Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc
New York, NY · EIN 22-3692921. Reported 4,229 grants totalling $1.2B to 1,350 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
18 of the organizations Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 101 grants totalling $29.3M to them. That is 4% of the $779.4M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $8,528,812 | 33 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $5,611,000 | 17 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Groundswell Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $5,081,900 | 11 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Initiatives | grantmaking organization | California | $2,656,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $2,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Arizona Community Foundation | community foundation | Arizona | $1,015,000 | 7 | 3 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Social Impact Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | community foundation | New York | $725,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership | grantmaking organization | New York | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Alabama | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Clear Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Center for Cultural Power | grantmaking organization | California | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | federated giving programme | Georgia | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | community foundation | District of Columbia | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
| Women's Foundation of Minnesota | community foundation | Minnesota | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $176,022. Half of everything it gave fell between $100,000 and $300,000; the smallest was $70 and the largest $11.1M.
Every organization it funded
1,350 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish World Service Inc | New York, NY | $45.9M | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $39.2M | 67 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $22.7M | 38 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $22.3M | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $13.4M | 21 | 4 | 2023 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | $12.4M | 23 | 4 | 2023 |
| Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation | Washington, DC | $11.8M | 20 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gdi Solutions | Washington, DC | $11.8M | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fund for Global Human Rights | Washington, DC | $11.5M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | Washington, DC | $10.5M | 17 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10.5M | 36 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10.2M | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Washington, DC | $8,800,000 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $8,691,836 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $8,528,812 | 33 | 4 | 2023 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $7,771,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $7,750,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $7,601,000 | 22 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | $6,240,000 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International Limited | London | $6,105,000 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Astraea Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $6,055,000 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $6,037,800 | 28 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Global Fund for Women Inc | San Francisco, CA | $5,832,000 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $5,650,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $5,611,000 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $5,090,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $5,081,900 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $5,050,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (naacp) Empowerm | Baltimore, MD | $4,750,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Accelerate Change Inc | Boston, MA | $4,500,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern Partners Fund | Atlanta, GA | $4,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Inc | Ewing, NJ | $4,371,300 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Agency Fund | San Francisco, CA | $4,240,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Disability Rights Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $4,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $4,173,884 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $4,155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Peace Direct | London | $4,100,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| African Population Health and Research Center | Nairobi | $4,042,500 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $3,944,330 | 16 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $3,940,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Msi-US | Washington, DC | $3,935,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Crisis Action Inc | New York, NY | $3,825,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| African Child Policy Forum | Addis Ababa | $3,817,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Highlander Research & Education Center | New Market, TN | $3,801,367 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | New York, NY | $3,755,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Nest for Innovations and Change | Nairobi | $3,700,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Fondo De Mujeres Del Sur | Cordoba | $3,665,000 | 14 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region Inc | New York, NY | $3,550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Foundation for City College | New York, NY | $3,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $3,467,150 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $3,357,000 | 14 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | New York, NY | $3,300,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice | Durham, NC | $3,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco, CA | $3,162,000 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy | Washington, DC | $3,125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stichting Mama Cash | Amsterdam | $3,100,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund | East Legon Accra | $3,085,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fondo Semillas Ac | Ciudad De Mexico | $3,030,500 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Oversight Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stichting Women Win | Amsterdam | $2,966,783 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Zizi Afrique Foundation | Nairobi | $2,910,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Faith in Action | Washington, DC | $2,900,000 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $2,860,500 | 14 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,850,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,840,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Works | Washington, DC | $2,837,245 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $2,825,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute | Chicago, IL | $2,800,750 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $2,800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $2,800,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | Washington, DC | $2,750,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $2,700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Firelight Foundation | Scotts Valley, CA | $2,700,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Focus | Washington, DC | $2,700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Id Insight Inc | San Francisco, CA | $2,700,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $2,656,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Population Council Inc | New York, NY | $2,630,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations | Versoix | $2,623,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Svri Npc | Pretoria | $2,550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $2,544,000 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $2,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Elders Foundation | London | $2,500,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | Alameda, CA | $2,478,500 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oxfam America Inc | Boston, MA | $2,440,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women's Link Worldwide | New York, NY | $2,432,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund | New York, NY | $2,425,000 | 7 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ibis Reproductive Health Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,421,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Opportunity Agenda Inc | New York, NY | $2,400,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Impact and Innovations Development Centre Limited | Kampala | $2,397,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Article 19 | London | $2,350,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc | Washington, DC | $2,350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | London | $2,335,000 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ipas | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,300,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Powerswitch Action | Oakland, CA | $2,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| We Are Purposeful | London | $2,299,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Africhild Centre Limited | Kampala | $2,255,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Civil Society | Dar Es Salaam | $2,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $2,183,500 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centre for Human Rights Faculty of Law University of Pretoria | Pretoria | $2,170,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Precision Development Inc | Newton, MA | $2,160,086 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Escr-Net-International Network for Economic Social and Cultural Inc | New York, NY | $2,130,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| North Star Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,125,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asociacion Fondo Centroamericano De Mujeres | San Jose | $2,121,919 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Civilians in Conflict | Washington, DC | $2,100,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Child Rights International Network | London | $2,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Educate | Denver, CO | $2,100,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Refugees International | Washington, DC | $2,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equality Fund | Ottawa, Ontario | $2,060,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Together for Girls Inc | Washington, DC | $2,050,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| A New Way of Life Reentry Project | Los Angeles, CA | $2,004,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Open Society International Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food Research & Action Center Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Organizing Empowerment Fund | Mcfarland, WI | $2,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Nations Office for Project Services | Kobenhavn | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Uhai Eashri Company Limited | Nairobi | $1,960,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $1,950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $1,950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Peripheral Vision International | Brooklyn, NY | $1,950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Workmoney Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,950,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hakielimu | Dar Es Salaam | $1,945,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Registered Trustees of Women Fund Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam | $1,925,500 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,900,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Investing in Children and Their Societies- Skilful Parenting | Nairobi | $1,867,900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centerlink Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,850,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (crvpf) | Kampala | $1,850,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partnership for America's Children | Washington, DC | $1,830,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities | New York, NY | $1,815,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Synergia - Initiatives for Human Rights | Washington, DC | $1,804,300 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | San Francisco, CA | $1,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project South the Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide | Atlanta, GA | $1,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | St Paul, MN | $1,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $1,795,500 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Lgbtq Task Force | Washington, DC | $1,793,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $1,770,600 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $1,750,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | Washington, DC | $1,750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Centro De Promocion Y Defensa De Los Derechos Sexuales Y Reproductivos | Lima | $1,740,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Praxis Project Inc | Oakland, CA | $1,732,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | $1,720,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women's Environment and Development Organization | Brooklyn, NY | $1,710,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| AIDS United | Washington, DC | $1,703,500 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Analyst Institute LLC | Washington, DC | $1,700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Women's Law Center | Washington, DC | $1,700,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Spark Microgrants | New York, NY | $1,679,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Forward Together | Oakland, CA | $1,665,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Association for Progressive Communications | Melville | $1,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Guttmacher Institute Inc | New York, NY | $1,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Outright International | New York, NY | $1,650,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS | Nairobi | $1,635,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $1,635,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Freedom Inc | Madison, WI | $1,621,400 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $1,605,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Odi | London | $1,601,800 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Justice and International Law | Washington, DC | $1,600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action Inc | New York, NY | $1,600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $1,600,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $1,587,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Transgender Europe Ev | Berlin | $1,573,000 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $1,571,250 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Community Change | Washington, DC | $1,560,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Economic and Social Rights Inc | New York, NY | $1,555,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Disability Alliance | Geneva | $1,550,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice | New York, NY | $1,550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kenya Human Rights Commission | Nairobi | $1,530,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Trans Fund (itf) | Toronto, Ontario | $1,525,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Global Fund for Children | Washington, DC | $1,520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council for a Strong America | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Latinojustice Prldef | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Movement Advancement Project | Boulder, CO | $1,500,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Twaweza East Africa | Dar Es Salaam | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Videre Est Credere | London | $1,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network | Oakland, CA | $1,485,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Henry L Stimson Center | Washington, DC | $1,460,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Global Development | Washington, DC | $1,450,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Health Human Rights and Development | Kampala | $1,450,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urgent Action Fund Africa | Nairobi | $1,439,835 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc | New York, NY | $1,420,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Initiative for Social and Economic Rights | Kampala | $1,405,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equality Federation Institute | Portland, OR | $1,401,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Values Work | Milwaukee, WI | $1,400,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa | Banjul | $1,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | $1,399,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Makerere University | Kampala | $1,390,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Archcity Defenders | St Louis, MO | $1,385,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pledges Inc | Costa Mesa, CA | $1,380,000 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Civlegacy Foundation Limited | Nagaru | $1,375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $1,370,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Instituto De Liderazgo Simone De Beauvoir Ac | Benito Juarez | $1,360,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $1,350,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Action for Trans Equality Inc | New York, NY | $1,350,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $1,350,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asociacion Civil Por La Igualdad Y La Justicia | Buenos Aires | $1,348,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Brac USA Inc | New York, NY | $1,345,000 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| European Disability Forum | Brussels | $1,325,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,300,250 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Madre Inc | New York, NY | $1,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Consiliumbots Inc | New York, NY | $1,278,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sister Song Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,278,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Asociacion Civil Centro De Estudios Legales Y Sociales | Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos | $1,275,000 | 6 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fondo Semillas Ac | Boulder, CO | $1,275,000 | 4 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fund for Constitutional Government | Washington, DC | $1,275,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Forest Peoples Programme | Moretoninmarsh | $1,273,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grassroots Leadership Inc | Austin, TX | $1,270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Handicap International | Silver Spring, MD | $1,270,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc | Boston, MA | $1,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social Development Direct Ltd | London | $1,250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Project on Government Oversight Inc | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| United for Respect Education Fund | Sacramento, CA | $1,250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Raising Voices | Kampala | $1,235,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Defenders Protection Initiative | Kampala | $1,220,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Protection International Aisbl | Saintgilles | $1,210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Civitas Maxima | Geneva | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Forum for African Women Educationalists Uganda Chapter | Kampala | $1,200,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $1,200,000 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ms Foundation for Women Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum | Chicago, IL | $1,200,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Voices Pittsburgh Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pride Foundation | Seattle, WA | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Progress Now Education | Earlysville, VA | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prospera International Network of Women's Funds | Ottawa, Ontario | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Region Europe De L'international Lgbti Association (ilga-Europe) | Brussels | $1,200,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| State Leadership Project | Raleigh, NC | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Center for the Study of Social Policy | Washington, DC | $1,200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice | Washington, DC | $1,190,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $1,170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | Oakland, CA | $1,156,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $1,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Capital for Good USA | Paoli, PA | $1,150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fundo Angela Borba De Recursos Para Mulheres | Rio De Janeiro | $1,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Global Initiative for Economic Social and Cultural Rights | Minneapolis, MN | $1,145,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fundar Centro De Analisis E Investigacion Ac | Mexico City | $1,140,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women Enabled International | Washington, DC | $1,130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Balance Promocion Para El Desarrollo Y Juventud Ac | Ciudad De Mexico | $1,125,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pan African Lawyers Union Company Limited | Arusha | $1,125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Take Back the Court Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration | Brooklyn, NY | $1,120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $1,115,000 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project | San Francisco, CA | $1,115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity | Washington, DC | $1,110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley De-Bug | San Jose, CA | $1,105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $1,105,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | Santiago | $1,103,160 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ifwhenhow | Oakland, CA | $1,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
883 of 1,350 (65%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 75%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Jewish World Service Inc
PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR 2022 - Neo Philanthropy Inc
ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - Human Rights Watch Inc
OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROGRAM SUPPORT - Gdi Solutions Inc
POOLED FUND ON HUMAN AGENCY - New Venture Fund
CENTER FOR SECURE AND MODERN ELECTIONS - Fund for Global Human Rights
LATIN AMERICA JUSTICE AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS PROGRAM AND GLOBAL INITIATIVE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 2,126 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,067 | $273.3M | $150,000 |
| 2021 | 1,064 | $287.9M | $175,000 |
| 2022 | 997 | $276.0M | $200,000 |
| 2023 | 1,101 | $326.0M | $200,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
29% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 Times Sq 1441 Broadway, New York, NY, 10018. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 22-3692921 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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