Wend II Inc concentrates its giving into a small number of large, unrestricted grants to philanthropic intermediaries, social-impact capital providers, and a recurring youth camp operator. The foundation favors general operating and site-support funding, enabling grantees to deploy resources flexibly rather than underwriting tightly restricted programs. Its portfolio blends capacity-building for nonprofit infrastructure and impact finance with a distinct, repeat commitment to a youth camp in Huguenot, NY.
Wend II Inc’s recent giving is defined by unusually large unrestricted grants to philanthropic intermediaries, social finance organizations, and a repeated set of youth-camp-related entities. The biggest checks in the file go to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc and NEO Philanthropy for general operations, alongside sizable support for Zephyr Impact and Capital for Good. That pattern points to a funder comfortable backing infrastructure and capital intermediaries rather than only direct-service nonprofits. A second through-line is long-running support for Great Work and its related entities. The foundation has funded the purchase, maintenance, and operations of a youth summer camp facility in Huguenot, New York, including Great Work Education Holdings Inc and Great Work Inc. The camp-related grants sit alongside support for Camp Reimagined, reinforcing that youth camp operations and site stewardship are a recurring part of the portfolio. The grants also show interest in equity and justice work, with funding to The Greenlining Institute and Equal Justice Initiative, plus support for organizations working in land stewardship, farmer support, and community-rooted education.
One clear theme is youth camp infrastructure. Wend II Inc gave $7,050,000 to Great Work Education Holdings Inc to support the purchase of a youth summer camp facility in Huguenot, New York, and later gave $2,500,000 to the same organization for maintenance and site upkeep at that facility. The foundation also backs BIPOC farmer and land-steward support. In 2025, it gave $1,300,000 to Social Good Fund for The Braiding Seeds Fellowship, which provides funding, mentorship, and a mutually supportive community to aspiring, beginner, and intermediate BIPOC farmers and land stewards. Native education and cultural continuity appear in another grant: Wend II Inc awarded $1,000,000 to Native Forward Scholars Fund for the Native Language, Culture, and Land Management Scholarship. It also funds reparative and racial equity work, including $3,000,000 to The Greenlining Institute for general operating support and $1,000,000 to RSF Social Finance for the Black Farmer Safe House Fund.
The median recent grant size is $100,000, with the 25th percentile at $50,000 and the 75th percentile at $200,000. That distribution sits alongside a small number of very large awards, including eight-figure and seven-figure grants to intermediaries and operating nonprofits. The portfolio shows repeat support across years rather than one-off activity. Great Work received multiple grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Equal Justice Initiative appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 as well. The foundation is classified as a Regular Funder, funds individuals, and makes no program-related investments. Its recent grants lean heavily toward general operating and unrestricted support, often for capacity-building or transition work.
$56.6M
$148.7M
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$58.1M
Most grants fall between $50K and $200K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$200K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CO.
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Wend Ii.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 478 | $131.9M | 98.6% |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | $800K |
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Highly concentrated: very few large grants (multi-million-dollar), frequent repeat funding to the same organizations, predominately unrestricted/general operating support rather than many small or project-restricted awards.
Notable grantees: Great Work Inc, NEO Philanthropy, Zephyr Impact, Capital for Good, The Greenlining Institute
Wend II Inc gives nationally, with 478 of 485 recorded grants going to U.S. recipients. Colorado is the top state by grant count, even though the foundation is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Recent awards also reached Washington, DC; New York, NY; Denver, CO; and Oakland, CA. Outside the U.S., the grant record includes small counts in Canada and the Netherlands.
It concentrates on philanthropic intermediaries, social-impact capital providers, youth camp-related entities, and racial equity organizations. Recent grants include general operating support for Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, NEO Philanthropy, Zephyr Impact, and Capital for Good, plus camp-related support for Great Work entities in Huguenot, New York.
The recent-grant distribution centers on larger awards than many foundations: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $100,000, and the 75th percentile is $200,000. The file also includes several much larger grants in the millions to operating and infrastructure-focused organizations.
Yes. Great Work appears repeatedly across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including support for camp purchase, operations, and site upkeep. Equal Justice Initiative also appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 with unrestricted or general operating support.
Colorado is the top state by grant count. The recipient list also includes major clusters in Washington, DC; New York, NY; Denver, CO; and Oakland, CA, with 98.6% of recorded grants going to U.S. recipients.
The data shows support for youth camp operations and site maintenance, BIPOC farmer and land-steward fellowship support, Native language and land management scholarships, racial equity advocacy, and community land trust or social finance infrastructure.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | $605K | 0.4% |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 1 | $150K | 0.2% |
| 5 | Albania | 1 | $30K | 0.2% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $8,975,224 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| NEO Philanthropy | New York, NY | $7,983,844 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Zephyr Impact | Denver, CO | $6,274,468 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Capital for Good | Paoli, PA | $4,974,205 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Great Work Inc | Denver, CO | $2,985,270 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $2,000,000 | 2025 | To Support General Operations |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $1,300,000 | 2025 | to support The Braiding Seeds Fellowship, which provides funding, mentorship, and a mutually supportive community to aspiring, beginner and intermediate BIPOC farmers/land stewards and multi-disciplinary changemakers |
| Native Forward Scholars Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $1,000,000 | 2025 | To provide support for the Native Language, Culture, and Land Management Scholarship |
| Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future | Ellsworth, WI | $1,000,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| International Center for Community Land Trusts | Madison, WI | $800,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | Petersburg, NY | $700,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Project 41 12 INC | Cleveland Heights, OH | $650,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 2025 | To provide support for the GTY Policy Working Group Fund |
| Musagetes Foundation | Guelph | $600,000 | 2025 | To provide support for Gesturing Towards Decolonized Futures |
| TQAMP | Westerville, OH | $600,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Shelterwood Collective | Cazadero, CA | $450,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $400,000 | 2025 | To provide support for Phase 3 of the HPAIED Landback Initiative |
| Commonweal | Bolinas, CA | $360,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| NACA-Inspired Schools Network | Albuquerque, NM | $350,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Thunder Valley CDC | Porcupine, SD | $350,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| GripTape Inc | New York, NY | $350,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Western Resource Advocates | Boulder, CO | $335,000 | 2025 | To support efforts aimed at decarbonizing electricity production, advancing transportation electrification, and promoting the electrification of buildings and industrial processes |
| Montessori Public Policy Initiative | Cheverly, MD | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| The Biomimicry Institute | Missoula, MT | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| BioneersCHI | SANTA FE, NM | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA | Pittsboro, NC | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Education Reimagined | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Indaba Foundation | NEW YORK, NY | $300,000 | 2025 | TO TRANSFORM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ("ECD") LANDSCAPE IN SOUTH AFRICA BY TRAINING TEACHERS TO AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED AMI DIPLOMA STANDARD WHILST IMPLEMENTING AND SCALING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ESF COMMUNITY ROOTED MONTESSORI EDUCATION CURRICULUM ("CORE") TO OFFER TRAINING TO THOUSANDS OF MARGINALIZED SOUTH AFRICAN ECD PRACTITIONERS. |
| The Sarara Foundation | Denver, CO | $290,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation | Bismarck, ND | $275,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | Aurora, CO | $250,000 | 2025 | Aurora Public Schools (APS) and Children's Hospital Colorado will continue to move through the phases laid out in the pilot year to further develop a fully functioning, replicable and expansive community-based Food Clinics in APS. |
| Cihuapactli Collective | Phoenix, AZ | $250,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| First Descents | Denver, CO | $250,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| PR Education Foundation | San Juan, PR | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | Weogufka, AL | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Wildflower Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Indian Land Tenure Foundation | Little Canada, MN | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $200,000 | 2025 | To provide support for the Winnemem Wintu Salmon Restoration |
| Meadows Livingstone School | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| South Dakota Education Equity Coalition | Black Hawk, SD | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector | West Hartford, CT | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Teachers College Columbia University | New York, NY | $170,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| The HadaNou Collective | Denver, CO | $165,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Purpose Focused Alternative Learning | Lupton, NM | $160,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| Ednium The Alumni Collective | Denver, CO | $150,000 | 2025 | To provide support for the Alumni Connects Initiative Pilot |
| Oyate Teca | Kyle, SD | $150,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
$8,975,224TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
NEO Philanthropy
$7,983,844TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Zephyr Impact
$6,274,468TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Capital for Good
$4,974,205TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Great Work Inc
$2,985,270TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Equal Justice Initiative
$2,000,000To Support General Operations
Social Good Fund
$1,300,000to support The Braiding Seeds Fellowship, which provides funding, mentorship, and a mutually supportive community to aspiring, beginner and intermediate BIPOC farmers/land stewards and multi-disciplinary changemakers
Native Forward Scholars Fund
$1,000,000To provide support for the Native Language, Culture, and Land Management Scholarship
Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future
$1,000,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
International Center for Community Land Trusts
$800,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
New Venture Fund
$700,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc
$700,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Project 41 12 INC
$650,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
$600,000To provide support for the GTY Policy Working Group Fund
Musagetes Foundation
$600,000To provide support for Gesturing Towards Decolonized Futures
TQAMP
$600,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Native Americans in Philanthropy
$500,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Shelterwood Collective
$450,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
President and Fellows of Harvard College
$400,000To provide support for Phase 3 of the HPAIED Landback Initiative
Commonweal
$360,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
NACA-Inspired Schools Network
$350,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Thunder Valley CDC
$350,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
GripTape Inc
$350,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Western Resource Advocates
$335,000To support efforts aimed at decarbonizing electricity production, advancing transportation electrification, and promoting the electrification of buildings and industrial processes
Montessori Public Policy Initiative
$300,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
The Biomimicry Institute
$300,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
BioneersCHI
$300,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
$300,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Education Reimagined
$300,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Indaba Foundation
$300,000TO TRANSFORM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ("ECD") LANDSCAPE IN SOUTH AFRICA BY TRAINING TEACHERS TO AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED AMI DIPLOMA STANDARD WHILST IMPLEMENTING AND SCALING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ESF COMMUNITY ROOTED MONTESSORI EDUCATION CURRICULUM ("CORE") TO OFFER TRAINING TO THOUSANDS OF MARGINALIZED SOUTH AFRICAN ECD PRACTITIONERS.
The Sarara Foundation
$290,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation
$275,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation
$250,000Aurora Public Schools (APS) and Children's Hospital Colorado will continue to move through the phases laid out in the pilot year to further develop a fully functioning, replicable and expansive community-based Food Clinics in APS.
Cihuapactli Collective
$250,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
First Descents
$250,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
PR Education Foundation
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Wildflower Foundation
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Movement Strategy Center
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Resources Legacy Fund
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Native American Rights Fund
$200,000To provide support for the Winnemem Wintu Salmon Restoration
Meadows Livingstone School
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
South Dakota Education Equity Coalition
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector
$200,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Teachers College Columbia University
$170,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
The HadaNou Collective
$165,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Purpose Focused Alternative Learning
$160,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
Ednium The Alumni Collective
$150,000To provide support for the Alumni Connects Initiative Pilot
Oyate Teca
$150,000TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS