Oregon · Public charity
Bendnext
BENDNEXT strengthens our businesses, economy, and our community through workforce development and retention, leadership development, and activating partnerships to tackle our region's most pressing issues. Our initiatives address obstacles to a robust workforce, including employee needs for housing, affordability, childcare and other…
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 89
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $529k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Bendnext funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kor Community Land Trust Dba Rootedhomes | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Falling Waters | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of Oregon Corps Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Waldorf School of Bend | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Toddles Preschool | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Toast Wear Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Ventures LLC | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pflucke | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 5fusion | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 91 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kor Community Land Trust Dba Rootedhomes | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Falling Waters | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of Oregon Corps Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Waldorf School of Bend | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Toddles Preschool | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Toast Wear Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Ventures LLC | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pflucke | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 5fusion | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goodlife Brewing | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lemon Tree | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barrio | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sargents Cafe | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mariposa Wig | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Deschutes Surgery Center LLC | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Fire Central Oregon | $22,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Central Oregon Spine and Sports LLC | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center Foundation | $22,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Bend Preschool | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Oregon Dermatology PC | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa Dei Bambini | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| School of Enrichment Inc | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sage School of Massage | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Still Serving Counseling Service | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cottage Day Care | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend Rock Gym | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Athletic Club of Bend | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Action Dynamix Massage | $16,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethlyn's Global Fusion | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Media | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Poke Row LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haven | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifetime Vision | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beach Bend LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tech Alliance of Central Oregon DBA BendTECH | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Riff Cold Brewed | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Velvet Bend | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wanderlust Tours | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flip Flop Sounds | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shuttle Oregon LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Astro Lounge | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bellatazza | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cascade Lakes Race Group | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pinnacle Architecture | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tower Theatre Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Westside Tavern | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Megaphone Coffee Co | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Commons Collective LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mint Event Coordination & Design LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sparrow Clubs USA | $13,307 | 1 | 2% |
| Namaspa LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Spa W | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewelz Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Studio Create LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rugged Thread Outerwear | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Yoga Lab Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend Fit LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sekse Fit | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Marketing Department | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Starfire Enterprises | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chockstone Climbing Guides | $11,824 | 1 | n/a |
| Pour House Grill | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hydaway LLC | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Banks Brewing | $10,836 | 1 | n/a |
| Wren and Wild | $10,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Beat | $9,658 | 1 | n/a |
| Production Prints Inc | $9,093 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ruegsegger Chiropractic PC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Vector Volcano | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evolutionary Medicine LLC | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Amanda Romandia | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Satori Enterprises LLC | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Academy | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Marijane Boyd | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Sprouts Montessori | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Village Preschool | $6,297 | 1 | n/a |
| Santiam Counseling Center | $6,296 | 1 | n/a |
| Jennifer M Bury | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Head Over Wheels | $5,307 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Spruce Pottery Inc | $5,098 | 1 | n/a |
| Petrich Properties | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend Forest School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonos Neurotherapies LLP | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Studio West | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Linnius LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reininger Toys LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Thing Yoga LLC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend Wedding | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Endurance Product Design | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bendnext supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Anjulicia Foundation · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation · St Charles Health System Inc · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Oregon Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Braemar Charitable Trust · Juan Young Trust · Washington Federal Foundation
How this is measured
About Bendnext
- How much does Bendnext give?
- Bendnext reported 1 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $26,317 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 89 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bendnext fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (59%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Education (6%).
- Who are Bendnext's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kor Community Land Trust Dba Rootedhomes ($200k), Falling Waters ($36k), Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity ($36k).
- Does Bendnext fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bendnext?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anjulicia Foundation, Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation, St Charles Health System Inc.
- Where is Bendnext based?
- Bendnext is based in OR.
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