Margaret A. Cargill Foundation



Margaret A. Cargill Foundation will provide meaningful support through long-term relationships with strategic grantee partners to identify and implement sustainable solutions to persistent problems and to explore innovative opportunities within closely defined program areas.

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Recent News from Cargill Foundation


Minnesota Corporate Grantmaking Reaches Its Highest Level Yet ...
Foundation: General Mills Foundation, Medtronic Foundation, Target Foundation, Cargill Foundation

Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog – Philanthropy Potluck ... Corporate grantmakers are an important part of the philanthropic scene in...more

Philanthropy beat: Target is No. 1 on new donor list
Foundation: General Mills Foundation, Knight Foundation, Target Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Cargill Foundation

The Target Foundation and Corporation topped Minnesota's grantmaking list for 2011, donating $147 million nationally, including $26 million for charities and...more

Cargill Foundation gives $500000 to flood victims
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation says the money will go toward three areas. Among them, it will help support disaster case managers for Lutheran Social Services, who act as advocates to...more

Community Foundation of Taney County Awards $92,000
Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Cargill Foundation

The Community Foundation of Taney County has awarded a grant of $92,000 to the Branson Area Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) to assist individuals and families struggling to recover...more

Philanthropy beat: Lucky day for kids of Washburn Center
Foundation: General Mills Foundation, Cargill Foundation

It was a remarkable 24 hours at the Washburn Center for Children of Minneapolis earlier this month. The state bonding bill was approved about noon May 9, containing $5 million to help build a new $21...more

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Announces New Chief Investment Officer
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

The Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies has recently announced that it has a new chief investment officer in the name of Shawn Wischmeier. Wischmeier will manage $6 billion in assets held by the...more

Margaret Cargill Gives Away $6 Billion
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

The late Margaret A. Cargill, granddaughter of agribusiness titan WW Cargill, has reportedly left $6 billion to be given away to numerous causes through her Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and Anne...more

Grants for Luther Sustainability Efforts
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

With the grants from Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and MAC Foundation, the Luther College can help advance the work of the new Luther Center for Sustainable Communities and other sustainability...more

Philanthropy Rises With Economy
Foundation: Gates Foundation, United Nations Foundation, Cargill Foundation

Saabira Chaudhuri of The Guardian relates the increase in charitable donations in America as the economy improves after the recession. Chaudhuri sites the annual Philanthropy 50 list of the...more

Folk, Native American arts could gain millions from MAC Foundation
Foundation: Cargill Foundation

Native American initiatives will begin the foundation's grant-making, starting late this year or early 2012 with a program focused on the Pacific Northwest ...See all stories on this topic »Los...more



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