In 2007, the Kellogg Foundation earmarked $75 million for mission-driven investing in the United States. The U.S. mission-driven investment team has strategically aligned all investments to advance the Foundation’s mission and grantmaking focus on educated kids, healthy kids, and secure families, especially in geographic focus states of Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, and the city of New Orleans. The portfolio is diversified by asset classes of cash, fixed income, and private equity.
There is no specific duration or maturity target for investments in the United States. Broadly, the goal is to balance four factors:
At this point in time, we have invested $18 of our allocated $25 million in one private equity fund: Agri-Vie. This private equity fund targets growth capital, primarily for agricultural enterprises.
Currently, we do not have an active mission-driven investment program in this region; over the next 6 to 12 months we will be developing that program.