Funding search · EIN 411732563 · Brooklyn Park, MN

Wells Family Foundation

Name: Wells Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

49
grants reported: $615,000
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

education church religious health parishioners healthcare care childrens

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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.

4 grants matching “parishioners” · $50,000

$15,000
Way Media · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Religious education for parishioners
$10,000
In Touch Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Religious Education for parishioners
$15,000
In Touch Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Religious education for parishioners
$10,000
Way Media · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Religious education for parishioners

Top recipients

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

Smithsonian Archives American Art1 grant · $45,000
Hanley Center Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Cross Community Church2 grants · $40,000
Samaritans Purse1 grant · $40,000
Christ for All People1 grant · $30,000
In Touch Ministries2 grants · $25,000
John Hagee Ministries2 grants · $25,000
Norton Museum of Art2 grants · $25,000
Alliance for Eating Disorder2 grants · $25,000
Way Media2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$300,000

2022

$135,000

2023

$180,000

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$45,000
Smithsonian Archives American Art · Washington, DC · 2024
Art preservation
$40,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Health care for the needy
$30,000
Christ for All People · Hiawassee, GA · 2024
Support religious teachings
$30,000
Hanley Center Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Healthcare for individuals
$20,000
Palm Beach Academy · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Support Childrens education
$20,000
Cross Community Church · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
Support Church
$20,000
John Hagee Ministries · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Church Support
$20,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Art Education
$20,000
Cross Community Church · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
Support Church
$20,000
Palm Beach Day Academy · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support childrens education
$20,000
Times Square Church · New York, NY · 2022
Religious support for the church
$15,000
Way Media · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Religious education for parishioners
$15,000
Alliance for Eating Disorder · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Dietary Education
$15,000
In Touch Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Religious education for parishioners
$10,000
Alliance for Eating Disorder · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Dietary education
$10,000
Foxcroft School · Middleburg, VA · 2024
Education support
$10,000
New York Cares · New York, NY · 2024
K-12 school support
$10,000
Ryan Lytch Sang Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education awareness support
$10,000
Chapel York Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Botanical education support
$10,000
Free Chapel Worship · Gainesville, GA · 2023
Support Christs Philosophy
$10,000
In Touch Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Religious Education for parishioners
$10,000
Palm Beach Orthodox Synygoge · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Education Support
$10,000
Samaritans Pursse · Boone, NC · 2023
Healthcare for the needy
$10,000
Dunklin Memorial Church · Secondcreek, WV · 2022
Support Church
$10,000
Franklin University Switzerland · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$10,000
Global Evangelism · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Gospel education
$10,000
Grind for Life · Cocoa Beach, FL · 2022
Health care via financial assistance
$10,000
Hanley Center Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Healthcare for individuals
$10,000
Moody Bible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Study Bible Theology
$10,000
Ocean Clean Up · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental clean up
$10,000
Palm Beach Atlantic College · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Education
$10,000
Rx Art · New York, NY · 2022
Suport art in New York
$10,000
Ryon Litch Sang Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Health education for those that need it
$10,000
Smithsonian Archives American Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
Art preservation
$10,000
Way Media · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Religious education for parishioners
$10,000
Ymca of Pam Beaches · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Health
$5,000
Dunklin Memorial Church · Okeechobee, FL · 2024
Support church
$5,000
John Hagee Ministries · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Church support
$5,000
Ymca of Palm Beach · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Youth education
$5,000
First Care · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Education Support
$5,000
The Urban Alternative · Dallas, TX · 2023
Religious education support
$5,000
Free Chapel Worship · Gainesville, GA · 2022
Support Christs philosophy
$5,000
Glory of Zion International · Denton, TX · 2022
Nationwide religeous assistance
$5,000
Lundstrom Center for Performing Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Advanced arts edcation for minorities
$5,000
New Hope Academy · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support growth of tennagers
$5,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Art education
$5,000
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Save animals in todays environment
$5,000
St Martins Church · Fairmont, MN · 2022
Gospel education
$5,000
St Thomas Academy · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Education for highschool students

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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.