Don Kendall

Social entrepreneur & philanthropist

📍 Weston, Connecticut, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 34 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2018
VC🌍 United States
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Founding Board Member
2000
We’re Hotwire and we’re a company of travelers. We love providing great deals to enable fellow travelers to take slightly adventurous trips at the drop of a hat. We launched in 2000 with an innovative proposition: our Hot Rate® Hotels, Hot Rate® Cars, and Hot Rate® Flights offer travelers deep discounts if they wait to learn the name of the hotel until after they book and pay for it. Last year, more than 200,000 people visited Hotwire.com every day. Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia Group (NASDAQ : EXPE). We love hearing about your trips; Customer Care is available 24/7 by phone. 1-866-HOTWIRE (1-866-468-9473).
early stageInternet
Co-founder, Co-CEO, Board Member
1992
We create the restaurant business and we would like to invite you to our kitchen. Get to know AmRest from the inside to see What’s cooking. Meet our people, our brands and what we do. We are the fastest growing restaurant company in Europe. with more than 30 years of experience. We operate some of the world-beloved brands – KFC 🍗, Starbucks ☕, Pizza Hut 🍕, Burger King🍔, La Tagliatella 🍝, blue frog 🍖 and Sushi Shop 🍣. But above all, we are all about people. Both when it comes to our guests as well as our employees. Meet some of them and what we do on this channel. Want to find out more? Visit us at 👉 www.amrest.eu Want to join us? Visit 👉 careeratamrest.com and Apply 📩 .
early stageRestaurants
Experience · 14 entries
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2020
Co-Founder & Executive Chair
Mar 2020
4-CT is an independent, 501(c)3 born out of the emergent need to align philanthropic efforts and look for new ways to tackle the health and economic disparities of Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. The pandemic laid bare the need for long-term aid and better systems to deliver support to people who are marginalized in order to right systemic inequities. During the height of the pandemic, 4-CT successfully partnered with community-based organizations and health centers to reach Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations. To date, 4-CT has distributed $14 million to provide innovative, immediate relief to more than 75,000 individuals. Our work has just begun. Looking ahead, our efforts will build upon the lessons we’ve learned while focusing on: - Empowering Connecticut residents to improve their own lives, giving them agency to make decisions with direct cash; - Enhancing the nonprofit sector’s ability to serve their communities when and how they need it; - Leveraging the statewide network - including the public, private and philanthropic sectors - for collaboration, resource sharing, education and advocacy; and - Experimenting with innovative direct cash aid pilot programs through strategic partnerships
2018
Board Member
Jun 2018
All Our Kin trains, supports, and sustains community child care providers to ensure that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in school and in life. Through our programs, child care professionals succeed as business owners; working parents find stable, high-quality care for their children; and children gain an educational foundation that lays the groundwork for achievement in school and beyond. Our vision: child care providers will have access to training and education opportunities, livable wages and benefits, and respect for a hard job done well. Parents will be honored and supported in their difficult work of caring for children, and have access to safe, loving, educational child care options when they go to work. And children, regardless of where they live, their racial or ethnic background, or how much money their parents earn, will begin their lives with all the advantages, tools, and experiences that we, as a society, are capable of giving them. We support more than 600 family child care educators who have the capacity to serve more than 3,600 children in New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury, and the surrounding communities, as well as in New York City.
2015
Board Member
Sep 2015
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation is partnering with our community to create a county where every person has an equitable opportunity to thrive. We work closely with community organizations, nonprofits, businesses and philanthropists to address challenges and identify opportunities to create a stronger, more vibrant community. Informed by three decades of partnering with and serving our community, we have awarded more than $390 million in grants to nonprofits in Fairfield County and beyond.
Southwest Regional Communications Center (Southwest CMED)
Board Member
Apr 2015
2013
Smart Tech Challenges Foundation
Co-Founder & Board Member
2013
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1992–2018 · 8 investments
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