Kendeda Fund makes a small number of very large, strategic grants focused on systems change across social justice, Indigenous healing, community economic innovation, and land conservation. They support both international human-rights work (notably girls' rights) and U.S.-based place‑based initiatives that advance long-term institutional transformation and land protection. Grants appear aimed at implementation of multi-year plans, capital acquisitions, and building organizational capacity rather than one-off program funding.
The Kendeda Fund’s recent grantmaking shows a pattern of very large, strategic commitments to long-horizon projects: an $8 million grant to Industrial Commons for an Innovation Campus, a $4.9 million grant to American Jewish World Service Inc for Promoting Girls' Rights work in India, Kenya and the Dominican Republic, and a $4.5 million grant to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Center for implementation of its 10-year strategic plan. The fund also backs land protection and public-interest infrastructure, including a $4 million acquisition grant to The Conservation Fund for the Chattahoochee Brick Works property and a $3 million award to Bozeman Public Library Foundation Inc tied to design and construction costs for a library branch and energy-efficient upgrades. Across the recent grants list, the foundation favors implementation funding, capital acquisitions, and organizational capacity over short-term project support. Its portfolio connects social justice, Indigenous healing, gender justice, conservation, and community-serving civic institutions. Named grantees also include Earthjustice, Southface Energy Institute Inc, and Project Equity, reinforcing a grantmaking approach that funds systems change through institutions already positioned to carry out multi-year work.
In girls’ rights work, The Kendeda Fund gave $4.9 million to American Jewish World Service Inc for Promoting Girls' Rights in India, Kenya and the Dominican Republic, and a prior $4.8 million grant for the same initiative in 2023. For Indigenous healing, it awarded $4.5 million to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Center to implement a 10-year strategic plan, plus a separate $1.01 million grant to Hopa Mountain Inc for work with the Salish-Kootenai and Blackfeet Reservations. The fund also supports place-based economic development: Industrial Commons received $8 million for an Innovation Campus, while Project Equity and Common Future each received general support in the six- and seven-figure range. Conservation and land stewardship appear as another strand, including funding for the Montana Great Outdoors Land Acquisition project and for a land conservation easement effort in Montana.
The Kendeda Fund’s typical grant size sits at $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $61,941 at the median, and $250,000 at the 75th percentile, with many recent awards far above that range. The recent record shows both one-off and repeated support: several grantees appear in multiple years, including American Jewish World Service Inc, National Native American Boarding School Healing Center, Southface Energy Institute Inc, and Every Student Every Community Inc. The funder is a regular foundation, not a program-related-investment vehicle, and it also funds individuals. The grant list suggests a preference for unrestricted support, implementation funding, capital campaigns, and land or facility acquisition rather than open applications or small project grants.
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$64M
Most grants fall between $25K and $250K, with a median of $62K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$62K
75th Percentile
$250K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MT.
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Kendeda Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 473 | $122.5M | 99.2% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 2 |
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Highly concentrated giving: very few, very large grants (multi‑million dollar awards) that fund capital acquisitions, strategic plan implementation, and organizational scaling. Mix of domestic place‑based investments and selective international social justice funding; repeat support to some institutional partners.
Notable grantees: American Jewish World Service, Industrial Commons, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, The Conservation Fund
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with 473 grants going to U.S. recipients and only small counts in Canada and the UK. Within the U.S., Montana appears most often, with repeated grants to Bozeman, Helena, Missoula, and nearby conservation partners. Other recurring recipient cities include Atlanta, Oakland, and Minneapolis, alongside awards in Morganton, Chapel Hill, and San Francisco. The pattern points to a national portfolio with a strong concentration in the Northern Rockies and select place-based projects in the Southeast and other metro areas.
Recent grants show support for girls’ rights, Native American boarding school healing, land conservation, community economic development, public library expansion, criminal justice reform, and journalism focused on justice. Examples include grants to American Jewish World Service Inc, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Center, and Bozeman Public Library Foundation Inc.
Their typical grant size is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $61,941 at the median, and $250,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also include several multimillion-dollar grants, showing that the fund makes a mix of smaller and very large strategic commitments.
Yes. Several organizations appear in more than one year of the recent grants list, including American Jewish World Service Inc, National Native American Boarding School Healing Center, Southface Energy Institute Inc, and Every Student Every Community Inc. That pattern suggests ongoing support for multi-year work.
The top state by grant count is Montana. Recent Montana recipients include Bozeman Public Library Foundation Inc, Trust for Public Land, Greater Yellowstone Coalition Inc, Hopa Mountain Inc, and Prickly Pear Land Trust, showing repeated support for both civic institutions and land-related projects.
Most grants go to U.S. recipients, but the fund also has grants to Canada and the UK, each with 2 grants in the recipient-country distribution. Recent global girls’ rights funding was directed to work in India, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic through American Jewish World Service Inc.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
| $1.5M |
0.4% |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | $590K | 0.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDUSTRIAL COMMONS | MORGANTON, NC | $8,000,000 | 2024 | Innovation Campus |
| AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC | ETNA, NH | $4,900,000 | 2024 | Promoting Girls' Rights fund in India, Kenya and the Dominican republic |
| NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING C | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $4,500,000 | 2024 | implementation fund of the 10-year strategic plan |
| BOZEMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC | BOZEMAN, MT | $3,000,000 | 2024 | library branch in bozeman the design and construction costs fund: energy efficient upgrades in the event a library branch is established in an existing building, or solar panels and installation in the event a new building is constructed |
| GEORGIA INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT | DECATUR, GA | $2,300,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| EARTHJUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $2,000,000 | 2024 | the Northern Rockies region and general support |
| SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC | ATLANTA, GA | $2,000,000 | 2024 | GoodUse |
| HEART OF THE ROCKIES FOUNDATION | MISSOULA, MT | $1,537,000 | 2024 | Keep it Connected projects: - Bitterroot Land Trust- Spooner Creek project; Five Valleys Land Trust- Flint Creek project; Flathead Land Trust- Stillwater-Flathead Confluence project; MT Land Reliance- Absarokee/Beartooth Front project; WY Stockgrowers Land Trust- Big Piney Creek project; Teton Regional Land Trust- Darby Canyon Project |
| THE SOUTH FORK CONSERVANCY INCORPORATED | ATLANTA, GA | $1,500,000 | 2024 | Confluence to Emory Project |
| ATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC | ATLANTA, GA | $1,100,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| HOPA MOUNTAIN INC | BOZEMAN, MT | $1,010,000 | 2024 | the Salish-Kootenai and Blackfeet Reservations fund |
| MERCY SHIPS | LINDALE, TX | $1,000,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC | MEMPHIS, TN | $1,000,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| CAPITAL FOR GOOD USA | PAOLI, PA | $1,000,000 | 2024 | Girls First Fund |
| GEORGIA RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FUND INC | ATLANTA, GA | $1,000,000 | 2024 | the In Her Hands initiative |
| EVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC | ATLANTA, GA | $1,000,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC | ATLANTA, GA | $947,516 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted (see general explanation) |
| GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC | ATLANTA, GA | $900,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC | CORAL GABLES, FL | $800,000 | 2024 | Partners for Places |
| ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC | COLUMBIA, MD | $700,000 | 2024 | Green Communities Initiative and ATL/Southeast programming |
| NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS | SAINT PAUL, MN | $600,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| HEART OF THE ROCKIES FOUNDATION | MISSOULA, MT | $523,850 | 2024 | the Keep it Connected projects: Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust's Mink Creek Project; the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy's Spokane River Project; the Conservation Fund for the Krause Ranch project and the Wood River Land Trust for the Slaughterhouse Creek Project |
| MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC | MISSOULA, MT | $500,000 | 2024 | capital campaign for a new warehouse facility |
| GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $500,000 | 2024 | Intergenerational Leadership Curriculum Design |
| HEADWATERS COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST | BOZEMAN, MT | $500,000 | 2024 | general organizational support 2023-2025 |
| GIRLS NOT BRIDES THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO END CH | LONDON | $500,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| WORKING FILMS INC | WILMINGTON, NC | $500,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| ATLANTA LAND TR INC | ATLANTA, GA | $500,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE I | MERRIFIELD, VA | $468,271 | 2024 | Tipping Point - digging up the roots of child marriage |
| TRACE MEDIA INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $420,000 | 2024 | Operating Reserve Fund |
| EMERALD CITIES COLLABORATIVE INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $400,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| INDUSTRIAL COMMONS | MORGANTON, NC | $395,000 | 2024 | Building, growing and sustaining The Industrial Commons ecosystem fund |
| GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE | TAKOMA PARK, MD | $391,065 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | PORCUPINE, SD | $388,256 | 2024 | building and strengthening an operating reserve fund |
| INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION | NEW YORK, NY | $350,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | PARK CITY, UT | $350,000 | 2024 | Gun Violence Prevention and Environment program |
| GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND INC | BOULDER, CO | $333,333 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE | MISSOULA, MT | $331,069 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC | ATLANTA, GA | $331,000 | 2024 | Southeast Sustainability Leaders Collaborative |
| PEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INCORPORATED | BUFFALO, NY | $300,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC | ATLANTA, GA | $300,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY | ATLANTA, GA | $300,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION INC | ATLANTA, GA | $300,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | PORCUPINE, SD | $300,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| POLICYLINK | OAKLAND, CA | $291,065 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN | WASHINGTON, DC | $270,290 | 2024 | Healing Together: Promoting Healthy Masculinities to Advance Gender Justice and Support Youth Leadership at the Community Level |
| A SANCTUARY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES INC | GRANBY, CO | $262,302 | 2024 | Operating Reserve Fund |
| DOC SOCIETY INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $250,000 | 2024 | Doc Society - The Climate Story Unit |
| ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| GRIST MAGAZINE INC | SEATTLE, WA | $250,000 | 2024 | Environmental Justice and Regional Expansion Initiatives |
INDUSTRIAL COMMONS
$8,000,000Innovation Campus
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC
$4,900,000Promoting Girls' Rights fund in India, Kenya and the Dominican republic
NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING C
$4,500,000implementation fund of the 10-year strategic plan
BOZEMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
$3,000,000library branch in bozeman the design and construction costs fund: energy efficient upgrades in the event a library branch is established in an existing building, or solar panels and installation in the event a new building is constructed
GEORGIA INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT
$2,300,000General & Unrestricted
EARTHJUSTICE
the Northern Rockies region and general support
SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC
$2,000,000GoodUse
HEART OF THE ROCKIES FOUNDATION
$1,537,000Keep it Connected projects: - Bitterroot Land Trust- Spooner Creek project; Five Valleys Land Trust- Flint Creek project; Flathead Land Trust- Stillwater-Flathead Confluence project; MT Land Reliance- Absarokee/Beartooth Front project; WY Stockgrowers Land Trust- Big Piney Creek project; Teton Regional Land Trust- Darby Canyon Project
THE SOUTH FORK CONSERVANCY INCORPORATED
$1,500,000Confluence to Emory Project
ATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC
$1,100,000General & Unrestricted
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC
$1,010,000the Salish-Kootenai and Blackfeet Reservations fund
MERCY SHIPS
$1,000,000General & Unrestricted
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
$1,000,000General & Unrestricted
CAPITAL FOR GOOD USA
$1,000,000Girls First Fund
GEORGIA RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY FUND INC
$1,000,000the In Her Hands initiative
EVERY STUDENT EVERY COMMUNITY INC
$1,000,000General & Unrestricted
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC
$947,516General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC
$900,000General & Unrestricted
THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC
$800,000Partners for Places
ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC
$700,000Green Communities Initiative and ATL/Southeast programming
NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
$600,000General & Unrestricted
HEART OF THE ROCKIES FOUNDATION
$523,850the Keep it Connected projects: Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust's Mink Creek Project; the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy's Spokane River Project; the Conservation Fund for the Krause Ranch project and the Wood River Land Trust for the Slaughterhouse Creek Project
MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC
$500,000capital campaign for a new warehouse facility
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC
$500,000Intergenerational Leadership Curriculum Design
HEADWATERS COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST
$500,000general organizational support 2023-2025
GIRLS NOT BRIDES THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO END CH
$500,000General & Unrestricted
WORKING FILMS INC
$500,000General & Unrestricted
ATLANTA LAND TR INC
$500,000General & Unrestricted
COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE I
$468,271Tipping Point - digging up the roots of child marriage
TRACE MEDIA INC
$420,000Operating Reserve Fund
EMERALD CITIES COLLABORATIVE INC
$400,000General & Unrestricted
INDUSTRIAL COMMONS
$395,000Building, growing and sustaining The Industrial Commons ecosystem fund
GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE
$391,065General & Unrestricted
THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$388,256building and strengthening an operating reserve fund
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
$350,000General & Unrestricted
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
$350,000Gun Violence Prevention and Environment program
GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND INC
$333,333General & Unrestricted
THE BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE
$331,069General & Unrestricted
SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC
$331,000Southeast Sustainability Leaders Collaborative
PEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INCORPORATED
$300,000General & Unrestricted
GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC
$300,000General & Unrestricted
PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY
$300,000General & Unrestricted
CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION INC
$300,000General & Unrestricted
THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$300,000General & Unrestricted
POLICYLINK
$291,065General & Unrestricted
GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN
$270,290Healing Together: Promoting Healthy Masculinities to Advance Gender Justice and Support Youth Leadership at the Community Level
A SANCTUARY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES INC
$262,302Operating Reserve Fund
DOC SOCIETY INC
$250,000Doc Society - The Climate Story Unit
ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC
$250,000General & Unrestricted
GRIST MAGAZINE INC
$250,000Environmental Justice and Regional Expansion Initiatives