How much does Wenstar Foundation give?

Wenstar Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $7,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.

What does Wenstar Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (50%), Food & Nutrition (21%), International (16%).

Who are Wenstar Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($10k), Direct Relief ($8k), The Soar Foundation ($7k).

Does Wenstar Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Wenstar 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.

Where is Wenstar Foundation based?

Wenstar Foundation is based in CA.

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Wenstar Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2026(still arriving): 6
Grants FY2026: 4
Organizations funded FY2025: 0%
First-time grantees FY2025

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Median grant, FY2026: $1,500
Largest grant, FY2026: $2,000
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 5; FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026: 3
Total assets, FY2026: $206k
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Wenstar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

InternationalCivil RightsOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2026still arriving	5	$7k	0%
FY2025	4	$5k	0%
FY2024	5	$5k	20%
FY2023	4	$6k	25%
FY2022	4	$5k	50%
FY2021	5	$5k	40%
FY2020	4	$4k	25%
FY2019	5	$4k	20%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$21kFood & Nutrition$9kInternational$7kRecreation & Sports$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$950Environment$900Civil Rights$800

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	$9,500	9	0%
Direct Relief	$7,800	5	0%
The Soar Foundation	$6,500	5	0%
National Park Foundation	$1,600	2	0%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$950	3	0%
Medshare International Inc	$800	1	0%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc	$500	1	0%
Chinese for Affirmative Action	$300	1	0%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wenstar Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 8.

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About Wenstar Foundation

How much does Wenstar Foundation give?: Wenstar Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $7,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Wenstar Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (50%), Food & Nutrition (21%), International (16%).
Who are Wenstar Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($10k), Direct Relief ($8k), The Soar Foundation ($7k).
Does Wenstar Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wenstar 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.
Where is Wenstar Foundation based?: Wenstar Foundation is based in CA.