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The Wells Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

46
grants reported
$931,901
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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1 grant matching “giftt” · $1,000

  • $1,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted giftt

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Holy Trinity3 grants · $316,001
  • Ed Choice Kentucky1 grant · $200,000
  • Speed Art Museum3 grants · $94,000
  • Filson Historical Society3 grants · $67,000
  • Catholic Education Foundation2 grants · $40,000
  • Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund3 grants · $30,000
  • Saint Xavier High School3 grants · $30,000
  • Catholic Services Appeal2 grants · $20,000
  • Baptist Healthcare1 grant · $17,500
  • United Way1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$301,600
2022
$417,801
2023
$212,500
2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

  • $200,000

    Ed Choice Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $126,001

    Holy Trinity · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $125,000

    Holy Trinity · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $65,000

    Holy Trinity · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $44,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $32,000

    Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $30,000

    Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $20,000

    Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $20,000

    Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $17,500

    Baptist Healthcare · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $15,000

    United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $12,000

    Cathedral of the Assumption · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Catholic Services Appeal · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Junior Achievenment of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Saint Xavier High School · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Catholic Services Appeal · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Saint Xavier High School · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Saint Xavier High School · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Yew Dell · Crestwood, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $8,000

    Cedar Lake Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $7,500

    Lost Tree Foundation · North Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $6,000

    Virginia Chance School · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $4,000

    Kmac Coutre · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $4,000

    Lost Tree Foundation · North Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    River Fields · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    Cedar Lake Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    River Fields · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $1,500

    University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $1,000

    The Nicholson Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $1,000

    Nazareth Home · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $1,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted giftt

  • $800

    St Phillip the Apostle · Morrow, OH · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $500

    Signature Theatre · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $500

    Sisters for Life · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $100

    Eisenhower Foundation · Albilene, KS · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.