Funding search · EIN 943374830 · San Ramon, CA

Wendell Family 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.

213
grants reported
$3.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy4 grants · $1.3M
  • Princeton University4 grants · $491,634
  • Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $200,000
  • St Paul'S Episcopal Church3 grants · $161,000
  • Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund3 grants · $150,000
  • Ucsf Foundation2 grants · $101,000
  • The Exploratorium4 grants · $88,000
  • Harvard Business School3 grants · $75,000
  • Season of Sharing Fund1 grant · $50,000
  • Johns Hopkins Medical School1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$795,546
2022
$721,627
2023
$886,581
2024
$902,950
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

  • $476,000

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $385,000

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $260,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General purposes

  • $225,000

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $209,334

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $185,000

    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General purposes

  • $78,500

    St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Bedford, MA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $78,500

    St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Bedford, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $51,000

    Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Johns Hopkins Medical School · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General purposes

  • $35,000

    Ucc 1886 Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Children'S Day School · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $28,000

    Cottage 1886 Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General purposes

  • $28,000

    The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Harvard Buisness School Mba Class of 1976 · Woolwich, ME · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    The Hamlin School · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $22,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2024

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    American India Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Marin Country Day School · Corte Madera, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Parents Association of Kids Into Speaking Spanish · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Princeton in Africa · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    The Little School · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    American India Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Demarest Swim Club · Demarest, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Ai Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Edwell · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Edwell · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    San Francisco University High School · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $9,300

    Episcopal Church of St Mary the Virgin · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Grassroots Soccer · Hanover, NH · 2023

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Grassroots Soccer · Hanover, NH · 2022

    General purposes

  • $6,700

    Episcopal Church of St Mary the Virgin · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $6,375

    Labyrinth Books · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Episcopal Church of St Mary the Virgin · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Foundation for Excellence · Sunnyvale, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Lewis W Butler Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Foundation for Student Communication · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Grassroots Soccer · Hanover, NH · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Milaan Foundation · East Lansing, MI · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Mission Dolores Academy · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Ou Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    San Francisco Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Foundation for Student Communication · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Maitri Bay Area · Santa Clara, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    St Andrews Episcopal Church · Florence, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Utec · Lowell, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Healthright 360 · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Occidental College · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Teach for India US · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Ummeed Child Development Fund · Denver, CO · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    American India Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Bridge of Books Foundation · Rumson, NJ · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Bulamu International Healthcare · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Meta · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Redwood Empire Food Bank · 2022

    Als support

  • $5,000

    San Francisco Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $4,106

    Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    University High School · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Bedford, MA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $3,750

    Foundation for Excellence · Sunnyvale, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,500

    University High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,200

    Episcopal Church of St Mary the Virgin · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    Princeton - Friends of Lacrosse · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    Independent Schools Chairpersons Association · Newport, RI · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,581

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,566

    Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Catdc · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Let'S Share the Sun Foundation · Troy, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Palo Alto Players · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Princeton Blairstown Center · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Princeton University Rugby Endowment · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Sjogren'S Foundation · Resten, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Small Point Summer School · Phippsburg, ME · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    The Hamlin School · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Town School for Boys · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.