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Private foundation (trust)EIN 371758406Est. 2014-10

MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344

Total Assets

$3.3B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$146.7M

FY 2024

Grants Made

312

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$470K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$250–$3.7M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$87.8M

Total Expenses

$190.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$166.1M

Distributable Amount

$156.6M

Min. Investment Return

$157.0M

Undistributed Income

$84.2M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

312 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $250 through median $250K to maximum $3.7M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2023 to 2024. Peak $161.2M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

SAINT PAUL AND MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
$14.1M
4 grants
THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION
$10.8M
3 grants
CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION
$8.6M
4 grants
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
$8.4M
7 grants
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
$8.1M
10 grants
FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
$7.5M
8 grants
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
$7.3M
13 grants
WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
$6.7M
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
72
grants
$10–50K
26
grants
$50–250K
98
grants
$250K–1M
227
grants
$1–5M
74
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

37 states

Minnesota
$62.9M
22% of total
District of Columbia
$35.3M
12% of total
New York
$25.7M
9% of total
Maryland
$24.8M
9% of total
Colorado
$17.0M
6% of total
California
$15.8M
6% of total
Massachusetts
$13.4M
5% of total
Alaska
$12.4M
4% of total
Washington
$11.0M
4% of total
Virginia
$10.0M
4% of total

+27 more states

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