W. K. Kellogg Foundation Archives

Black-Owned Bank’s $4 Million Fund to Help Black Businesses in Detroit

Jeffrey McKinneySeptember 23, 2018September 24, 2018

by Jeffrey McKinneySeptember 23, 2018September 24, 20181426

Liberty Bank and Trust Company is providing $4 million in financing to the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund in Detroit, a well-known loan fund that helps black businesses in Detroit grow. ...

Education

10 Campuses Selected as Sites for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Centers

Robin White GoodeAugust 26, 2017October 4, 2017

by Robin White GoodeAugust 26, 2017October 4, 2017567

“But the overarching goal is to jettison a belief in a hierarchy of human value,” she continued. “And what we’ve seen across the country—and Charlottesville...

Education

10 Years After Hurricane Katrina

BlackEnterprise.comSeptember 1, 2015September 3, 2015

by BlackEnterprise.comSeptember 1, 2015September 3, 2015271

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, W.K. Kellogg Foundation president and CEO assesses New Orleans' progress since the storm and the problems that lie ahead....

Education

100,000 Opportunities Initiative Touches Down in Chicago

Robin White GoodeAugust 17, 2015September 28, 2017

by Robin White GoodeAugust 17, 2015September 28, 2017234

Led by Starbucks, 100,000 Opportunities Initiative launched in Chicago at an Opportunity Fair & Forum where about 3,000 Chicago youth age 16-24 attended....

News

Minority Children Face More Obstacles Than White Peers

Deborah Creighton SkinnerJuly 8, 2010July 13, 2010

by Deborah Creighton SkinnerJuly 8, 2010July 13, 2010424

Minority children have fewer opportunities than their white counterparts to be healthy, get a quality education, and achieve economic success, according to a W.K. Kellogg...