Margaret A Cargill Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 37-1758406 · Headquarters: Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3209 · Website
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $1,229,424,352.00 (2017–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 2199 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($919,751,278.00); $309,673,074.00 across 918 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $99,304,000.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $8,742,000.00 | FY2020 | 202103149349102900 |
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $8,100,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403199349105610 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $7,785,000.00 | FY2020 | 202103149349102900 |
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $7,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202323149349100022 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $6,850,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403199349105610 |
| Climateworks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,615,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403199349105610 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $5,350,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349103032 |
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $5,350,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349103032 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202323149349100022 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc. | Washington, DC | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349103032 |
| Climateworks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $4,750,000.00 | FY2020 | 202103149349102900 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $4,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202323149349100022 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $3,662,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503189349102200 |
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $3,550,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503189349102200 |
| Oxfam-America Inc. | Boston, MA | $3,500,000.00 | FY2022 | 202323149349100022 |
| Lutheran World Relief Inc. | Baltimore, MD | $3,100,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349103032 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $3,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202103149349102900 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $3,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202403199349105610 |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202043189349102704 |
| Climateworks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,950,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349103032 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $99,304,000.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $166,104,567.00 | qualifying_distributions | 312 | 217 | 95 | $46,456,134.00 |
| FY2023 | $180,700,087.00 | qualifying_distributions | 289 | 209 | 80 | $40,763,060.00 |
| FY2022 | $167,725,068.00 | qualifying_distributions | 274 | 194 | 80 | $38,201,235.00 |
| FY2021 | $155,602,974.00 | qualifying_distributions | 258 | 172 | 86 | $41,803,027.00 |
| FY2020 | $149,149,437.00 | qualifying_distributions | 523 | 364 | 159 | $32,733,899.00 |
| FY2019 | $129,404,228.00 | qualifying_distributions | 582 | 421 | 161 | $34,739,344.00 |
| FY2018 | $150,338,647.00 | qualifying_distributions | 460 | 330 | 130 | $43,642,970.00 |
| FY2017 | $130,399,344.00 | qualifying_distributions | 419 | 292 | 127 | $31,333,405.00 |
| All years on file | $1,229,424,352.00 | 3117 | 2199 | 918 | $309,673,074.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/18bf9c9d-92e4-40df-a773-e13ca6622c19
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 37-1758406.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).