Can the W.K. Kellogg Foundation engage in policy work?
As a private foundation, WKKF can not lobby or earmark or designate funds for lobbying. However, private foundations are allowed to fund and support organizations that lobby. In drafting the laws that restrict foundations’ work in the policy arena, Congress and the Internal Revenue Service have taken considerable care to ensure that foundations can spend their resources on a broad array of activities that improve the quality of the public policy. While there are certain kinds of policy-related work that WKKF is strictly prohibited from supporting (lobbying), there are many highly effective activities that are perfectly admissible.
