Kellogg Foundation

Charitable grants from W.K. Kellogg Foundation are grrrrrrrrrreat! Founded in 1930 by cereal industry pioneer Will Keith Kellogg, the foundation provides more than $300 million in grants annually to programs focused on youth and education, health, food systems and rural development, and philanthropy and volunteerism. About two-thirds of its grants go to initiatives in the US (mostly in Michigan, Mississippi, and New Mexico), although it also serves others through grants in Latin America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Brazil, and South Africa. The work of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is supported by a related trust; together they have assets of more than $9 billion -- mainly in Kellogg Company stock.