Funding search · EIN 208584460 · Lake Oswego, OR

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.

76
grants reported: $325,056
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,500
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

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.

Portland State Univ Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Library Foundation3 grants · $30,000
Als Association Or and Sw Wa2 grants · $30,000
Adopt One Block3 grants · $20,000
Shatterproof2 grants · $15,500
Carleton College1 grant · $15,000
St Mary'S Academy3 grants · $15,000
Greater Flint Health Coalition2 grants · $13,000
University of Texas Fund2 grants · $11,000
The Salvation Army2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$90,000

2022

$138,000

2023

$97,056

2024

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Portland State Univ Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$15,000
Als Association Or and Sw Wa · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$15,000
Als Association Or and Sw Wa · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$15,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2022
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Library Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Adopt One Block · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Library Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Portland State Univ Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Shatterproof · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
University of Texas Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose
$10,000
Library Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$8,000
Greater Flint Health Coalition · Flint, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,500
Shatterproof · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Adopt One Block · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Community Transitional School · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Portland State Univ Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
St Mary'S Academy · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Greater Flint Health Coalition · Flint, MI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,000
St Mary'S Academy · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$5,000
Adopt One Block · Portland, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$5,000
St Mary'S Academy · Portland, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose
$4,500
Eastern Michigan University · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$4,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$4,500
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$4,500
Genesee County Habitat for Humanity · Flint, MI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$4,500
Lucile Packard Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$4,000
Grand Traverse Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$4,000
Home for Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$3,000
Wers Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
St Andrew Nativity School · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
St John Fischer · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Trinity University · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Gales Creek Camp · Tigard, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,500
St Andrew Nativity School · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,500
St John Fischer · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Community Tranistional School · Portland, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Eastern Michigan University · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Junior Achievment of Northern Calif · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,500
Lucile Packard Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,500
St Andrew Nativity School · Portland, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Eastern Michigan University · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Genesee County Habitat for Humanity · Flint, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Humane Society of Granville County · Butner, NC · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Knights of Columbus Council · Tigard, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Lucile Packard Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Clackamas Service Center · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purposes
$2,000
Humane Society of Genesee County · Burton, MI · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Knights of Columbus Council · Tigard, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund · Wayland, MA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Neighbor Brigade · Maynard, MA · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$2,000
Gales Creek Camp · Tigard, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose
$1,500
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,500
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,500
Trinity University · San Antonia, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose
$1,500
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Bethlehem Inn · Bed, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Clackamas Service Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purposes
$1,000
Flint Institute of Arts · Flint, MI · 2024
Exempt
$1,000
Meals of Wheels · Dayton, OH · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Nw Pilot Project · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
University of Texas Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Waverley Historic Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose
$1,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Meals of Wheels · Dayton, OH · 2023
Exempt purpose
$1,000
Nw Pilot Project · Portland, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose
$56
Usga · Liberty Corner, NJ · 2024
Exempt purpose

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Oregon Health & Science University42 grants · $569.5M
The Oregon Community Foundation6,045 grants · $495.4M
City Fund375 grants · $323.6M

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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.