California · Private foundation
The Joseph H Wender Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $220k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The Joseph H Wender Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $220k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $141k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $194k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $189k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $329k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $389k | 62% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $147k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $145k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Associates | $510,040 | 6 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc | $192,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $97,467 | 1 | 0% |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $84,510 | 4 | 1% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $75,804 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends Seminary | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $47,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sdm Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Associates | $510,040 | 6 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc | $192,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $97,467 | 1 | 0% |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $84,510 | 4 | 1% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $75,804 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends Seminary | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $47,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sdm Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Active Cultures | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mad Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sonoma Family Meal | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Friends of the Children | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food on Foot | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pony Power Therapies Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifemoves | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($622k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joseph H Wender Foundation 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 Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Joseph H Wender Foundation
- How much does The Joseph H Wender Foundation give?
- The Joseph H Wender Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $219,560 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joseph H Wender Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (69%), Health (13%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are The Joseph H Wender Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum Associates ($510k), American Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc ($193k), Naples Children Foundation Inc ($97k).
- Does The Joseph H Wender Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph H Wender Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Joseph H Wender Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Joseph H Wender Foundation based?
- The Joseph H Wender Foundation is based in CA.
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