The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced that it plans to spend $1.6-million on activities to carry out United We Serve, President Obama’s campaign to get Americans involved in community service this summer.

The foundation, in Battle Creek, Mich., said it would give $400,000 to grass-roots groups in each of four areas: New Mexico, Mississippi, Michigan, and the city of New Orleans.

“Investing in United We Serve is an opportunity to align our work with Congress and the new administration,” Sterling Speirn, the foundation’s president, said in a statement.

The announcement was made during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco.

The foundation said it was in the process of identifying grass-roots groups in New Mexico, Mississippi, and New Orleans. Spending in Michigan will go to HandsOn Battle Creek, a local organization that works to get young people involved in community service.