· Private foundation
Wendt Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OHSU FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| FAVELL MUSEUM | $90,000 |
| CROSSPOINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| ROTARY CLUB OF KLAMATH FALLS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 20% of Wendt Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in OR; by stated purpose, 76%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +29%- FOFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KLAMATH BASIN3× · 2021–2023 · $141k · revenue +43%
- KIKLAMATH ICE SPORTS INC6× · 2018–2023 · $124k · revenue +66%
Funded once
Oregon State University Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $327k · revenue +42%- CPCHALKBOARD PROJECTone grant, 2017 · $150k
- BUBASIN UNITED SOCCER CLUB INCone grant, 2020 · $119k · revenue +1% · 34% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To conserve, enhance, and restore the natural resources of the klamath basin while ensuring the long-term sustainability of the regional economy and local communities.
Preserving the natural legacy of the upper klamath basin.
To create total community commitment for helping people in need by developing a campus and programs of holistic and collaborative services with the goal of self-sufficiency based upon effort and reward.
To build, promote, and support an industry of filmmaking in and around klamath falls, oregon while connecting our community to film.
Klamath bird observatory advances bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships.
Operations of sports park
Klamath falls bmxc strives to provide an affordable and family friendly bicycle motocross racing experience in the klamath basin. we seek to grow the sport of bmx racing by cultivating a welcoming atmosphere where all riders can…
The mission of klamath family head start is to serve all eligible klamath county, oregon children & families in order to contribute to a healthy, diverse, & cooperative community.
To inspire a deep appreciation for natural resources community, and the arts through hands-on outdoor education
Klamath falls little league is dedicated to providing a supervised baseball and softball program that teaches sportsmanship, teamwork, and leadership while developing player skills in a safe and supportive environment.
Serving klamath falls and the greater klamath basin by providing grants and designated funds to strengthen existing and potential new programs in order to effectively enhance the quality of life for families and citizens in our region.
Raising funds for library improvements.
How this is measured
19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FAVELL MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds KLAMATH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KLAMATH FALLS GOSPEL MISSION ↗
- Who funds Knox County Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KLAMATH BASIN ↗
- Who funds KLAMATH ICE SPORTS INC ↗
- Who funds ROSS RAGLAND THEATER AND CULTURAL C ↗
- Who funds BASIN UNITED SOCCER CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PEGASUS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CROSSPOINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KLAMATH BASIN AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY HOPE CENTER ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KLAMATH BASIN ↗
- Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF KLAMATH FALLS ↗
- Who funds CRATER LAKE RIM RUN ↗
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: Klamath Medical Service Bureau Foundatio Attn Timothy a Bailey · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Honzel Family Foundation · Sky Lakes Medical Center · Community Foundation of the Klamath Basin · The Autzen Foundation · Graham Family Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · The Avista Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wendt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wendt Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural C: 20% of income from government
- Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation: 4% of income from government
- Klamath Community College Foundation: 2% of income from government
- Willamette University: 2% of income from government
- Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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