Total Assets:
$119,937,604
Total Giving:
$6,936,68
National Scope: Grants are distributed across the U.S
Community Development
Social & Human Services
Zero Hunger | Zero Waste: Launched in 2017, this initiative aims to eliminate hunger in communities and waste within the company by 2025. Kroger donates surplus food and funds to numerous nonprofit organizations, striving to create communities free of hunger and waste.
Community Rewards: This program allows customers to support local nonprofits by linking their Kroger shopping cards to the organization of their choice. In 2023, customers directed over $40 million to eligible nonprofits through this initiative.
History shows that 58% of their giving goes to Social & Human Services, almost 11% goes to support Education and 10% goes to Community Development category.
Grants in Recent years include:
$150,000 for Black Girl Ventures Foundation;
$95,000 for Feeding Children Everywhere;
$62,000 for Midwest Food Bank NFP;
$350,000 for Thurgood Marshall College Fund;
$50,000 for University of Arizona Foundation;
$30,000 for Sam Houston University Foundation;
$350,000 for Local Initiatives Support Corporation; and
$250,000 for Hispanic Federation.
The Kroger Co. Foundation does not make grants to:
Organizations that are not 501© (3) nonprofit organizations
Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, mental or physical ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity and/or expression.
The Kroger Co. Foundation generally does not support:
Individuals or for-profit organizations
Professional associations
Political organizations or campaigns
Fraternal and social veterans’ organizations
Religious organizations
Medical research organizations
Other foundations or granting organizations
Schools
Churches
Meetings and conferences
Dinners, galas and events; sports teams or athletic competitions; and endowment campaigns and pledges.
Christian ministries in the communities served by Kroger Stores may find alignment with the foundation’s aim to “Feed the Human Spirit”.
The Kroger Co. Foundation is a company-sponsored philanthropic organization established in 1987 located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Phone #:
513-762-1591
Email:
[email protected]
Application Address:
Keith Dailey
1014 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 452021100
Procedures:
Applicants must complete an online application in the foundation website.
The deadlines are May 12, September 25 and December 4.
Donor:
The Kroger Co
Director:
Ali Berman, Foundation Program Manager
Colleen Lindholz, Secretary
Jamie Carr, Foundation Program Manager
Jody Kalmbach, Director
Keith Dailey, President & Director
Laura Gump, Director
Mafaz Maha roof, Treasurer
Patty Liesmann, Executive Director
Tim Massa, Vice President & Director
