Funding search · EIN 411367441 · Minneapolis, MN

Wells Fargo Foundation

Name: Wells Fargo Foundation grants, 2024–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

2,969
grants reported: $300.8M
total given: 2024–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

housing financial business small home affordable education

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Affordable housing production, preservation, heirs' property, and housing counseling
Small business capital access through CDFIs and community lenders
Financial health: savings, credit building, financial coaching for low-income families
Workforce development and job pathways, including reentry and tech training
Disaster relief and recovery, notably Altadena fires and Texas flooding
Neighborhood revitalization in specific cities: Charlotte, Dallas, Minneapolis

Typical grant

The median grant is $30,000 and the middle half falls between $20,000 and $50,000, so nearly 3,000 checks are modest community gifts. The seven-figure money goes to national intermediaries and multi-year initiatives: Concordance at $8M, Enterprise Community Partners at $5M, Habitat for Humanity International at $4.9M, and LISC across four separate WORTH grants. Repeat giving is clear, with LISC, Enterprise, Community Ventures Corporation, Forest Forward, and Center for Land Reform each holding two or more grants in the same year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“financial health”
“heirs' property”
“access to capital”
“housing counseling”
“capacity building”
“economic mobility”
“workforce development”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to WORTH, heirs' property, or housing counseling; those are named, funded, multi-city initiatives.
Ask $375,000 to $500,000 for research or evaluation work; The Urban Institute and Terner Labs sit in that band.
Name a target city: Charlotte, Dallas, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta all show concentrated investment.
Frame outcomes in household financial health terms, savings, credit scores, housing stability, not academic contribution.

Worth knowing: California, North Carolina, Texas, and Florida absorb the most grants, and Charlotte and Minneapolis get outsized attention given Wells Fargo's corporate footprint. A small set of national intermediaries takes a large share of the dollars while most recipients get $20,000 to $50,000 one-off community gifts, so the big money looks relationship-driven and initiative-based rather than open.

43 grants matching “entrepreneur” · $2.3M

$500,000
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund · Duluth, MN · 2025
Healthy Foods Builder Awards
$350,000
North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Statewide Emerging Entrepreneurs Challenge
$80,000
Charlotte Is Creative · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Creative Entrepreneurs Initiative - Year Five
$60,000
Ampac Tri-State Cdc · Ontario, CA · 2025
Entrepreneur Ecosystem and Small Business Incubator Program
$50,000
Bakerripley · Houston, TX · 2025
Entrepreneur Connection
$50,000
Macedonia Community Development Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Emerging Entrepreneur and Access to Capital Program
$50,000
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Operating Corporation · Columbus, OH · 2025
NVMM Gift Shop and Business Dev supporting Veteran Entrepreneurs
$45,000
City Startup Labs · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Powering Small Business Growth for Justice-Impacted Entrepreneurs
$45,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2025
Small-business/Micro-Enterprise and Entrepreneur Development Program
$35,000
Working Solutions Cdfi · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Pre-Loan Technical Assistance for San Francisco Entrepreneurs
$35,000
Entrepreneur Works Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Small Business Forward Initiative (SBFI)- General operating support
$35,000
Parkside Business & Community in Partnership · Camden, NJ · 2025
Counseling and Entrepreneur Support
$35,000
Vestedin · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
B-Smart Entrepreneur Program
$25,000
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
Nashville Entrepreneur Center General Operating Support
$25,000
Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
GPHCC Entrepreneur Programs 2025/26
$25,000
Impact Hub Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
Entrepreneur Training and Acceleration
$25,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship · New York, NY · 2025
Aspiring Entrepreneurs Program
$25,000
Richland County Public Library · Columbia, SC · 2025
Entrepreneur in Residence Program
$25,000
Rio Grande Community Development Corporation · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Empowering South Valley Entrepreneurs Through Incubation and Support
$20,000
Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation Foundation · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
Entrepreneur Programming
$15,500
Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2025
Entrepreneur Training
$15,000
Microenterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California · Fontana, CA · 2025
Gen Ops: Empowering Entrepreneurs with Resources, Funding & Support
$10,000
California State University San Marcos Foundation · San Marcos, CA · 2025
Resilient Entrepreneur Program
$10,000
Beaufort County Community College Foundation · Washington, NC · 2025
"Finding the Entrepreneur in You-Seed and Sow" Small Business Start Up
$90,000
Charlotte Is Creative · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Creative entrepreneurs initiative - year four
$75,000
Bakerripley · Houston, TX · 2024
Entrepreneur connection
$60,000
On the Move · Napa, CA · 2024
Small-business/micro-enterprise and entrepreneur development program
$55,000
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland · Halethorpe, MD · 2024
Ja biztown, ja leading ladies and entrepreneur support network
$50,000
Impact Hub Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Impact entrepreneur training & accelerating programs
$50,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2024
Lassonde entrepreneur institute program support
$40,000
Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Gphcc entrepreneur programs
$40,000
La Luz Center · Sonoma, CA · 2024
La luz entrepreneur support fund
$30,000
Urban Impact · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Empowering entrepreneurs to become economic drivers
$25,000
Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund · S Salt Lake, UT · 2024
Supporting underserved and low-income entrepreneurs
$25,000
Richland County Public Library · Columbia, SC · 2024
Entrepreneur in residence (eir) program
$25,000
Spruce Root · Juneau, AK · 2024
Empowering southeast alaska's entrepreneurs for sustainable growth
$25,000
Suazo Business Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Supporting underserved and low-income entrepreneurs in utah
$25,000
Anchorage Community Land Trust · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Set up shop support: empowering neighborhood entrepreneurs to launch and grow
$20,000
Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2024
Strengthen entrepreneur & small business support in the orange county region
$20,000
Springboard for the Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Growth fund: resourcing creative entrepreneurs with access to capital
$15,000
Indian American Women Entrepreneurs Association · Edison, NJ · 2024
Volunteer opportunities and financial freedom education
$10,000
Beaufort County Community College Foundation · Washington, NC · 2024
Finding the entrepreneur in you
$10,000
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association · Orlando, FL · 2024
General operating support for mentoring and educating small business entrepreneurs in central fl

Top recipients

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

Local Initiatives Support Corporation40 grants · $14.7M
Enterprise Community Partners4 grants · $12.7M
Yourcause Llc Fbo the Blackbaud Giving Fund3 grants · $9.0M
Concordance1 grant · $8.0M
Habitat for Humanity International3 grants · $6.5M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund3 grants · $6.0M
Habitat for Humanity International2 grants · $5.0M
Forest Forward3 grants · $3.1M
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta2 grants · $2.8M
Acts Community Development Corporation2 grants · $2.8M

Giving over time

$143.5M

2024

$157.4M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,969 grants.

$8.0M
Concordance · St Louis, MO · 2025
Concordance Reentry Program National Expansion Jul 2025 - Jun 2028
$6.4M
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2024
2024 wells fargo builds program
$5.2M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Housing affordability breakthrough challenge: housing production innovation
$5.0M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2025
Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge
$5.0M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
2025 CCG Prefund 1
$5.0M
Yourcause Llc Fbo the Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Donor advised fund grant
$4.9M
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2025
2025 Wells Fargo Builds & Research / Flexible Funding Grant
$2.1M
Yourcause Llc Fbo the Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Donor advised fund grant
$2.0M
African American Leadership Forum · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Support for Northside Forward
$2.0M
Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2025
Expanding National Heirs' Property Work, PT 2
$1.9M
Yourcause Llc Fbo the Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Donor advised fund grant
$1.9M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
New York City WORTH Planning Collaborative
$1.9M
Acts Community Development Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Milwaukee worth implementation grant
$1.9M
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2024
Native & rural worth implementation grant
$1.9M
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Atlanta worth implementation grant
$1.9M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
Houston worth implementation grant
$1.9M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Richmond, VA · 2024
Housing affordability programming
$1.9M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Houston, TX · 2024
Richmond worth implementation grant
$1.8M
Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Capitol Support for the Ruckus Innovation Center
$1.6M
Forest Forward · Dallas, TX · 2025
Capacity Building and Affordable Housing Development Initiative
$1.6M
Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2024
Building a legal services partnership for keeping people housed
$1.5M
Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2025
General operating support first three years of strategic plan
$1.5M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2025
Faith Based Development Initiative Expansion
$1.5M
Irc'S Center for Economic Opportunity · San Diego, CA · 2025
Financial Opportunity for All
$1.5M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
Advancing Economic Mobility Through LISC's FOC Model
$1.5M
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods · New York, NY · 2025
Heirs Property Protection Program
$1.5M
West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Three Sisters Market Food Co-op
$1.5M
Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Advancing housing access and affordability of homeownership in west baltimore
$1.3M
Community Ventures Corporation · Lexington, KY · 2025
Keeping People Housed - Housing Counseling Intermediary
$1.3M
Lakewood Neighborhood Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2025
LNAs EHub & Lakeview ADU Partnership Program (LAPP)
$1.2M
Rebuilding Together · Washington, DC · 2024
Wells fargo builds rebuilding together 2024
$1.2M
Community Ventures Corporation · Lexington, KY · 2025
Keeping People Housed Housing Counseling Intermediary
$1.2M
Freedom Communities · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Freedom Communities (FC) Low-Barrier Affordable Rental Housing
$1.1M
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Harnessing ai and data insights to accelerate capital success
$1.1M
Rebuilding Together · Washington, DC · 2025
Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo Builds 2025
$1.0M
Ascendus · New York, NY · 2025
Ascendus B.R.I.D.G.E. Broward Program
$1.0M
Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2025
Expanding National Heirs' Property Work
$1.0M
Codepathorg · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Expanding AI and Software Engineering Pathways in Charlotte, NC
$1.0M
Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Accelerating Interim Housing for San Francisco
$1.0M
Forest Forward · Dallas, TX · 2025
Forest Theater Project
$1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
Richmond WORTH Implementation Grant
$1.0M
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
RLA Coalition ADU Program
$1.0M
San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity · Monrovia, CA · 2025
Building ADUs to Rebuild Altadena
$1.0M
Volunteer Florida Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Elevate Florida Cost Share Support Program
$1.0M
Behavioral Ideas Lab · New York, NY · 2024
Deepening and scaling the application of behavioral science for narrative change
$1.0M
Black Business Community Development Corporation · Orlando, FL · 2024
Scaleup program for small developers
$1.0M
Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Investing in the growth of fec counseling across the country
$1.0M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Faith based development initiative expansion
$1.0M
Grameen America · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024
Grameen america: advancing women's economic empowerment in phoenix and via technology
$1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
Increasing financial inclusion through lisc's financial opportunity center program
$1.0M
National Community Stabilization Trust Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
Acquistion bridge fund
$1.0M
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Ready reserve
$1.0M
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Team rubicon's ready reserve fund
$937,500
Acts Community Development Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Milwaukee WORTH Implementation Grant
$937,500
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Atlanta WORTH Implementation Grant
$937,500
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
Houston WORTH Implementation Grant
$937,500
Urban League of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Philadelphia WORTH
$937,500
Urban League of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Philadelphia worth
$906,500
Native360 Loan Fund · Grand Island, NE · 2024
Native360 great plains regional native lending hub
$900,000
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2025
Native & Rural WORTH Implementation Grant
$850,000
Community Ventures Corporation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Keeping people housed intermediary program
$850,000
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental programs
$800,000
Credit Builders Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
Expanding Credit Building
$790,000
National Bankers Community Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Our money matters expansion grant
$750,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
RUST REQUEST DISASTER - American Red Cross ADGP
$750,000
Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
International Philanthropy Prefund
$750,000
Charlotte Regional Business Alliance Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Start Up To Scale Up - West Charlotte
$750,000
Empowering the Masses · Dallas, TX · 2025
Workforce Development Expansion and Economic Empowerment Center
$750,000
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders · San Antonio, TX · 2025
NALCAB National Financial Opportunity Program Proposal
$750,000
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
2025 Disaster Prefund 1
$750,000
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Atlanta Housing Stabilization and Neighborhood Investment
$750,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Wells fargo financial capability grant
$750,000
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Financial mobility programming
$700,000
Inclusive Prosperity Capital · Hartford, CT · 2024
Lending platform to decarbonize affordable housing in partnership with the housing partnership network
$700,000
Lakota Fund · Kyle, SD · 2024
Housing affordability programming
$700,000
Mountain Plains Community Development Corporation · Eagle Butte, SD · 2024
Invest native mountain plains coalition
$680,000
100 Black Men of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Future$mart: Financial Literacy & Investment Initiative
$675,000
100 Black Men of America · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Wells fargo grant proposal: empowering financial literacy and economic stability security and mobility
$665,000
Earn · San Francisco, CA · 2024
An inclusive clean energy economy that benefits low-income households
$650,000
Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025
Increasing the financial health of low-income families
$650,000
Community Health Center Capital Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Environmental programming
$642,998
American Bankers Association Community Engagement Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Veterans Benefits Banking Program Extension and Expansion
$639,500
American Bankers Association Community Engagement Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Veterans benefits banking program extension and expansion
$625,000
Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Onac financial health grant 2025
$600,000
By Degrees Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Increasing Long-Term Savings & Strengthening Financial Health at North
$600,000
Cooperative Development Institute · Northampton, MA · 2025
Northeast Transition Initiative
$600,000
South Carolina Research Authority · Columbia, SC · 2025
Cultivating Innovation in SC Agribusiness: Small Farms, Big Business
$600,000
American National Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community adaptation program (cap)
$600,000
Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support to carry out first three years of strategic plan
$550,000
Just Community · Austin, TX · 2025
Texas Savings Accelerator and Credit Score Booster Initiative
$533,500
Cooperative Development Institute · Northampton, MA · 2024
North east transition initiative
$520,000
Sifma Foundation for Investor Education · New York, NY · 2025
2025: Advancing Youth Financial Health
$500,000
Akiptan · Eagle Butte, SD · 2025
Access to Capital is a Path to Success
$500,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
American Heart Association EmPowered to Serve Business Accelerator
$500,000
Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2025
Rural Studio: Building Capacity for Workforce Home Construction
$500,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Altadena Prefab Showcase
$500,000
Cen-Tex Certified Development Corporation · Austin, TX · 2025
Community Developers Roundtable Fund 2.0
$500,000
Cooperative Fund of the Northeast · Watertown, MA · 2025
Loan Capital Grant Request
$500,000
Dreamspring · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Lending Innovation & Place-Based Capital Access for the Missing Middle
$500,000
Forest Forward · Dallas, TX · 2025
Talent Bank (Gig Economy): Forest Theater & Workforce Hub Operations

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