Grants awarded
Who does The Wendys Foundation fund?
The Wendys Foundation has awarded $2.8 million across 154 grants to 124 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,500 and $7,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $6,250 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.8M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
124
Grants
154
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$900K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Columbus Urban League
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$300K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| W Wendys We Care Fund | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption | $175K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $175K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adop | $175K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Wecare
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$56K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| M Midohio Food Collective | $50K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mid-Ohio Foodbank
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$50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| Y YWCA Columbus 2021 YWCA Kid's Place | $35K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Casa Valentina INC
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$28K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross Disaster Relief | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
My Project USA
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$18K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| C Columbus Urban League Empowerment | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y YWCA Columbus 2021 Activists and Ag | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Mississippi Families for Kids
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MS | |
| C Children's Hunger Alliance | $15K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Health Is Everybodys Business INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$15K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| S Star House Foundation | $15K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Raise the Future
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$15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$12K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Dreams on Horseback
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$12K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
Alvis INC
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$12K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| C Columbus Urban League Herstory | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Project Woman of Springfield & Clark County | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Communities in Schools of Jacksonvi | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Caterina's Club | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A AZ Center for African Amer Resource | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Ashville Food Pantry | $8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| T Tumbleweed Program | $8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Wyman Center INC
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MO | |
| T Tree House Cultural Arts Movement | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Common Ground Free Store Ministries | $8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Gahanna Residents in Need Grin | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Alzheimers Assoc of Central Ohio | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MO | |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| U USO of Northern Ohio | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Central Community House | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WI | |
Kaleidoscope Youth Center INC
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OH | |
| D Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Ohio State University Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| C Children and Family Advocacy Center | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Childrens Home Society of Florida | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Azcaar - Arizona Center for African American Resources | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Nia Cultural Center
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank of Central | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Childhood League Center | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| K Kaleidoscope Youth Center | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| M My Project USA | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OH | |
Flying Horse Farms
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| F Forkids INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club Green Bay INC | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Shepherds Corner Ecology Center | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Crisis Text Line INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| K Kids Mental Health Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Golden Girl Group Home | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Houston | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Feed the Kids Columbus INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OH | |
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | LA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | KY | |
Dream Center of Lakeland INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | FL | |
| S South Shore Foster Closet INC | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Urban League Twin Cities
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| F Final Third Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank Middle TN | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Church & Community Assistance Program INC | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| F Families Flourish | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Compassion Planet
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| H Hearts Full of Grace INC | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VA | |
| B Buddy Up Tennis INC | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Houston Area Urban League INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Girl Scouts of Oh Heartland Council | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Honor Flight Columbus INC
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OH |
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