Overview
Grants are awarded in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and southern Africa. Programming is tailored to meet the needs of each geographic region. In our hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan, we focus the programming to fit the needs of greater Battle Creek.
Following is a brief description of the Foundation’s interests in each region.
United States
We are in the midst of a multi-year transition. We have recently announced a new mission, vision and an updated program framework.The following program areas
- Food Systems and Rural Development
- Health
- Philanthropy and Volunteerism
- Youth and Education
are no longer accepting proposals, although many of our grantees are continuing their work. We will continue to offer highlights and stories about these projects within these program area pages.
Please visit our What's New site to learn more about future grantmaking - including new program elements and approaches aimed at improving opportunities for all children.
Greater Battle Creek
The Foundation maintains strong ties to Battle Creek, Michigan, which was W.K. Kellogg’s hometown. The Foundation does this by partnering with the community to help people reach their full educational and economic potential. The ultimate goal is to create a more just, healthy, and sustainable community. grantmaking is focused largely on: 1) creating brighter futures through improved education for youth; 2) increasing self-sufficiency by promoting economic growth for families and neighborhoods; and supporting residents in their efforts to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods and across the community.
The Kellogg Foundation’s commitment to development in southern Africa began in the mid-1990s. The nature of this support is twofold. It promotes changes in the social and economic systems that make new growth possible, and it supports economic advancement for all to include greater public participation in policymaking and institutional reform. The goal is to strengthen the capacity of rural communities to be healthy, viable, and sustainable in offering solutions to community problems, particularly the problem of rural poverty as it affects family life, women, and youth. Foundation grants focus on the seven countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Across the region, the Foundation’s program strategies merge the following interests:
Strengthen Leadership Capacity
Current programming seeks to build the capacity of leaders at the local, provincial, national, regional, and global levels. It also is concerned with increasing community voices in the policy development process to strengthen young leaders for the 21st century.
Strengthen the Capacity of Rural Communities
This programming strategy targets district-level sites to increase cooperation among local government, business, community-based organizations, education institutions and agencies, and to enhance participation of rural youth in social and economic development.
Organizational and Institutional Development and Transformation
Attention is focused on improving the southern African social infrastructure through institutions of higher education, organizations that create employment and productivity, and information systems that support social development.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the Foundation takes an integrated approach to addressing its key programming interests. The goal is to demonstrate and disseminate strategies to break the cycle of poverty by promoting healthy youth development and participation in socially and economically vibrant communities. Here are the strategies that describe those interests:
Promote Regional Development
Attention is given to supporting groups of projects that demonstrate ways to break the cycle of poverty in selected micro-regions. Strategies to promote the development, participation, and leadership of local youth are central to this effort. Priority geographic areas targeted by this work include southern Mexico and Central America (including parts of the Caribbean), northeast Brazil, and the Andean zones of Bolivia, Perú, and southern Ecuador.
Application of Knowledge and Best Practices (Programmatic Approaches)
The Foundation supports projects in Latin America and the Caribbean that offer innovative approaches in leadership development, citizenship, and social responsibility, institution building and strategic alliances, and access to information technology.
The aim of this approach is to build the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to put regional development projects into action.