Funding search · EIN 133457878 · Canton, MA

The Wellspring Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

41
grants reported
$1.7M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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  • League of Women Voters Voter Educational Fund2 grants · $185,000
  • Vote Riders1 grant · $150,000
  • Movement Voter Fund1 grant · $150,000
  • National Resources Defnse Council3 grants · $140,000
  • Center for Reproductive Rights3 grants · $140,000
  • Clean Air Task Force2 grants · $125,000
  • Lone Star Justice Alliance4 grants · $100,000
  • Educational Video Center3 grants · $75,000
  • Evergreen Collaborative Co the Life You Can Save1 grant · $75,000
  • Spring Street Climate Fund2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$330,000
2022
$310,000
2023
$750,000
2024
$310,000
2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $150,000

    League of Women Voters Voter Educational Fund · Albany, NY · 2024

    General

  • $150,000

    Movement Voter Fund · Northampton, MA · 2024

    General

  • $150,000

    Vote Riders · Washington, DC · 2024

    General

  • $75,000

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    Evergreen Collaborative Co the Life You Can Save · Novato, CA · 2022

    General

  • $75,000

    National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $60,000

    National Resources Defnse Council · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $50,000

    The Good Information Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $50,000

    Feel Good Action · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General

  • $50,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Coalition for the Homeless · Lynn, MA · 2022

    General

  • $40,000

    National Resources Defnse Council · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General

  • $40,000

    Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    General

  • $40,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $40,000

    National Resources Defnse Council · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General

  • $35,000

    Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General

  • $35,000

    League of Women Voters Voter Educational Fund · Albany, NY · 2023

    General

  • $30,000

    Association of Independents in Radio · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $30,000

    Lone Star Justice Alliance · Austin, TX · 2025

    General

  • $30,000

    Recidiviz · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General

  • $30,000

    Lone Star Justice Alliance · Austin, TX · 2023

    General

  • $25,000

    Educational Video Center · New York, NY · 2025

    General

  • $25,000

    Just Impact · Albany, NY · 2025

    General

  • $25,000

    Educational Video Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $25,000

    Lone Star Justice Alliance · Austin, TX · 2024

    General

  • $25,000

    Educational Video Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $25,000

    National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General

  • $20,000

    Abolitionist Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General

  • $20,000

    Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2024

    General

  • $20,000

    Gotham Park · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $20,000

    National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General

  • $15,000

    Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison · Ossining, NY · 2024

    General

  • $15,000

    Lone Star Justice Alliance · Austin, TX · 2022

    General

  • $10,000

    Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2023

    General

  • $10,000

    Ny League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $10,000

    Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2023

    Generalgeneralgeneral

  • $10,000

    Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $10,000

    Transformational Prison Project · Boston, MA · 2022

    General

  • $5,000

    Strategies for Youth · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General

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