Sterling Speirn Archives

November 10, 2009Kellogg Foundation Awards $16.7 Million to Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Detroit, November 6, 2009 — Addressing the shortage of math and science teachers who will equip Mich.’s vulnerable students with the skills they need to compete in the workforce, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation with a $16.7 million grant to establish a new statewide teaching fellowship program.

August 6, 2009W.K. Kellogg Foundation Names New Regional Director for Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

MEXICO CITY, August 5, 2009 — The W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan, USA, has named Alejandro Villanueva to be its new regional director for programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

March 6, 2009First-Ever $250,000 National Nonprofit Collaboration Prize Contest Ends in Tie Between Two Successful Mergers

Today, the Phoenix-based Lodestar Foundation and Arizona-Indiana-Michigan (AIM) Alliance presented a $250,000 national award as the first-ever Collaboration Prize to two groups — the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, Texas and the YMCA & JCC of Greater Toledo — at a luncheon ceremony in Scottsdale, AZ. Originally intended as a $250,000 award to one winner, the contest resulted in a tie, with each winner taking home $125,000.

February 25, 2009W.K. Kellogg Foundation Invests in Acelero Learning

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is investing $500,000 in Acelero Learning, as part of its mission-driven investment strategy.