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 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.
- 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
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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