CLOSED
funder: WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan]
Database contains 365 grants from WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] worth $ 95,686,880
Grants for years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
ein: 41-1604640
53 institutional roles for $1,524,682
P.O. Box 5628
Minneapolis, MN 55440-5828
With its assets down to zero, and no longer appearing in the IRS tax exempt database, it appears the WEM foundation is now closed.
Inside Philanthropy: "The WEM Foundation is the charitable vehicle of billionaire Whitney MacMillan."
| Year | Role | Hrs/week | Pay | Source | 990 src | |
| Hield, James
13 roles; show | hide | all roles | profile) |
total pay: | $ 1,478,682 | ||||
| MacMillan, Elizabeth S.
13 roles; show | hide | all roles | profile) |
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| MacMillan, Whitney Jr.
2 roles; show | hide | all roles | profile) |
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| MacMillan, Whitney
10 roles; show | hide | all roles | profile) |
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| Norgren, Harriet S.
13 roles; show | hide | all roles | profile) |
total pay: | $ 46,000 | ||||
| Theiler, Robert J.
2 roles; show | hide | all roles | profile) |
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| Charter total: | $ 8,228,000 |
| Private total: | $ 33,359,604 |
| Public total: | $ 0 |
| Closed charters: | $ 430,000 |
| For years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
Recipients of WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] grants, in descending order
| 2023 | |
| assets: | $ 0 |
| rev: | $ 5,943,855 |
| grants pd: | $ 359,470,304 |
| exp: | $ 360,170,209 |
| 2022 | |
| assets: | $ 354,226,354 |
| rev: | $ 446,057,255 |
| grants pd: | $ 203,945,900 |
| exp: | $ 213,317,249 |
| 2017 | |
| assets: | $ 56,935,996 |
| rev: | $ 17,168,238 |
| grants pd: | $ 14,445,750 |
| exp: | $ 15,105,528 |
| 2015 | |
| assets: | $ 43,982,712 |
| rev: | $ 18,162,919 |
| grants pd: | $ 13,409,946 |
| exp: | $ 14,034,912 |
Madison McVan
Minnesota Reformer
December 18, 2023
A rich foundation started by ex-Cargill CEO Whitney MacMillan was a regular donor to right-wing causes, but has discontinued its funding of political organizations since its founder’s death in 2020, IRS documents show.
Jeremiah Jacobsen
Kare11.com
March 12, 2020
MacMillan served as chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1976 until his retirement in 1995.
Forbes.com
August 31, 2019
Forbes 500
Whitney MacMillan was the last member of the Cargill-MacMillan family to serve as CEO of Cargill, America's largest private company, retiring in 1995. The family still owns roughly 90% of Cargill, which did $115 billion in 2018 sales across food, agriculture, financial and industrial divisions.
Inside Philanthropy
March 19, 2017
OVERVIEW: The WEM Foundation is the charitable vehicle of billionaire Whitney MacMillan. The foundation makes grants in arts, health, environment, social welfare and education. The foundation's education grantmaking has historically focused primarily on Minnesota, the Midwest, and Florida funding charters, education reform groups, and scholarships. The foundation also funds the WEM Outstanding Educator Awards Program.
IP TAKE: The foundation pre-selects the organizations it supports, and doesn't have a website or provide a clear way for grantseekers to get their foot in the door with project proposals. Its WEM Outstanding Educator Awards Program has the most web presence.
WEM Foundation
March 19, 2017