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Cargill Foundation: 95 grants to organizations, $13 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Cargill Foundation, a private foundation in Minneapolis, MN, paid 95 grants to organizations totaling $13,000,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $1,500,000 to Second Harvest Heartland in Saint Paul, MN for moonshot campaign.
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- EIN
- 416020221
- Based in
- Minneapolis, MN
- Assets
- $307,345,903
- Grants paid
- $13,000,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349105086. It reported $13,000,000 in grants paid; 95 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | Saint Paul, MN | Moonshot campaign | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Achieve Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Career and college readiness minneapolis (mps) and saint paul public schools (spps) | Youth development | $708,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Saint Paul, MN | Child hunger initiative and kitchen coalition | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youthprise | Minneapolis, MN | Youthprise cooperative housing & community center (ychcc) | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College Possible | Saint Paul, MN | College access & success programming and fafsa support services | Education | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Serveminnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Equitably expanding 4-8 math corps with participatory community research | Community improvement and capacity building | $300,606 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pillsbury United Communities | Minneapolis, MN | Pillsbury united healthy food access program and ceo transition fund | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Achieve Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Stem for all | Youth development | $285,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| The African American Leadership Forum | Minneapolis, MN | Forumai | Education | $277,361 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appetite for Change Inc | Minneapolis, MN | Appetite for change - childhood nutrition from the ground up | Human services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northside Achievement Zone | Minneapolis, MN | Family achievement coaching, family academy, and high school to college success program | Crime and legal-related | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St David's Center for Child and Family Development | Minneapolis, MN | Twin cities early intervention expansion | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The African American Leadership Forum | Minneapolis, MN | The black agenda for change | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Achieve Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Career and college readiness: increasing fafsa completion, student confidence, and achieve capacity for minneapolis-saint pauls future | Youth development | $235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Food Group Minnesota Inc | Minneapolis, MN | General operations | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Breakthrough Twin Cities | Saint Paul, MN | Increasing impact and college access | Education | $217,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the North | Minneapolis, MN | Mezile ymca childhood nutrition program | $211,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Change Starts With Community | Minneapolis, MN | Shiloh cares food shelf | Religion-related | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America | Minneapolis, MN | Tfa twin cities & the cargill foundation: equitable access to stem | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Constellation Fund | Minneapolis, MN | The constellation fund - general operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Good Acre | Falcon Heights, MN | Food access for collective impact | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Urban ventures farm & nutrition | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youthprise | Minneapolis, MN | Nutrition program | Education | $187,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Athletes Committed To Educating Students (aces) | Minneapolis, MN | Aces stem programming | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hiawatha Academies | Minneapolis, MN | Hiawatha through college | Education | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Success-Students Undertaking Creative Control | Minneapolis, MN | Connecting high school students with their purpose | Education | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Change Starts With Community | Minneapolis, MN | Shiloh cares capital improvement campaign | Religion-related | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Junior Achievement North | Saint Paul, MN | Junior achievement north: 3de by junior achievement | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | Collegebound saint paul | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Code Savvy | Minneapolis, MN | Sustainable growth initiative for tech diversity | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Junior Achievement North | Saint Paul, MN | Junior achievement north: k-12 twin cities metro programming and learning lab sponsorship fy24-fy26 | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Smart North | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis community tech hub | Science and technology | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St David's Center for Child and Family Development | Minneapolis, MN | Early childhood nutrition program | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Bell museum hands-on stem learning in the community | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Roots MN | Saint Paul, MN | Urban roots providing access to fresh, healthy food and nutrition education for children, youth, and families on the east side of st. paul | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YWCA of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, MN | Ywca minneapolis early childhood education (ece) nutrition program 2024 | Human services | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Science From Scientists Inc | Bloomington, MN | Science from scientists during-school stem enrichment program in twin cities metro schools 2022-2025 | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | Saint Paul, MN | Tpt stem academies 2024-2025 | Arts, culture and humanities | $112,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| 30000 Feet | Saint Paul, MN | Tech geeks | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 30000 Feet | Saint Paul, MN | Tech geeks | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Achieve Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Gift in honor of michelle grogg | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | Minneapolis, MN | A systems change hub for racial equity in postsecondary attainment across the twin cities | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Migizi Communications Inc | Minneapolis, MN | Migizis green tech institute | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pillsbury United Communities | Minneapolis, MN | Pillsbury creative commons | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Providers Choice Inc | Minneapolis, MN | Growing healthy communities: building nutrition knowledge for success in the child and adult care food program (cacfp) | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Saint Paul Public Schools | Saint Paul, MN | Grow our own | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Summit Academy Oic | Minneapolis, MN | Summit nsstem's mobile innovation lab and techconnects! program expansions | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women's Foundation of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Girlsbest (girls building economic success together) | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dream of Wild Health | Minneapolis, MN | Native youth education & leadership | $87,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Banyan Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Banyan's aces (adolescent education support) program | Community improvement and capacity building | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Farm and Market Project | Minneapolis, MN | Community networks supporting youth nutrition | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | Bbbs beyond school walls and stem explore programs | Youth development | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Mississippi River | Saint Paul, MN | Stem river stewards (srs) | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hunger Impact Partners | Minneapolis, MN | Healthy meals for children | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Minnesota Council On Foundations | Saint Paul, MN | Impala for minnesota | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | Chaska, MN | Growing good urban outreach program | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Renewing the Countryside II | Hammond, MN | Happy kids whole veggies: community-based systems change for our youngest eaters | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | Saint Paul, MN | Operating support for tpts comprehensive services in fy24 | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bestprep | Brooklyn Park, MN | Bestprep's classroom plus, cloud coach, ementors, and minnesota business venture programs | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota State Horticultural Society | Roseville, MN | Garden-in-a-box | Environment | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Centro Tyrone Guzman | Minneapolis, MN | Centro family nutrition program | Human services | $64,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio | Saint Paul, MN | Youth in action (ya!) | Employment | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Genesys Works | Saint Paul, MN | Genesys works twin cities college and career connections | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kipp Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Rethinking and reshaping college and career readiness: what comes before | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Public Radio | Saint Paul, MN | Mpr - arts/civic operating grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Men Teach | Saint Paul, MN | Black men teach: diversifying the teacher pipeline | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Theatre Company | Minneapolis, MN | 2024-2025 general operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | Minneapolis, MN | Greenlight fund twin cities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Metropolitan Economic Development Association | Minneapolis, MN | Expanding market access for bipoc entrepreneurs through business advising | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts | Minneapolis, MN | General operating support for accessible programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Scientist | San Francisco, CA | Teaching institute | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Strategies Inc | St Louis, MO | Green garden bakery | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| YWCA of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, MN | Girls inc. eureka! at ywca minneapolis | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | Apple Valley, MN | Minnesota zoo fund | Animal-related | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | Stem access and equity | Arts, culture and humanities | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | The guthrie theaters artistic, education, and community engagement programming | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Walker Art Center | Minneapolis, MN | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Penumbra Theatre Company Inc | Saint Paul, MN | Penumbra center for racial healing | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Good Acre | Falcon Heights, MN | Furthering food access | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hands On Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | Onsite volunteer project (mlk day meals4kids pack), invoice 112124 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $22,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Handson Twin Cities | Saint Paul, MN | Onsite volunteer project (snack packs & warm winter bundles), invoice 1171 | $22,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Handson Twin Cities | Saint Paul, MN | Onsite volunteer project (food safety kits), invoice 1338 | $22,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Children's Museum | Saint Paul, MN | Play for all access program support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Council On Foundations | Saint Paul, MN | 2024 annual mcf membership | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Historical Society | Saint Paul, MN | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charities Review Council | Saint Paul, MN | General operations & strategic initiatives | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Minnesota Council of Nonprofits | Saint Paul, MN | General operations fy25 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Handson Twin Cities | Saint Paul, MN | Group project in a box, invoice 1184 | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dream of Wild Health | Minneapolis, MN | Participation recognition cargill foundation childhood nutrition event | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Food Group Minnesota Inc | Minneapolis, MN | Participation recognition cargill foundation childhood nutrition event | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Good Acre | Falcon Heights, MN | Participation recognition cargill foundation childhood nutrition event | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Roots MN | Saint Paul, MN | Participation recognition cargill foundation childhood nutrition event | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youthprise | Minneapolis, MN | Participation recognition cargill foundation childhood nutrition event | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Pathways | North Branch, MN | Cargill cares alumni award recipient gift (ceal regnier) | Human services | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prism | Golden Valley, MN | Cargill cares alumni award recipient gift (colleen porter) | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $2,687,361 |
| Youth development | $1,403,933 |
| Human services | $589,500 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $535,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $487,600 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $417,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $385,606 |
| Religion-related | $350,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | $12,877,400 |
| California | $50,000 |
| Missouri | $50,000 |
| Georgia | $22,600 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.