Making healthy choices fun
Foundation: Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, General Mills Foundation
In May, the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi received a "Champions for Healthy Kids" grant from the General Mills Foundation to continue its preschool nutrition and physical...more

General Mills Foundation Supports Anti-Obesity Campaign
Foundation: Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, General Mills Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi was awarded with a Champions for Healthy Kids Grant ammounting to $50,000 last week by the General Mills Foundation. In partnership with the First...more

Catholic Charities to provide permanent shelters to homeless
Foundation: General Mills Foundation
Catholic Charities have established a 336-bed housing experiment called the Higher Ground which will provide the homeless a permanent housing. It was funded through $12.75 million in bonds from the...more

Catholic Charities' Higher Ground
Foundation: General Mills Foundation
Catholic Charities will unveil a new model for moving the homeless into permanent housing called Higher Ground. The first floor is an emergency shelter. The second floor has $8-a-night cots for the...more

Celebrating Communities of Color awarded 50 grants to Twin Cities nonprofits
Foundation: General Mills Foundation
Local community-based organizations have been awarded 50 grants from the General Mills Foundation. The grants in the amount of $10,000 each will help improve the lives of people within the local...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

$50,000 Champions For Healthy Kids Grant
Foundation: Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, General Mills Foundation
General Mills Foundation awarded a $50,000 Champions For Healthy Kids grant to the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi to be used to continue its preschool nutrition and physical activity...more

General Mills Foundation Best of the Best Legacy Grants
Foundation: General Mills Foundation
The General Mills Foundation, together with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation, announced the recipients of its 2012 Champions for Healthy Kids grants with each organization receiving...more

General Mills Foundation makes a difference
Foundation: General Mills Foundation
CONTRIBUTED/LORI DOWIL Each year, the General Mills Foundation donates grant money to nonprofit organizations dedicated to youth nutrition and fitness, social services, education, and arts and...more

The General Mills Foundation Funds One Million President's Active Lifestyle ...
Foundation: General Mills Foundation
Of the total, the Foundation contributed $22.4 million in grants in the targeted areas of hunger and nutrition wellness, education, social services, ...See all stories on this topic...more