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.

32 grants matching “wealth” · $2.3M

$350,000
Build Wealth Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Family Stabilization Plan Program
$250,000
The Urban Institute · District of Columbia, WA · 2025
Evaluation Grant - Wealth Opportunities Restored through Homeownership
$250,000
Build Commonwealth · Boston, MA · 2025
Reconnecting Workers with Lost Retirement Wealth
$150,000
Dc Affordable Law Firm · Washington, DC · 2025
Preserving Wealth for Homeowners through Estate Planning and Probate
$70,000
Common Wealth Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Trauma-Informed Financial Capability
$60,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2025
Building Wealth for LMI Residents with Financial Opportunity Centers
$50,000
Corporation To Develop Communities of Tampa · Tampa, FL · 2025
Family Wealth Protection Program
$40,000
Hispanic Unity of Florida · Hollywood, FL · 2025
HUF's Financial Capabilities and Wealth Building (FCWB) program
$35,000
Homes of Oakridge Human Services · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Financial Freedom: Pathways to Wealth Building
$30,000
West Angeles Community Development Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Financial Wealth Building
$25,000
Partnership for the Future · Glen Allen, VA · 2025
Wealth Building Initiative
$20,000
Neighborhood Allies · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Building Wealth Through Financial Empowerment
$20,000
Gk Folks Foundation · Herriman, UT · 2025
GK Folks Small Business Growth & Financial Wealth Initiative
$15,000
Wealth Watchers · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Bank On Northeast Florida
$100,000
Bridge Housing Corporation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Potrero youth wealth initiative (wealth = wisdom, education, and leadership for thriving households)
$100,000
Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Inclusive Action for the City · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Building community wealth through commercial real estate ownership
$95,000
Common Wealth Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating support & generation2080
$75,000
Build Wealth Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
9,000 equities initiative
$75,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Houston, TX · 2024
Building credit and wealth for lmi residents through financial centers
$50,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Advancing financial health and inter generational wealth through locally driven housing strategies
$50,000
Via Care Community Health Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Wellness and wealth literacy program
$40,000
Hispanic Unity of Florida · Hollywood, FL · 2024
Huf's financial capabilities and wealth building (fcwb) program
$30,000
Urban Edge Housing Corp · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Building wealth for lmi families through innovative program levers
$30,000
Laredo-Webb Neighborhood Housing Services · Laredo, TX · 2024
2024 creating home wealth through education & counseling
$25,000
Mass Design Group · Boston, MA · 2024
Closing the native wealth gap - special session for micd
$25,000
Partnership for the Future · Glen Allen, VA · 2024
Wealth building initiative
$25,000
Ventura County Community Development Corporation · Oxnard, CA · 2024
Creating wealth by advancing homeownership initiative
$22,000
Neighborhood Allies · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Building wealth through financial empowerment
$20,000
California Community Builders · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Closing the racial wealth gap through housing and homeownership
$15,000
Instituto De Avance Integral Latino Cdc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Ideal wealth academy, financial literacy workshops, and 10 month couple's coaching program
$10,000
Albuquerque Community Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Community wealth building cohort

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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