Funding search · EIN 222541749 · Buffalo, NY

Franklin H and Ruth L Wells Foundation

Name: Franklin H and Ruth L Wells Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

48
grants reported: $770,495
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $14,500
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Salvation Army2 grants · $100,000
Trine University2 grants · $62,500
United Way of the Capital Region3 grants · $60,000
Capital Region Literacy Council2 grants · $54,750
Penn State University Harrisburg2 grants · $50,000
Midwest Food Bank Pennsylvania3 grants · $47,000
Messiah University2 grants · $40,000
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania2 grants · $30,000
Bethesda Mission2 grants · $30,000
The Nativity School of Harrisburg3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$235,780

2022

$272,715

2023

$262,000

2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Salvation Army · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Salvation Army · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$37,500
Trine University · Angola, IN · 2023
General
$27,375
Capital Region Literacy Council · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$27,375
Capital Region Literacy Council · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$25,000
New Hope Ministries · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Penn State University Harrisburg · Middletown, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
National Audubon Society Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$25,000
Messiah University · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2022
General
$25,000
Penn State University Harrisburg · Middletown, PA · 2022
General
$25,000
Trine University · Angola, IN · 2022
General
$20,000
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$20,000
United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Midwest Food Bank Pennsylvania · Middletown, PA · 2023
General
$20,000
United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2023
General
$20,000
United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2022
General
$17,000
Midwest Food Bank Pennsylvania · Middletown, PA · 2022
General
$15,000
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Joshua Group · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Messiah University · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
United Disabilities Services Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Hacc Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$15,000
Susquehanna Chorale · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2023
General
$15,000
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$14,000
Paxton Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$12,840
The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties · Carlisle, PA · 2023
General
$10,000
Harrisburg University · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Midwest Food Bank Pennsylvania · Middletown, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Nativity School of Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wildheart International Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$10,000
Historical Society of Dauphin County · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$10,000
The Nativity School of Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$10,000
Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania · Erie, PA · 2023
General
$10,000
Dauphin County Library System · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$10,000
Harrisburg University · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$10,000
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$10,000
The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties · Carlisle, PA · 2022
General
$10,000
The Nativity School of Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$8,000
St Stephen'S Episcopal School · Wimberley, TX · 2024
General support
$6,405
Perry County Council of the Arts · Newport, PA · 2022
General
$5,000
Central Pensylvania Friends of Jazz · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Harrisburg Symphony Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Central Pensylvania Friends of Jazz · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General
$5,000
Harrisburg Symphony Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Pc
$5,000
Make a Wish · Blue Bell, PA · 2022
General
$5,000
Susquehanna Chorale · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2022
General
$5,000
Wildheart International Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General

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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.