About Conagra Brands Foundation
The Conagra Brands Foundation gives most heavily to hunger relief and food access organizations, with especially large commitments to Feeding America and Food Bank for the Heartland. Its portfolio is concentrated around food banks, emergency meal providers, and community groups serving vulnerable populations in Omaha and major Midwest/Chicago markets, reflecting a strong corporate philanthropic tie to food security. A smaller but notable share supports arts and community institutions, suggesting some broader civic investment alongside its core anti-hunger mission.
Focus Areas
National and Regional Food BanksHunger Relief in Omaha and the MidwestChicago Area Food Security and Mutual AidNutrition and Emergency Meal SupportCommunity Arts and Cultural Institutions in Omaha and Chicago
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving with a few very large anchor grants and a cluster of smaller grants to aligned hunger-relief and community organizations; the pattern suggests strategic support for core anti-hunger partners rather than a broad, dispersed grantmaking approach.
Notable grantees: FEEDING AMERICA, FOODBANK FOR THE HEARTLAND, TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA, GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY, WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED
About Conagra Brands Foundation
Conagra Brands Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by three very large nutrition education grants in Chicago, including $5,453,487 in 2024, $5,018,854 in 2023, and $4,846,288 in 2025. That pattern points to a foundation that works through a small number of major partners rather than a broad mix of charities. The grant descriptions and program list place nutrition education at the center of its philanthropy, alongside food access, cooking skills, healthy lifestyles, and urban agriculture. The foundation also maintains employee-linked scholarships and matching gifts, but its largest public grantmaking is concentrated in mission-aligned nutrition work. The Chicago recipient appears repeatedly across the latest grants, suggesting an ongoing relationship rather than isolated support. Conagra Brands Foundation’s giving is highly targeted: the recent awards are all in the U.S., and the grant sizes are measured in millions, not thousands. That combination of scale and focus makes the foundation especially relevant to researchers looking at corporate philanthropy tied to food, nutrition literacy, and consumer health education.
What Conagra Brands Foundation Funds
Nutrition education is the clearest throughline in Conagra Brands Foundation’s grantmaking. In the latest grants, it gave $5,453,487 to a Chicago recipient in 2024, $5,018,854 to Chicago in 2023, and $4,846,288 to Chicago in 2025, all tagged for nutrition education. Its program taxonomy also points to adjacent work in food access and nutrition literacy. Community Impact Grants support nonprofit organizations working on food access, nutrition education, cooking skills, healthy and active lifestyles, and urban agriculture. The foundation also uses employee-nominated local grants for domestic hunger and food insecurity, with attention to cooking skills and nutrition education. A separate Feeding America partnership covers national research, national campaigns, and programs that improve access to nutritious food. Employee giving is another part of the portfolio through matching gifts, which can support eligible nonprofits across categories including Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, Health & wellness, and Environment.
How Conagra Brands Foundation Gives
Conagra Brands Foundation’s typical grant size is tightly clustered at the multi-million-dollar level: p25 is $5,127,512, median is $5,236,170, and p75 is $5,344,829. That narrow spread suggests a consistent funding approach rather than widely varying award sizes. The recent grants also show repeated support for the same Chicago recipient across 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating an ongoing relationship. It is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Some parts of the portfolio do accept unsolicited requests, including Community Impact Grants and Matching Gifts.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.8M
Total Assets
$5.2M
Total Revenue
$2.9M
Total Expenses
$4.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Regional25 states funded
About 22% of grants go to recipients in IL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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