W. K. Kellogg Foundation

W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Founded June 1930 (1930-06)
Founder Will Keith Kellogg
Focus A number of topics
Location
Area served
Worldwide
Method Grants and programs
Endowment $7.3 billion
Website www.wkkf.org
Formerly called
 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[1]). 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[1]) 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.[2]

Grants

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.[3] In 2009 it granted the third-highest amount of money to Native American projects, after the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Ford Foundation.[3]

Early childhood

One grantee is the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, whose mission is to increase public and private support so young children, particularly those facing the most challenges, get the high-quality services they need to be successful.[4]

Education

The foundation has made grants to prominent educational institutions, including:

Programs

The foundation supports multiple programs for optimal child development.[8]

It supports oral hygiene. In 2010, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation started a dental therapy program in five states to educate children and their families about the importance of healthy teeth. Mobile dental vans travel to rural areas to give families access to dental care. Additionally, the foundation gives grants to help minorities attend school for dentistry. [9]

Perception

The philanthropy expert Waldemar A. Nielsen said that the Kellogg Foundation "is substantially better than it is generally seen to be".[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 United States nominal Gross Domestic Product per capita figures follow the Measuring Worth series supplied in Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2016). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved April 10, 2016. These figures follow the figures as of 2015.
  2. ↑ "What We Support". W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. 1 2 Mark Fogarty, "Kellogg Foundation Has $30 Million in Open Grants in Indian Country", Indian Country Today, 28 October 2016; accessed 29 October 2016
  4. ↑ "What We Do: Secure Families". W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Kellogg West & Cal Poly Pomona History". Cal Poly Pomona Foundation. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  6. ↑ "Michigan State University receives $5.9 million Kellogg Foundation grant" (Press release). Michigan State University. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  7. ↑ "Kellogg heritage forever preserved" (Press release). Michigan State University. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  8. ↑ "Oral Health Resources". W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "2010 Dental Therapy". Almanac of American Philanthropy. Philanthropy Roundtable. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Goodman, David (6 June 1998). "Kellogg Foundation Keeps a Low Philanthropic Profile". Los Angeles Times.
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