecia Lucky, president of the Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF), has had big dreams for the area of south central Alabama known as...more

A look at the city's new economic team: the “director” is his company, Rodrick Miller explains
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation

Does the City of Flint have a director of economic development or not? And is the position, financed as part of a $2.9 million Kellogg Foundation...more

Invest in where you know: Impact investors rediscover the power of 'place'
Foundation: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Knight Foundation, Bush Foundation, Denver Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

In upstate New York, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has anchored an $8 million private investment fund for targeted...more

Women's Foundation secures $1 million matching donation ahead of schedule
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation

Thanks to an outpouring of support from Tucson donors, and the hard work of women's foundation fundraising volunteers and board members, the goal was met far earlier than expected, said Dawne Bell,...more

Journalism and Health – How One Influences the Other
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation

The Public Health New Mexico funds reporting at KUNM on health issues. It began in 2013 with a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant. Early in the project, a station survey revealed information on public...more

Today's youth reject capitalism, but what do they want to replace it?
Foundation: Russell Sage Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

Today's youth are increasingly unhappy with the way their elders are running the world. Their ire was most recently expressed when thousands of teenagers and others across the country marched on...more

Credentialing America: How Impact Investing Can Help
Foundation: Lumina Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

Tom Vander Ark , Contributor I write about the future of learning, work and human development. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The postsecondary attainment rate for adults in...more

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