Funding search · EIN 376115126 · Paris, IL
Wells Trust Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 43
- grants reported
- $347,201
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $7,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.
- Ethan Vice3 grants · $57,086
- Braylon Nugent4 grants · $39,000
- William Templeton3 grants · $27,000
- Gwen R Morris2 grants · $26,400
- Olivia Theirl3 grants · $22,000
- Victoria Labaume2 grants · $18,750
- Macy Mitchell3 grants · $17,500
- Marcus Mitchell2 grants · $14,865
- Robert Lee Rollins Iii2 grants · $14,000
- Emma Stafford1 grant · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 43 reported grants, largest first.
- $26,086
Ethan Vice · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $20,000
Ethan Vice · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $13,200
Gwen R Morris · Toluca, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $13,200
Gwen R Morris · Toluca, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $13,000
Braylon Nugent · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $12,000
Braylon Nugent · Charleston, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $11,000
Ethan Vice · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $11,000
William Templeton · Champaign, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $10,000
Emma Stafford · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $10,000
Lillian Stafford · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $10,000
Victoria Labaume · Decatur, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $9,865
Marcus Mitchell · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $9,000
Brooklyn Westerfield · Champaign, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $9,000
Olivia Theirl · Charleston, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $9,000
Robert Lee Rollins Iii · Charleston, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $8,750
Victoria Labaume · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $8,000
William Templeton · Urbana, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $8,000
Will Moody · Urbana, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $8,000
William Templeton · Urbana, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $8,000
Cooper Block · Champaign, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $8,000
Mary Mitchell · Charleston, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $7,500
Macy Mitchell · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $7,000
Anika Currie · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $7,000
Braylon Nugent · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $7,000
Landon Nugent · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $7,000
Braylon Nugent · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $7,000
Olivia Theirl · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $6,000
Olivia Theirl · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $6,000
Kacey Newhart · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $5,000
Brianna Barna · Urbana, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $5,000
Elliot David · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $5,000
Kaitlyn Coombes · Urbana, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $5,000
Reed Stuck · Charleston, IL · 2025
Scholarship
- $5,000
Macy Mitchell · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $5,000
Marcus Mitchell · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $5,000
Macy Mitchell · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $5,000
Robert Lee Rollins Iii · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,800
Gwen Morris · Charleston, IL · 2022
Scholarship
- $3,000
Elliot David · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,000
Hudson David · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,000
Payton Lankster · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,800
Gwen Morris · Charleston, IL · 2023
Scholarship
- $2,000
Kacey Newhart · Charleston, IL · 2024
Scholarship
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