Civic involvement reports
Civic Involvement Reports
Below is a copy of the civic involvement report from the current year. Followed by links to our civic involvement reports dating back to 2005.
2021 Calendar Year General Mills political expenditures
As a corporate citizen, we occasionally support the legislative process by contributing prudently to state and local candidates and political organizations when such expenditures are permitted by federal, state and local law. We recognize the importance of accountability and transparency for our political expenditures. Our policy describes our approval process for using corporate funds for political expenditures. The Public Responsibility Committee of our Board of Directors reviews our policy, and we disclose all direct political donations. Information for the most recent calendar year is available here:
| First Half (January-June) | ||||
| Date | Recipient | Office / purpose | State | Amount |
| None for this period | $0 | |||
| Second Half (July-December) | ||||
| None for this period | $0 | |||
| TOTAL: | $0 | |||
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Notes We have made no known expenditures for political purposes to any 527, 501c4, “super PACs” or independent expenditure committees to date – and have no current plans to do so. |
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Trade Associations Purpose of Trade Association Memberships
General Mills advances its mission by partnering with others that share our goals. Trade associations and other independent groups help advance these goals, and provide many other benefits including professional development, best-practice sharing, and business support services. For these reasons, we belong to many associations worldwide, and are active members of the associations to which we belong.
Reporting on Major U.S. Trade Association Memberships
We provide an annual report of our leading U.S. trade association memberships for lobbying purposes. Each group is required to provide a breakout of the portion of dues or payments made that are used for lobbying purposes and thus non-deductible for tax purposes. Below is a list of groups to which the portion of our payments for the reported calendar year allocated for lobbying purposes is $25,000 or greater, and the amount of that portion. This list does not include groups of which we are members solely for business or marketing purposes rather than public policy, lobbying or advocacy.
| Name of Organization | Lobbying portion of 2021 payments |
| Consumer Brands Association | $50,513.67 |
| HR Policy Association | $27,750.00 |
| Minnesota Business Partnership | $61,570.80 |
| Minnesota Chamber of Commerce | $40,000.00 |
Compliance Statement The Company was in compliance with the General Mills Civic Policy for the time period covered by the report.
Past reports by calendar year