CONAGRA FOODS FOUNDATION*

Financial Information

Total Assets: $12,686,072

Total Giving: $3,507,214

Area of Service:

California
District of Columbia
Idaho
Kentucky
Mississippi
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in 2008:
$800,000 to Heritage Services, Omaha, NE. For performing arts, payable over 1 year.
$715,000 to Creighton University, Omaha, NE, payable over 1 year.
$233,000 to United Way of the Midlands, Omaha, NE. For community outreach, payable over 1 year.
$200,000 to American Red Cross, National Headquarters, Washington, DC. For disaster relief, payable over 1 year.
$200,000 to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE, payable over 1 year.
$135,000 to National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. For youth and family services, payable over 1 year.
$88,000 to Scholarship America, Saint Peter, MN. For scholarships, payable over 1 year.
$79,920 to Common Threads, Chicago, IL. For hunger, nutrition, and food safety program, payable over 1 year.
$25,000 to Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., Omaha, NE. For youth and family services, payable over 1 year.
$15,000 to United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL. For community outreach, payable over 1 year.

Limitations

Applications not accepted.
Giving on a national basis in areas of company operations, with emphasis on CA, Washington, DC, ID, KY, MS, NC, NM, OK, OR, TN, TX, and UT.
No support for religious organizations not of direct benefit to the entire community, fraternal, social, labor, veteran, or alumni organizations, exclusive membership clubs, professional or amateur sports organizations or teams, political organizations, terrorist organizations or those not compliant with the US Patriot Act, or elementary or secondary schools.
No grants to individuals (except for scholarships), or for fundraising or testimonial events or dinners, travel or tours, advertising, endowments, capital campaigns (unless solicited at the funders discretion), conferences, seminars, workshops, symposia, or publication of proceedings, radio or television programming underwriting, emergency needs, or athletic events.

Summary

The foundation supports programs designed to provide solutions for child hunger and nutrition education. Special emphasis is directed toward programs designed to help children in need

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Company-sponsored foundation
Established in 1977.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.nourishkidstoday.org/

Located in:

Omaha,

California
District of Columbia
Idaho
Kentucky
Mississippi
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone: Not Available

Email: [email protected]

Address:
1 ConAgra Dr.
Omaha, NE 68102-5001

Procedure:
Unsolicited requests for National and Local Strategic Partnership Grants are not accepted. The foundation considers new partners once a year on a invitation-only basis.

Donors & Leadership

Donors:
ConAgra, Inc
ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Officers:
Christopher P. Kircher, Chairperson
Kori E. Reed, President
Colleen Batcheler, Secretary
Robert G. Wise, Treasurer

EIN:

362899320

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