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For an example of the long-term effects on mission, you can study Kellogg’s (the cereal company) which has been a for-profit public company (Kellogg Company), with a trust as the majority shareholder (W.K Kellogg Foundation Trust), and sending profits to to a non-profit charitable organization (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) since 1934.

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Why not look at OpenAI? A non profit owning a for profit thing which is also in bed with Microsoft and the waters are basically very dirty...

IKEA is a rather famous "non profit". Patagonia recently became another "non profit" for tax and inheritance purposes.

And for the results of this, I didn't even realize Kellogg's had a charitable arm until now.

A few (many?) breakfast cereals were started by religious charities in America. Quaker being most obvious via the name. Kellogg's origin was seventh day Adventist I think.

I think there was a religious component to health foods at the time. But not sure why. One popular and possibly inaccurate reason was that bland vegetarian foods decreased the bodys animal nature.

That makes sense, but, as far as I know, the charity arm might as well be nonexistent compared to the arm that aims to get kids addicted to sugar.

There's never been a direct link between Quakers and the Quaker Oats people, for whatever it's worth - it's always just been a brand. The reason is reputedly that Quakers had a reputation for honesty in business, but I don't know if that's historically accurate.

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