W.K. Kellogg Foundation announces recipients of $13.7 million investment to empower parents as leaders and key decision makers in education

• Is defined as a shared responsibility between families, schools and communities for student learning and achievement;
• Is a continuous process from birth to third grade and beyond that occurs in multiple settings where children learn;
• Takes place in environments where empowered parents and families are leaders; and 
• Requires a shift in national conversations so that all families are viewed as powerful assets for their children’s education.

A complete list of the 30 winners is provided below, with details on each grant available here:

• Sitka Tribe of Alaska
  Sitka, Alaska
• Amistades Inc.
  Tucson, Ariz.
• Advancement Project
  Los Angeles, Calif.
• Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network
  Oakland, Calif.
• Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth
  San Francisco, Calif.
• Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational and Environmental Design (I-SEEED)
  Oakland, Calif.
• San Mateo County Office of Education
  Redwood City, Calif.
• UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education
  Los Angeles, Calif.
• American Indian College Fund
  Denver, Colo.
• National Parent Leadership Institute
  Hartford, Conn.
• Generations United Inc. 
  Washington, D.C.
• Teaching for Change 
  Washington, D.C.
• Bass Museum of Art
  Miami Beach, Fla.
• Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science
  Miami, Fla.
• Clarkston Development Foundation (CDF) 
• Clarkston, Ga.
• Southern Partners Fund Inc.
  Atlanta, Ga.
• United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc.
  Atlanta, Ga.
• Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool Inc.
  Honolulu, Hawaii
• Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Program 
  Chicago, Ill.
• Community Organizing and Family Issues
  Chicago, Ill.
• Kansas Families and Schools Together Inc.
  Topeka, Kan.
• Fusion Partnerships Inc.
  Baltimore, Md.
• Harvard Family Research Project
  Cambridge, Mass.
• Lawrence Community Works Inc.
  Lawrence, Mass.
• Public Policy and Education Fund
  Buffalo, N.Y.
• Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
  Tulsa, Okla.
• Center for Southeast Asians
  Providence, R.I.
• Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
  San Antonio, Texas
• Greater Burlington YMCA 
  Burlington, Vt.
• OneAmerica
  Seattle, Wash.

About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal pioneer, Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. Guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, WKKF works with communities to help break the cycle of poverty by removing barriers based on race or income that hold back children, so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life. 

The Kellogg Foundation is based in Battle Creek, Mich., and works throughout the United States and internationally, as well as with sovereign tribes. Special emphasis is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success. WKKF priority places in the U.S. are in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans; and internationally, are in Mexico and Haiti.