The Kendeda Fund
The Kendeda Fund is a private foundation (EIN 20-6881642) that invested in leaders and ideas across themes such as green building, community wealth, movements & power, and healing. The site documents a planned spend-out, provides team information, reports, a 30-year grants visualization, and archival resources.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Mid-to-large nonprofits working on green building, sustainability, community wealth/economic justice, movement-building, Indigenous healing, or related regional conservation and civic initiatives with capacity for multi-year or sizable grants and an existing relationship or referral into the funder's network.
Good Fit
- • Clear program alignment with the funder's thematic areas (green building, community wealth, movements & power, healing).
- • Existing relationship or introduction from a current grantee, convening, or a staff/trustee contact.
- • Organizational capacity to manage large or multi-year unrestricted grants.
- • Geographic relevance to states frequently funded (notably Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Minnesota).
- • Participation in named cohorts or convenings the fund runs or supports.
Geography
Observed giving in the latest year reached 26 states, indicating a national multi-state footprint even though one state received a larger share of dollars.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation awarded 207 grants to 166 distinct recipients, with 50 new grantees and 116 returning recipients, showing a broad and diverse recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
The fund's public guidance says it does not accept unsolicited proposals and applications are by invitation only; although 50 new organizations were added in the latest year, entry appears to occur via invitation or referral rather than an open application process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
