This trust functions as an internal funding vehicle that provides large, concentrated financial support to the WK Kellogg Foundation to underwrite its charitable activities. All recorded grants are domestic and directed to the Foundation in Battle Creek, MI, indicating the trust’s primary purpose is sustaining the Foundation’s philanthropic operations rather than making external programmatic grants.
Very concentrated: a small number of very large grants directed exclusively to a single recurring grantee (the WK Kellogg Foundation) to fund its charitable activities and operations.
WK Kellogg Foundation Trust - No 5315 is defined by one thing: it routes very large annual grants to the WK Kellogg Foundation itself to fund charitable activities. The top recent grants show that pattern clearly, with $534,020,372 in 2023, $377,000,000 in 2024, and $358,000,000 in 2025, all directed to the foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. Rather than dispersing money across outside nonprofits, the trust functions as an internal funding vehicle that sustains foundation-led philanthropy. That structure shapes the trust’s role in the broader W.K. Kellogg system. The foundation it supports uses grantmaking around early care and education, health equity, food systems, good jobs and family economic security, and racial equity and racial healing. The trust’s recorded giving is entirely domestic and entirely tied to the foundation in Battle Creek, which makes its purpose unusually concentrated compared with operating grantmakers that distribute across many recipients. The result is a funder profile centered on institutional support, not broad external grantmaking. Its grants underwrite the charitable activities, infrastructure, and program capacity of the foundation itself.
The trust’s giving is best understood through the foundation functions it supports. One major area is charitable operations: a recent grant of $534,020,372 was made to WK Kellogg Foundation for funding the foundation’s charitable activities. Another large transfer of $377,000,000 to Wk Kellogg Foundation served the same purpose, showing that the trust repeatedly finances the foundation’s internal charitable work. The supported foundation’s active programs point to the broader themes behind that funding. Those include Mission Driven Investments, which provides capital for racial equity and economic opportunity, and Good Jobs and Family Economic Security, which focuses on equitable job opportunities, career pathways, family economic security, and wealth-building for parents and caregivers. It also supports Good Early Care and Education, Good Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems, and Good Health and Health Equity. The trust’s role is not to build a large external portfolio of named grantees, but to supply capital for a foundation that works across children, families, and community wellbeing.
$358M
$9B
$540.1M
$419.3M
Most grants fall between $367.5M and $455.5M, with a median of $377M.
25th Percentile
$367.5M
Median
$377M
75th Percentile
$455.5M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Notable grantees: WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION
Grant size is highly concentrated: the typical award is $367,500,000 at the 25th percentile, $377,000,000 at the median, and $455,510,186 at the 75th percentile. That narrow range reflects a small number of very large transfers rather than many smaller awards. The trust is classified as a regular funder, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. The record shows repeated annual support across 2023, 2024, and 2025 to the same institutional recipient, indicating a recurring pattern rather than one-off grants. No unsolicited application process is indicated for the trust itself.
All recorded grants go to one place: Battle Creek, Michigan. The grant recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 3 grants and 100% in the United States. Because every grant is directed to the foundation in its headquarters city, the trust’s geographic footprint is fully local and concentrated in Michigan rather than spread across multiple recipient locations.
The recorded grants all go to the WK Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, MI. The trust’s recent grant history shows three large transfers to that same recipient in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Typical awards are very large and tightly clustered: p25 is $367,500,000, the median is $377,000,000, and p75 is $455,510,186. That pattern suggests the trust makes a small number of major institutional transfers.
No. The trust is listed as not funding individuals and not making program-related investments. Its role is to support the WK Kellogg Foundation itself.
The supported foundation’s active programs include early care and education, health equity, good food and equitable food systems, good jobs and family economic security, racial equity and racial healing, and Mission Driven Investments focused on racial equity and economic opportunity.
The trust is an internal funding vehicle, and the recorded grants are transfers to the foundation itself rather than open grants to outside organizations. The active program list includes some W.K. Kellogg Foundation grantmaking channels that accept unsolicited applications, but those are foundation programs rather than this trust’s own grant process.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Wk Kellogg Foundation Trust - No 5315 that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organizations working in central and southwestern Haiti and aligned with community engagement, leadership and systemic change priorities.
Deadline: Rolling through general grantseeker intake.
Who can apply: Organizations serving Battle Creek and aligning with local community priorities for children, families and economic opportunity.
Deadline: Rolling through general grantseeker intake.
Who can apply: Organizations working to advance innovative, community-driven solutions that align with the foundation's priorities and geographic focus. The foundation does not fund individuals, capital investments, political parties, or candidates.
Deadline: No specific grantmaking cycles or deadlines; application process is always open.
Who can apply: Organizations working to improve early childhood care and education systems and experiences.
Deadline: Rolling through general grantseeker intake.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION | BATTLE CREEK, MI | $358,000,000 | 2025 | FUNDING THE FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES |
| WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION | BATTLE CREEK, MI | $377,000,000 | 2024 | FUNDING THE FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $534,020,372 | 2023 | Funding the Foundation's charitable activities |
WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION
$358,000,000FUNDING THE FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION
$377,000,000FUNDING THE FOUNDATION'S CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
WK Kellogg Foundation
$534,020,372Funding the Foundation's charitable activities