Why This Major Funder Wants to Send More Kids to Summer Camp

Why This Major Funder Wants to Send More Kids to Summer Camp

Summer camps don’t get a lot of attention from big foundations, but Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies believes they can improve mental health, ease loneliness and isolation, and foster healthy development.

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“Defend, Develop, Decolonize.” Inside NDN Collective, a Thriving Backer of Indigenous Causes

“Defend, Develop, Decolonize.” Inside NDN Collective, a Thriving Backer of Indigenous Causes

NDN Collective, a growing philanthropic intermediary and organizing force, works to build Indigenous power and has racked up an impressive array of backers. Its leaders would still like to see philanthropy go further and move faster.

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Frontline 360° Is Helping Grassroots Groups Land Federal Dollars — and Building a Movement

Frontline 360° Is Helping Grassroots Groups Land Federal Dollars — and Building a Movement

With backing from several major funders, this partnership is helping community-based environmental and climate groups secure government funding. It’s also helping such groups link up and build power.

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Eight Leading Foundations Working to Keep Forests Green, Water Pure and Farms Fertile

Eight Leading Foundations Working to Keep Forests Green, Water Pure and Farms Fertile

These legacy foundations are among the top grantmakers giving toward conservation, curbing pollution and improving agriculture in the United States. See who’s on the list.

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How Philanthropy Can Adapt During a Disaster—and Be Ready for What’s Next

How Philanthropy Can Adapt During a Disaster—and Be Ready for What’s Next

COVID-19 has many foundations doing disaster response for the first time, but it won’t be the last. Experts in disaster philanthropy advise on how the sector can best support their communities now and be ready for what’s ahead.

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To Protect the Seas from Rising Threats, a Top Grantmaker Looks to Indonesia

To Protect the Seas from Rising Threats, a Top Grantmaker Looks to Indonesia

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies keeps a low profile, but it’s one of the key U.S. foundations racing to defend endangered marine ecosystems worldwide—including the vast and biologically diverse seas of Indonesia.

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What's Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Up To Lately? Helping African Farmers, For One Thing

What's Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Up To Lately? Helping African Farmers, For One Thing

While this quiet giant doesn't draw attention to how it operates, MACP tends to be super-deliberative when it moves into new areas. We look at what it's doing in West Africa's Sahel region. 

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Meet the Two People Who Manage Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Who's running the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies and what makes them get up in the morning? That's an important question as the Minnesota-based foundation takes its place as one of the largest foundations in the U.S., with assets of over $6 billion and annual giving up to $300 million. Margaret Cargill was the grand-daugther of William W. Cargill, founder of the Cargill Co., one of the nation's largest privately held firms. She died in 2006, but not before specifying that her estate would be used to support work in seven different areas, including the arts, the environment, disaster relief, and children and families. How this broad mandate is interpreted, exactly, will make a huge difference for nonprofits across the United States -- and so the vision of Cargill's leaders should be of acute interest.
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