Funding search · EIN 680526427 · Encino, CA

John and Marilyn Wells

Name: John and Marilyn Wells 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.

125
grants reported: $5.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

University of Southern California-School of Cinematic Art3 grants · $1.8M
Alexandria House3 grants · $1.3M
Motion Picture & Television Fund3 grants · $850,000
Entertainment Community Fund2 grants · $450,000
Los Angeles Room & Board3 grants · $200,000
Corporation for Supportive Housing3 grants · $180,000
Sunnyside Baptist Church2 grants · $175,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association3 grants · $150,000
The Actors Fund1 grant · $100,000
Southern California Grantmakers3 grants · $51,675

Giving over time

$2.7M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

$1.0M
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$750,000
University of Southern California-School of Cinematic Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500,000
University of Southern California-School of Cinematic Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500,000
University of Southern California-School of Cinematic Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500,000
Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$350,000
Entertainment Community Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250,000
Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$200,000
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Alexandria House · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Entertainment Community Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Los Angeles Room & Board · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Sunnyside Baptist Church · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
The Actors Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$90,000
Corporation for Supportive Housing · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
Los Angeles Room & Board · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Sunnyside Baptist Church · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Go for Pas Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$45,000
Corporation for Supportive Housing · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$45,000
Corporation for Supportive Housing · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Imagine La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,575
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
National Foster Youth Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
National Foster Youth Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
The Rape Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hanalei Initiative · Hanalei, HI · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Los Angeles Room & Board · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
The Rape Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Lachsa Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Extrordinary Families · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Butterfly'S Haven · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Mayors Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
United Way · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Usc Center On Philanthropy and Public Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Imagine La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Usc Center On Philanthropy and Public Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wilshire Sports Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Usc Center On Philanthropy and Public Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
A New Way of Life Rentry Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Nga Hancock Park · Encino, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Providence St Joseph Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Sbes Parent Teacher Association · Haleiwa, HI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Episcopal School of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
A New Way of Life Rentry Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Girls Incorporated · Culver City, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Nga Hancock Park · Encino, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Providence St Joseph Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Episcopal School of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Nga · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Providence St Joseph Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Rainbow Railroad USA · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Episcopal School of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,500
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Safe Place for Youth · Venice, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
St James Food Pantry · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Writers Guild Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Safe Place for Youth · Venice, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Southern Ca Public Radio · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
St James Food Pantry · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Writers Guild Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Aclu Foundation of Southern California · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Look What She Did · Encino, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Safe Place for Youth · Venice, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
St James Food Pantry · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund International · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Writers Guild Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Kcrw Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,100
Southern California Grantmakers · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Aclu Foundation of Southern California · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Bravo Vail · Vail, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Casa of Los Angeles · Monterey Park, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Children'S Action Network · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Girls Incorporated · Culver City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Kauai Food Bank · Lihue, HI · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
My Dog Is My Home · Ridgewood, NY · 2024
Unrestricted

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