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 William Keith Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951), generally referred to as W.K. Kellogg, was an American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of popular ...

. In 1934, Kellogg donated more than $66 million in

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stock and other investments to the W. K. Kellogg Trust (equivalent to $ in ). As with other endowments, the yearly income from this trust funds the foundation. 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

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 $750,000 ($ million in dollars) to start mass salt fluoridation programs which were then carried out by the

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(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.

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 Native American 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.Mark Fogarty, "Kellogg Foundation Has $30 Million in Open Grants in Indian Country"
''Indian Country Today,'' 28 October 2016; accessed 29 October 2016 In 2009 it granted the third-highest amount of money to Native American projects, after the

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and the

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Early childhood

One grantee is the

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, 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.

Education

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

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in Pomona,

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* Michigan State University in

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Kellogg College, Oxford Kellogg College is a graduate-only constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1990 as Rewley House, Kellogg is the university's 36th college and the largest by number of students. It hosts research centres including ...

, a constituent college of the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

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Programs

The foundation supports multiple programs for optimal

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. 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. The foundation also supports New Options Initiative (For Youth), an initiative that seeks to establish new pathways connecting out-of-school young adults ages 16–24 with meaningful career opportunities.

Perception

The philanthropy expert

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said that the Kellogg Foundation "is substantially better than it is generally seen to be".

References

External links

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