Funding search · EIN 386157507 · Louisville, KY

The Wells Foundation

Name: The Wells 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.

46
grants reported: $931,901
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

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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.

Holy Trinity3 grants · $316,001
Ed Choice Kentucky1 grant · $200,000
Speed Art Museum3 grants · $94,000
Filson Historical Society3 grants · $67,000
Catholic Education Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund3 grants · $30,000
Saint Xavier High School3 grants · $30,000
Catholic Services Appeal2 grants · $20,000
Baptist Healthcare1 grant · $17,500
United Way1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$301,600

2022

$417,801

2023

$212,500

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Ed Choice Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$126,001
Holy Trinity · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$125,000
Holy Trinity · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$65,000
Holy Trinity · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$44,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$32,000
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$30,000
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$20,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$20,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$17,500
Baptist Healthcare · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$15,000
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$12,000
Cathedral of the Assumption · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Catholic Services Appeal · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Junior Achievenment of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Saint Xavier High School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Catholic Services Appeal · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Saint Xavier High School · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Sacred Heart Academy Annual Fund · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Saint Xavier High School · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Yew Dell · Crestwood, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$8,000
Cedar Lake Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$7,500
Lost Tree Foundation · North Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$6,000
Virginia Chance School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Kmac Coutre · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Lost Tree Foundation · North Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
River Fields · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Cedar Lake Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
River Fields · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,500
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
The Nicholson Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Nazareth Home · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Unrestricted giftt
$800
St Phillip the Apostle · Morrow, OH · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$500
Signature Theatre · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$500
Sisters for Life · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$100
Eisenhower Foundation · Albilene, KS · 2022
Unrestricted gift

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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.