Charitable Giving Guidelines

Focus Areas

Food Security and Nutrition: We support partners working to address hunger, improve nutrition and increase agricultural productivity.

Education: We support programs and projects that improve access to primary and secondary education for children; build skills in science, technology and engineering; and partnerships with higher education institutions in the areas of agriculture, food security and food safety.

Environmental stewardship: We partner with organizations that demonstrate global leadership in protecting our natural resources and promote sustainable agricultural practices in our communities and supply chains.

Evaluation criteria

• Cargill provides contributions only to registered nonprofit, nongovernmental, civic or education organizations that comply with local tax laws
• We support organizations that demonstrate leadership, evidence of impact, financial soundness and the capacity to implement initiatives and evaluate their success
• The organization, program or project must: Align with Cargill’s corporate responsibility and business priorities
• Align with Cargill’s principles around inclusion and diversity as embodied in our Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct
• Serve communities in which Cargill has a business presence
• Engage Cargill employees and leverage their expertise
• Address long-term solutions to issues
• Have clear objectives, indicators of success, and a plan to measure and report on the outcomes
• Provide opportunities to collaborate with others (e.g., other government, civil society or industry partners working on similar issues)

We do not typically support

• Organizations without 501c3 status or the equivalent in-country charitable status
• Capital campaigns/capital expenditures and endowment campaigns
• General and/or ongoing operational support
• Religious groups for religious purposes
• Lobbying/political organizations for political purposes
• Sports events and athletic groups
• Disease related causes or research
• Individuals or individual needs
• Travel
• Advertising, Publications, films or television production or programming
• Sporting events or athletic programs
• Sponsorship, fundraising, special events

To apply

Cargill is updating the application and application process.  Please check back for updated information.