Addressing the Opportunity Gap in our Hometown Headquarters Community

Through partnerships with select local nonprofits and schools, the Cargill Foundation focuses its support for low-income, and Black, Indigenous, and youth of color through targeted investments in childhood nutrition, STEM Education, and college and career readiness. Annually, the Cargill Foundation invests approximately $12 million in the Twin Cities. Nearly 80% of the Cargill Foundation’s programmatic investments go towards advancing the Foundation’s goal to close the opportunity gap for low-income, and BIPOC youth in our Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota headquarters community. Some nonprofits we partner with include:

• Achieve Twin Cities: Since 2001, the Cargill Foundation has granted over $26 million to Achieve Twin Cities. Our partnership helps to ensure that students are able to receive personalized guidance and resources to explore, plan, and access STEM and post-secondary education, and career pathways.
• Second Harvest Heartland: The Cargill Foundation has partnered with Second Harvest Heartland for more than 30 years, supporting programming that focuses on addressing childhood hunger and supporting community nutrition through initiatives like the Kitchen Coalition, which allows local chefs to prepare cooked meals for our communities. Our partnership has directly yielded over 385,000 meals produced and distributed across the local community.
• Northside Achievement Zone: The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) works to end multi-generational poverty in North Minneapolis by building a culture of advancement where all low-income children of color graduate high school college and are career ready. The Cargill Foundation has provided more than $1.9M in grants to NAZ’s High School to College Success and Family Achievement Coaching Program focused in improving academic achievement to prepare students for post-secondary education.