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Angie and Leo Wells Foundation Inc

To provide funding to charities in fulfillment of the exempt purposes of national christian charitable foundation, inc.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$3.2MInternational$1.2MHuman Services$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.0MHealth$650kPhilanthropy$637kYouth Development$500kCivil Rights$500kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $798k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROMISE686 INC$250,000
MARRIAGE HERITAGE (INTENTIONAL MARRIAGES)$200,000
EAGLE RANCH$125,000
FERNANDINA BEACH CHURCH OF CHRIST$120,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC$103,162
LIFE ON LIFE MINISTRIES INC$100,000
ATHENS FCA (FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLE$50,000
FRONTLINE POLICY COUNCIL$50,000
NO LONGER BOUND$50,000
GAP HOUSE MINISTRIES INC$35,000
STEPHEN'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION$35,000
REFLECTIONS MINISTRIES$25,000
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH OF CLAY COUNTY$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PROMISE686 INC: $250k → 9%PROMISE686 INC: $250k → 9%PROMISE686 INC: $250k → 9%PROMISE686 INC: $250k → 9%PROMISE686 INC: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
CO
AZ
NC
SC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 19 repeat orgs$693k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$7.7M
$573k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+42%

Still filing today

63%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionPhilanthropyHealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2020–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +106%
  • CF
    CEO FORUM INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +114%
  • PI
    Promise686 Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • CO
    CORNERS OUTREACH LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue -51%
  • GLOBAL TRAINING NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $31k · revenue +42%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UKRAINEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +34%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
4
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
5
Ambassadors for Christ International - Usa Inc

Ambassadors for Christ International - USA is a fellowship of gospel preachers and teachers whose mission is to preach Christ, edify the Church, and to glorify God and serve as a catalyst for revival, evangelism, and training of Christians…

Religion
6
Firm Foundation in Christ Ministries Inc

FFICM helps new believers build a firm foundation for their faith based on a strong relationship with Christ. FFICM programs teach how to follow up with new believers and enable them to have a strong relationship with Christ.

Religion
7
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
8
Ambassadors for Christ International Ltd

Teams of Nationals accelerating the spread of the Gospel through local churches worldwide.

Religion
9
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
10
Christian Harvest International Min

To provide strategic teaching about prayer, prophecy, and intercession in the US and abroad. Books, manuals, and audio teachings are also used to equip Christians in strategic level spiritual prayer and warfare.

Religion
11
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
12
Reflective Life Ministries

Reflective Life Ministries encourages, inspires, aids people around the world through Bible studies, Christian books, speaking engagements, retreats conferences, original film productions, marriage seminars, more.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc; the most unlike its peers is Corners Outreach Llc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,100,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEBLACKABY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $610,000 · ReligionBLACKABY MINISTRIES INTERNATI…CITY OF REFUGE: $600,000 · ReligionCITY OF REFUGE+1 more: $31,000 · ReligionLIFE ON LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $400,000 · OtherLIFE ON LIFE MINISTRI…FERNANDINA BEACH CHURCH OF CHRIST: $385,000 · OtherFERNANDINA BEACH CHUR…GREATER FERNANDINA BEACH CHURCH OF GOD: $360,000 · OtherGREATER FERNANDINA BE…NORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST: $300,000 · OtherNORTH ATLANTA CHURCH …GAP HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $110,000 · OtherGAP HOUSE MINISTRIES …GREAT COMMISSION EUROPE INC: $63,000 · Other+3 more: $115,000 · Other+3 moreCEO FORUM INC: $1,065,000 · EducationCEO FORUM INCFRONTLINE POLICY COUNCIL INC: $550,000 · EducationFRONTLINE POLICY COU…Promise686 Inc: $1,010,000 · Human ServicesPromise686 I…+1 more: $17,000 · Human ServicesNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $636,626 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRIS…REFLECTIONS MINISTRIES INC: $110,000 · PhilanthropyREFLECTION…STEPHEN'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 · PhilanthropySTEPHEN'S …+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMARRIAGE HERITAGE INC: $600,000 · HealthMARRIAGE H…EAGLE RANCH INC: $200,000 · HealthEAGLE RANC…NO LONGER BOUND INC: $50,000 · HealthNO LONGER …CORNERS OUTREACH LLC: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $35,000 · International
Religion$2,341,000Other$1,733,000Education$1,615,000Human Services$1,027,000Philanthropy$856,626Health$850,000Youth Development$550,000International$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCEO FORUM INC: $1,065,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetPromise686 Inc: $1,010,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $636,626 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKABY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $610,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $600,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMARRIAGE HERITAGE INC: $600,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetFRONTLINE POLICY COUNCIL INC: $550,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC: $500,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHEN'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCentral Missionary Clearinghouse Inc: $53,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNO LONGER BOUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD MISSION CENTRE INC: $42,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL TRAINING NETWORK INC: $31,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF UKRAINE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPalmetto Family Council: $17,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Servant FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…The US Charitable Gif…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Verizon FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Servant FoundationKS16.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Angie and Leo Wells Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Angie and Leo Wells Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Angie and Leo Wells Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Angie and Leo Wells Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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