Funding search · EIN 046029103 · Marion, MA

Henry P Kendall Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

113
grants reported
$10.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Third Sector New England3 grants · $1.0M
  • Urban Food Initiative2 grants · $1.0M
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund3 grants · $835,000
  • University of New Hampshire3 grants · $645,894
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island2 grants · $365,000
  • Healthy Communities of the Capital Area2 grants · $300,000
  • Shelburne Farms3 grants · $300,000
  • City of New Bedford2 grants · $250,000
  • University of New Hampshire Foundation1 grant · $250,000
  • Foodcorps3 grants · $225,500

Giving over time

$4.0M
2022
$3.2M
2023
$3.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

  • $500,000

    Urban Food Initiative · Waban, MA · 2024

    Provide operating stability during historic inflation and pandemic impact

  • $500,000

    Urban Food Initiative · Waban, MA · 2022

    Provide support for daily table's operating needs during its capital store expansion

  • $374,500

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022

    1. Supports the expansion of the food to institution network and online data center 2. Expands the farm-to-school institute and related program offerings 3. Support a network of regional food hubs to provide locally gro read all
  • $365,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023

    1. Support hiring an organizer for local food system policy change 2. Operating support for farm to institution new england network 3. To grow the farm to school institute and professional development offerings 4. To me read all
  • $315,000

    Farm Fresh Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2023

    1. Increase the ability to connect local and regional farmers with the 36 ri school districts 2. Expand supply chain of maine grown broccoli with k-12 schools, colleges and institutions

  • $310,894

    University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2024

    1. Support food systems network expansion with operating support 2. Creating culturally connected cafeterias in the manchester nh school district 3. Operating support to build a thriving and sustainable food system in n read all
  • $300,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    1. Strengthen regional farm to school movement 2. Support the 7th annual farm to school insititute and professional learning opportunities 3. Engage a diverse coalition of food system stakeholders in advocacy efforts

  • $285,000

    University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2023

    1. Help to expand the food solutions new england impact across 4 program areas 2. Build a sustainable and equitable local food system in nh 3. Build a sustainable and equitable local food system in nh 4. Operating suppo read all
  • $285,000

    Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    1. Support statewide farm-to-plate network and new strategic planning 2. Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems 3. Strengthen the northeast region's food system and their read all
  • $275,000

    Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    1. Support transformative projects to make systematic food system changes 2. Operating support for vt sustainable jobs fund

  • $275,000

    Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    1. Implementation of the 10-year new england feeding new england project 2. Support the farm to plate network in making systematic food system changes

  • $250,000

    Healthy Communities of the Capital Area · Gardiner, ME · 2022

    1. Provide general operating support to continue building on policy successes serving free meals to students 2. Support value-added processing of local foods for maine growers

  • $250,000

    University of New Hampshire Foundation · Durham, NH · 2022

    1. General operating support 2. Operational support for cross-sector partnerships with healthcare organizaations and foodbanks

  • $200,000

    Commercial Fisheries Center of Ri · Wakefield, RI · 2024

    Building demand for underutilized fish species in school food

  • $200,000

    Skowhegan Economic Development Corp · Skowhegan, ME · 2024

    Expand capacity to manufacture upcycled nutritious grain cereals for college students

  • $200,000

    Keney Park Sustainable Project · Windsor, CT · 2023

    Establish and operate a local food prep kitchen for hartford's school kitchens and cafeterias

  • $200,000

    Good Sheperd Food Bank · Yarmouth, ME · 2022

    Improve access to nutritious food for people experiencing food insecurity. Expand food processing infrastructure

  • $200,000

    Urban Farming Institute of Boston · Mattapan, MA · 2022

    Assist with the acquisition of the fowler clark epstein urban farm, a permanent center for food equity

  • $199,950

    Wayside Food Programs · Portland, ME · 2023

    Support the maine immigrant greens collaborative in providing healthy greens to k-12 schools

  • $199,929

    Vital Communities · White River Junction, VT · 2022

    Develop a regional farm ingredient sourcing channel and expand processing facilities and capacity

  • $199,856

    Click · Windham, CT · 2022

    Expanding the processing infrastructure of the only food hub in eastern connecticut

  • $199,788

    Food Connects · Brattleboro, VT · 2023

    Expand the wholesale distribution system to provide new england sourced regional foods

  • $199,500

    Umass Lowell · Lowell, MA · 2023

    Support the lowell eats local project increasing local food purchases at umass lowell

  • $193,369

    Fork Food Lab · South Portland, ME · 2024

    Upcycling broccoli processing byproducts

  • $185,000

    Springfield Public Schools · Springfield, MA · 2023

    Develop a price-competitive local pizza shell compliant with usda k-12 nutrition guidelines

  • $170,900

    Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022

    Helping to increase the product development and consumption of new england seafood in k-12 schools.

  • $168,875

    Salvation Farms · Morristown, VT · 2023

    Create a line of cost competitive frozen foods for k-12 schools using local surplus crops

  • $168,034

    Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vt · Richmond, VT · 2022

    Increase the institutional purchasing of vermont-grown beans to supply k-12 buyers

  • $150,000

    Intervale Center · Burlington, VT · 2024

    Expanding institutional food markets

  • $150,000

    Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2022

    Support k-12 farm-to-school network between springfield, new bedford and new haven.

  • $125,000

    City of New Bedford · New Bedford, MA · 2024

    Providing fresh prepared meals to 34 schools

  • $125,000

    City of New Bedford · New Bedford, MA · 2023

    Support the ongoing effort of new bedford public schools to provide local fresh foods

  • $125,000

    Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2022

    Connects farm-to-institution enterprises with new partners in vermont and new hampshire schools

  • $125,000

    Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assoc · Unity, ME · 2022

    1. To help address plastic pfa's contamination in soil and water 2. Addressing plastic pfa's contamination in soil and water 3. Raise consumer awareness of the northeast organic family farm partnership

  • $124,420

    Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2024

    Strengthening food bank - local farmer connections in springfield

  • $120,300

    Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust · Cranston, RI · 2023

    Create a direct farm-to-school program for beginner farmer training and certification

  • $120,000

    Maine Coast Fisherman'S Association · Brunwick, ME · 2024

    Develop a value-added fish cake for k-12 lunch menus throughout maine

  • $120,000

    Rhode Island Department of Commerce · Providence, RI · 2023

    To develop an updated statewide food strategy and shared goals out to 2030

  • $119,885

    Growing Places Garden Projects · Leominster, MA · 2024

    Local food works for educataional institutions

  • $119,000

    University of Massachusetts Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Develop, test and integrate locally harvested kelp into new england campus dining programs

  • $110,000

    City of New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Support for the good food purchasing baseline assessment

  • $108,774

    Vermont Farm To School · Newport, VT · 2024

    1.support the farm to school sales initiative and food hub enterprise 2. Advancing local procurement in vermont's school cafeterias

  • $100,000

    Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024

    Sustain farm to school efforts across the northeast region

  • $100,000

    Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023

    Sustain farm to school efforts across the region, advocating for food policy

  • $100,000

    Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    Operating support in pursuit of food system priorities including racial equity and network building

  • $95,782

    Addison County Relocalization Network · Bristol, VT · 2023

    Strengthen local food procurement in k-12 schools and middlebury college

  • $75,000

    Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2023

    Support the emerging work in rhode island's k-12 schools

  • $75,000

    University of Connecticut Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2022

    Provide financial stability for operations and expanding the regional network

  • $70,000

    Rhode Island Department of Commerce · Providence, RI · 2024

    Renewing the rhode island food system plan for 2030

  • $60,000

    Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture · South Deerfield, MA · 2024

    Operating support for assisting farms experiencing unforeseen emergencies

  • $53,012

    Red Tomato · Plainville, MA · 2024

    Building access into farm to school supply chains

  • $50,000

    Center for Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2024

    Strengthen the farm to school prepared produce program

  • $50,000

    Farm Fresh Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024

    Support the farm to school sales program serving all 36 rhode island school districtes

  • $50,000

    Healthy Communities of the Capital Area · Gardiner, ME · 2024

    Advancing farm and sea school initiatives across maine

  • $50,000

    Rhode Island Food Policy Council · Kingston, RI · 2024

    Building capacity in the local food system for healthy lives

  • $50,000

    University of Connecticut Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2024

    To increase the collaboratives network impact and build a long-term plan

  • $50,000

    Rhode Island Food Policy Council · Kingston, RI · 2023

    Continue active leadership role in statewide network to improve food security

  • $50,000

    Boston Area Gleaners · Lexington, MA · 2022

    Support operating start up costs following the purchase of stonefield farm

  • $50,000

    Hartford Food System · Hartford, CT · 2022

    Expand organizational capacity and development of a statewide food system plan

  • $50,000

    Migrant Justice · Burlington, VT · 2022

    1. Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems 2. Support for the milk with dignity program advocating for migrant dairy workers

  • $50,000

    Retreat Farm Ltd · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    1. Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems 2. Establish operations and programming on a newly acquired farm serving immigrants

  • $50,000

    Rhode Island Food Policy Council · Kingston, RI · 2022

    Addressing challenges of food insecurity, racial justice and public health through local food access

  • $50,000

    University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2022

    Expansion of the new hampshire farm-to-school network and advance state-level food policy

  • $45,000

    Yellow Farmhouse Education Center · Stonington, CT · 2023

    Support schools in allocating 25% of culinary program budget to regionally produced foods

  • $43,600

    Hartford Food System · Hartford, CT · 2023

    1. To collect local food sales data from retailers in ct 2. Build organizational capacity of the statewide food systems network

  • $35,879

    Commonwealth Kitchen · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    Re-grant funds to core partner in new england food vision prize

  • $10,000

    Springfield Public Schools · Springfield, MA · 2024

    Support the springfield culinary and nutrition center serving springfield k -12

  • $10,000

    Blackstone Valley Tourism Council · Pawtucket, RI · 2023

    Production and development of the slatersville documentary

  • $10,000

    Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vt · Richmond, VT · 2023

    Support the vt farmer emergency fund

  • $10,000

    United Way of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2023

    Provide support to the ma farm resiliency fund

  • $10,000

    Ymca of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Hunger prevention planning work to inform strategic planning effort

  • $10,000

    Hand in Hand Mano En Mano · Milbridge, ME · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems

  • $10,000

    Nipmuc Indian Development Corporation · Grafton, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems

  • $10,000

    Presente Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems

  • $10,000

    Resist · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems

  • $10,000

    Sonrisas · Cheshire, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems

  • $10,000

    Women'S Lunch Place · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support for racial equity programs in the northeast food systems

  • $1,000

    Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust · Franconia, NH · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Southwest Oasis Labrador Rescue · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust · Franconia, NH · 2023

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust · Franconia, NH · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $1,000

    Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2022

    Support for labrador retriever rescue organization

  • $1,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $750

    Eastie Farm · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Ecology Learning Center · Unity, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Food for Free Committees · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2024

    Support the emerging work in rhode island's k-12 schools

  • $500

    Just Roots · Greenfield, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Lift the Cyrus Zschau Memorial Fund · Moretown, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Martha'S Vineyard Fisherman'S Preservation · Menemsha, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Mass Environmental Eduction Society · Dedham, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Mill City Grows · Lowell, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Pope Francis Preparatory School · Springfield, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Rise Above Foundation · Northbridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Southside Community Land Trust · Providence, RI · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

  • $500

    Support Our Library Assocation · Stoughton, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted operating support

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