Funding search · EIN 222777617 · Wilmington, DE

William & Karen Tell Foundation

Name: William & Karen Tell 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.

205
grants reported: $283,050
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
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.

New Dominion Chorale3 grants · $26,250
All Saints Church3 grants · $22,500
St Luke School6 grants · $19,500
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation I3 grants · $17,500
Torrance Rose Float Association3 grants · $13,000
Houston Symphony Society2 grants · $10,500
International Printing Museum Foundation2 grants · $10,500
Commentary3 grants · $9,500
Montgomery County Humane Society3 grants · $7,000
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church2 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$109,350

2022

$77,985

2023

$95,715

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 205 grants.

$13,500
New Dominion Chorale · McLean, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,250
New Dominion Chorale · McLean, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
International Printing Museum Foundation · Commerce, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation I · Wauchula, FL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Torrance Rose Float Association · Torrance, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
All Saints Church · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
All Saints Church · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
Annual fund for 2023
$7,500
All Saints Church · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church · West Palm Bch, FL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation I · Wauchula, GA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
St Luke School · McLean, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
St Luke School · McLean, VA · 2022
Annual Fund
$3,500
American Film Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,500
St Luke School · McLean, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
St Marys Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
Choir Trip Fund
$3,000
Midnight Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To benefit work training program
$3,000
St Luke School · McLean, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation I · Wauchula, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Montgomery County Humane Society · Rockville, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
New Dominion Chorale · McLean, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
St Marys Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Salisbury Pilgrimage
$2,500
St Luke School · McLean, VA · 2023
Annual Fund
$2,500
American Film Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Commentary · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Katie Johnson Fellowship · Seattle, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Montgomery County Humane Society · Rockville, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
St Luke School · McLean, VA · 2022
School Music Program
$2,500
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
International Society of Black Latinos Isbl · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Funds For Ethiopian Women project per Haimanot Hebtu
$2,000
International Society of Black Latinos Isbl · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Funds For Ethio Women per Haimanot Habtu
$2,000
Torrance Rose Float Association · Torrance, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Your Dogs Friend · Rockville, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue · Arlington, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Montgomery County Humane Society · Rockville, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trus · Erlanger, KY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,300
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,300
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,290
Theatre Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
Send a Kid to Theatre Camp 2024 Campaign
$1,250
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center in · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,250
Institute On Religion & Democracy · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Academy Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Funds to support Academy Museum
$1,000
Alliance To Protect Nantucket Sound · Hyannis, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Kidney Fund · Rockville, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Children International · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Church Music Association of America · McMinnville, TN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Crossroads Jobs · Leesburg, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Drikung Meditation Center · Danvers, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Kcrw Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Found · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Midnight Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Beach Cities Lodge Scholarship Fund
$1,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Second Chances · Somerville, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Soulsville · Memphis, TN · 2024
Stax Music Academy Scholarship Fund
$1,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Tibet Elderly Help · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Tibetan Language Institute · Hamilton, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Alliance To Protect Nantucket Sound · Hyannis, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Kidney Fund · Rockville, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Children International · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Crossroads Jobs · Leesburg, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church · West Palm Bch, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Kcrw Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Midnight Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
National Building Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D · Washington, DC · 2023
National Cathedral School Scholarship Fund
$1,000
Second Chances · Somerville, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023
elephants affected by drought fund
$1,000
Tibet Elderly Help · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Tibetan Language Institute · Hamilton, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Torrance Rose Float Association · Torrance, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Alliance To Protect Nantucket Sound · Hyannis, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American University-- Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Arh Foundation for Healthiercommunities · Hazard, KY · 2022
Flood relief: Eastern Kentucky
$1,000
Baltimore City Community College - Wbjc-Fm · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Canine Lifesavers · Stafford, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Crossroads Jobs · Leesburg, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Fine Arts Radio · Monroe, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Institute On Religion & Democracy · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Kcrw Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Your Classical fund
$1,000
Montgomery Housing Partnership · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Help Families Affected by the Apartment Fire at Flower Branch Apartments in the Long Branch community
$1,000
Music & Memory · Mineola, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Ukraine Response
$1,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
U.S. Disaster Relief
$1,000
Second Chances · Somerville, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted

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