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The Wendys Foundation: 23 grants to organizations, $312,500 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Wendys Foundation, a private foundation in Dublin, OH, paid 23 grants to organizations totaling $312,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on April 30, 2026. The largest was $175,000 to Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Dublin, OH for to dramatically increase the number of adoptions of children waiting in north americas foster care system..
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- EIN
- 311807834
- Based in
- Dublin, OH
- Assets
- $462,245
- Grants paid
- $312,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed April 30, 2026, IRS object ID 202631229349100303. It reported $312,500 in grants paid; 23 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption | Dublin, OH | To dramatically increase the number of adoptions of children waiting in North Americas foster care system. | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Midohio Food Collective | Grove City, OH | To end hunger one nourishing meal at a time while co-creating sustainable communities where everyone thrives. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbus Urban League Empowerment | Columbus, OH | To empower African Americans and underrepresented groups through economic educational and social progress. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alicias Closet | Dublin, OH | To create a brighter future for families affected by foster care by building community of support to provide essential resources and responsive programming. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbus Urban League Herstory | Columbus, OH | To empower African Americans and underrepresented groups through economic educational and social progress. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northern Illinois Foodbank | Geneva, IL | To provide nutritious food and resources for our neighbors with dignity equity and convenience through partnerships and innovation. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Central Community House | Columbus, OH | This organization is a comprehensive neighborhood-based community center that has been serving the near east side of Columbus Ohio in the settlement house tradition since 1936. Our mission is to empow | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forkids Inc | Chesapeake, VA | Breaking the cycle of homelessness and poverty. | Housing and shelter | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvest To Hope | Fort Worth, TX | Serves kids and families in Title I schools in Fort Worth TX. They provide snack packs to kids in school and focus on their development. | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Honor Flight Columbus | Worthington, OH | To honor Americas senior veterans with a trip to Washington D.C. to visit the nations memorials. To help them share their stories. To celebrate and affirm their service and homecoming. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kaleidoscope Youth Center | Columbus, OH | For youth across the spectrums of sexual orientation and gender identity to live healthy whole lives with acceptance and freedom from oppression. | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kids Mental Health Foundation | Columbus, OH | To give expert-created resources and tools to all U.S. communities so that everyone can understand and promote mental health for children. | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| My Project USA | Columbus, OH | To be a catalyst for protecting and empowering youth by uplifting families througheducation social services civic engagement and advocacy. | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Proyecto Mariposas | Westerville, OH | Provides an environment of learning sharing and support to Latina Girls and their mothers. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shepherds Corner Ecology Center | Blacklick, OH | Invites others to join with us in experiencing the joys and responsibilities of caring for land life and spirit. Inspiring others to become shepherds of creation in their own corners of the world. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Star House Foundation | Columbus, OH | Do whatever it takes to lift youth out of homelessness and into a community of hope. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | To raise funds and manage endowments and planned gifts for the benefit of The Ohio State University | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Canine Companions North Central Training Center | New Albany, OH | A national organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained service dogs at no charge to the recipient. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Casa Valentina | Miami, FL | To provide at-risk and former foster care youth with safe affordable housing life skills and continued support so that they can achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. | Housing and shelter | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Families Flourish | Columbus, OH | Offers a 3-year program that transforms the lives of low-wage working families and their children by providing a comprehensive path to economic mobility and wellness. This is accomplished through life | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Go Pantry | Florence, KY | To provide food to Northern Kentucky children on days schools are not open.As a secondary mission we have found a way to involve many people with volunteer and giving opportunities. | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Raise the Future | Denver, CO | To connect youth waiting in foster care with the adults who become stable forces in their lives and to support those relationships so that they last for a lifetime. | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Peak | Denver, CO | To ignite the potential in youth to exit homelessness and create self-determined fulfilled lives. | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed April 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202521119349100152. It reported $393,300 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption | Dublin, OH | To dramatically increase the number of adoptions of children waiting in North Americas foster care system. | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wecare | Tulsa, OK | To provide short-term financial assistance to Wendys employees who have been negatively impacted by natural disasters or states of emergency . | $55,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Midohio Food Collective | Grove City, OH | To end hunger one nourishing meal at a time while co-creating sustainable communities where everyone thrives. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YWCA Columbus | Columbus, OH | To eliminate racism empower women and promote peace justice freedom and dignity for all. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbus Urban League | Columbus, OH | To empower African Americans and disenfranchised groups through economic educational and social progress. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbus Urban League | Columbus, OH | To empower African Americans and underrepresented groups through economic educational and social progress. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Woman of Springfield & Clark County | Springfield, OH | To end domestic violence and sexual assault by providing services and programs to protect educate and empower. | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tumbleweed Program | Billings, MT | To provide safety assistance and hope to our communitys vulnerable and homeless youth creating lasting life changes. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Flying Horse Farms | Mt Gilead, OH | To make it possible for children with serious illnesses to heal grow and thrive. | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Keep Ohio Beautiful | Fairlawn, OH | To empower Ohio communities to take greater responsibility for improving the local environment through litter prevention beautification community greening waste reduction and recycling. | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| My Project USA | Columbus, OH | To be a catalyst for protecting and empowering youth by uplifting families througheducation social services civic engagement and advocacy. | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northern Rhode Island Food Pantry | Cumberland, RI | To provide high-quality foods and services to individuals and families in the Northern Rhode Island area to sustain and enrich our neighbors in need so they can become as self-sufficient as possible a | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Childhood League Center | Columbus, OH | To change the trajectory of a childs life through innovative early childhood education transdisciplinary teams and family-centered partnerships. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Casa Valentina | Miami, FL | To provide at-risk and former foster care youth with safe affordable housing life skills and continued support so that they can achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. | Housing and shelter | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Church and Community Assistance Program | Kissimmee, FL | To aid and assist individuals and their families to achieve self-sufficiency. | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Empowering Latinas Leadership Academy | Westerville, OH | To provide Latinas with the knowledge skills and resources they need to succeed in their chosen careers and become leaders in their fields. | Education | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Law and Leadership Institute | Columbus, OH | To work with high school students from underserved communities to educate them about and prepare them for careers in the legal profession. | Education | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Licking County Coalition of Care | Newark, OH | To break the cycle of poverty in Licking County OH | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Dublin | Dublin, OH | To impact the community with expanded programs and services that help families who are temporarily in need. | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Delaware County | Delaware, OH | To affirm support and enhance the resilience and growth of Delaware County residents by increasing behavioral social and emotional development opportunities for children birth to 5 years old and after | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zebra Youth | Orlando, FL | To assist young people facing homelessness bullying isolation from their families and physical sexual and drug abuse with individualized programs to guide them to recovery and stability. | Youth development | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $25,000 |
| Youth development | $17,500 |
| Housing and shelter | $10,000 |
| Education | $10,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $7,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $7,500 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $5,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Ohio | $602,500 |
| Oklahoma | $55,800 |
| Florida | $10,000 |
| Illinois | $7,500 |
| Montana | $7,500 |
| Virginia | $5,000 |
| Texas | $5,000 |
| Colorado | $5,000 |
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Updated April 30, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.