Funding search · EIN 261572332 · San Francisco, CA

The Alexandra and Spencer Wells

Name: The Alexandra and Spencer Wells grants, 2021–2024
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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.

53
grants reported: $413,191
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,032
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

San Francisco Film Society4 grants · $222,307
Every Mother Counts3 grants · $51,526
Columbia University4 grants · $40,000
Walk of Champions1 grant · $40,000
Blackburn Foundation1 grant · $10,300
Givebutter1 grant · $10,204
Western Reserve Academy3 grants · $5,786
San Francisco Opera2 grants · $5,650
Quad Prep School1 grant · $3,332
Nantucket Historical Association3 grants · $2,690

Giving over time

$79,323

2021

$68,869

2022

$152,662

2023

$112,337

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$69,000
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$57,500
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
$51,000
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$44,807
San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$40,000
Walk of Champions · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,526
Every Mother Counts · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,000
Every Mother Counts · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,300
Blackburn Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,204
Givebutter · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Every Mother Counts · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,150
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,332
Quad Prep School · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Parks Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$2,000
Western Reserve Academy · Hudson, OH · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,893
Western Reserve Academy · Hudson, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,893
Western Reserve Academy · Hudson, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,856
Boost My School · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,750
Quad Preparatory School · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,180
Manifestworks · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,175
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,060
Psi Upsilon Fraternity · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,033
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,032
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,030
The Society of the Cincinnati · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,010
Special Operations Warrior · Tampa, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Taft School · Watertown, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hirshhorn Museum · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
$625
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2021
Unrestricted
$540
Manifestworks · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$518
Special Operators Transition Found · Niceville, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$517
Worldwide Friends Foundation · Harlan, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$515
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2024
Unrestricted
$515
First Tee - San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
$500
Brecker-Metal Foundation · Suffern, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Brecker-Metal Foundation · Suffern, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
$500
The Taft School · Watertown, CT · 2021
Unrestricted
$350
Access Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$258
First Tee · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$258
Nested Integral Coaching Constellat · Redondo Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$258
Rock Creek Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2021
Unrestricted
$257
Huntsman Cancer Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
$252
Build On Organization · Stamford, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$240
Kqed Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$240
Kqed Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$207
Build On Organization · Stamford, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$160
Kqed Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted

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