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W.K. Kellogg Foundation announces new executive staff, leadership promotions and Baldrige honors

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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He will serve as corporate secretary for the foundation board of trustees and oversee the internal audit function of the foundation.

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  • He will serve as corporate secretary for the foundation board of trustees and oversee the internal audit function of the foundation.
  • Williams will be a member of the executive leadership team, reporting to WKKF president and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron.
  • The foundation also announced the promotion of three WKKF executive colleagues to newly designed leadership roles.
  • Kellogg Foundation, using the national Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as its framework to help Michigan-based organizations enhance their performance.

Dr. Khan Nedd elected as new board chair for W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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Monday, December 18, 2023
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Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced today the election of Dr. Khan Nedd of Grand Rapids, Mich., as its new board chair, and welcomed Denise Brooks-Williams of Detroit, Mich., as its new trustee.

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  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced today the election of Dr. Khan Nedd of Grand Rapids, Mich., as its new board chair, and welcomed Denise Brooks-Williams of Detroit, Mich., as its new trustee.
  • Nedd, who joined the board in 2016, will serve a one-year term as chair.
  • Nedd is a steadfast champion for building strong families and communities where children can thrive,” said La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of the Kellogg Foundation.
  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal innovator and entrepreneur Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Emmy-Nominated Actor Tyler James Williams Shine a Light on the Importance of Quality Early Child Care and Education

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Early child care and education systems play an outsized role in children's development. However, systemic barriers, such as a lack of funding, workforce shortages, cultural and language challenges and implicit bias, disproportionately affect children of color and children from low-income families. Educators, caregivers, communities and organizations are working tirelessly to break down these barriers every day so that all children can be successful in the classroom and beyond. To recognize and celebrate their impact, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has launched a storytelling campaign with Emmy-nominated actor Tyler James Williams.

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  • BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Early child care and education systems play an outsized role in children's development.
  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has launched a storytelling campaign with Emmy-nominated actor Tyler James Williams.
  • "It means the world to me to partner with the Kellogg Foundation on this project because it brings action to the art.
  • The challenges facing early child care and education in recent years have been increasingly concerning.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation releases 2022 Annual Snapshot centered on racial equity, racial healing and systems change

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released its 2022 annual snapshot – featuring stories, videos, research from the field and editorials on the past year's work led by grantees, investees and partners working in communities. The snapshot is embedded exclusively on Every Child Thrives, the foundation's digital storytelling platform that highlights the efforts of WKKF grantees and community partners to realize a more equitable future for children, families and communities. 

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  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released its 2022 annual snapshot – featuring stories, videos, research from the field and editorials on the past year's work led by grantees, investees and partners working in communities.
  • Almost 40% of the foundation's grantmaking focused on national efforts to change the systems that limit equitable opportunities for children and families.
  • At the heart of this year's annual snapshot, Making Systems Work for Every Child, Every Family, Every Community, the foundation describes how racial equity and racial healing intersect with driving change in systems and structures within and around communities.
  • Visit the complete annual snapshot , the Kellogg Foundation's 2022 financial statements and more highlights of WKKF grantmaking and investments .

Joint Center presents La June Montgomery Tabron with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Board of Governors honored La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with its highest honor — the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.

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  • Kellogg Foundation, with its highest honor the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.
  • The Louis E. Martin Great American Award recognizes individuals who have made transformational contributions that furthered the promise of America as a land of hope and opportunity for all.
  • Joint Center Board President Barbara Johnson virtually presented Tabron with the award Aug. 1, 2022.
  • "La June is so deserving of the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation reports record-breaking year of grantmaking

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), as the foundation awarded more than $483 million in new grant commitments, the largest amount ever in its 91-year history.

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  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), as the foundation awarded more than $483 million in new grant commitments, the largest amount ever in its 91-year history.
  • "The need for our families and children has never been greater," said La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of the Kellogg Foundation.
  • The Kellogg Foundation also announced a shift to real-time storytelling via its refreshed digital platform, Every Child Thrives (ECT).
  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal innovator and entrepreneur Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States.

La June Montgomery Tabron Named to TIAA Board of Trustees

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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La June's experience as a thought leader and innovative strategist...will inform TIAA's business goals and objectives.

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  • La June's experience as a thought leader and innovative strategist...will inform TIAA's business goals and objectives.
  • Tabron joined the Audit, Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility, and Nominating & Governance Committees, effective January 1, 2022.
  • "La June's meaningful experience as a thought leader and innovative strategist in the philanthropic sector will inform TIAA's business goals and objectives as it meets the evolving needs of our individual and institutional clients," said James R. Chambers, Chairman of the TIAA Board of Trustees.
  • In 2020, Tabron was named the recipient of the Bynum Tudor Fellowship at Kellogg College in Oxford, England.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation celebrates sixth annual National Day of Racial Healing

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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Kellogg Foundation will host the sixth annual National Day of Racial Healing , a virtual celebration of truth-telling, community and racial healing and a timely call to action for positive, sustainable change, featuring performances and conversations with community leaders, advocates and artists standing in solidarity for racial equity.

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  • Kellogg Foundation will host the sixth annual National Day of Racial Healing , a virtual celebration of truth-telling, community and racial healing and a timely call to action for positive, sustainable change, featuring performances and conversations with community leaders, advocates and artists standing in solidarity for racial equity.
  • Premiering at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST, the National Day of Racial Healing serves as a stage for building multi-racial solidarity in order to combat the effects of hate and build greater appreciation for our shared humanity.
  • The annual observance of the "National Day of Racial Healing" was created with and builds on the work and learnings of the W.K.
  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal innovator and entrepreneur Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation names Michael Murphy as vice president for communications

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Thursday, August 26, 2021
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Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) is pleased to announce the selection of Michael D. Murphy as vice president for communications.

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  • Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) is pleased to announce the selection of Michael D. Murphy as vice president for communications.
  • Murphy will join the foundation on Oct. 4, 2021, and will report to La June Montgomery Tabron, WKKF president and CEO.
  • "Michael is a thoughtful leader with a breadth of experience in strategic communications.
  • Since 2013, Murphy has been leading strategic communications, community engagement, public affairs and issues management for the Cleveland Foundation, the world's first community foundation.