Louisiana · Private foundation
Louis Wellan Community Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $253k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Louis Wellan Community Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $11k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $7k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $9k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $14k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Museum of Art LLC | $4,069 | 6 | 0% |
| USA Shooting Inc | $650 | 5 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Red River Chorale Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Changing Lenses Changing Lives | $150 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
About Louis Wellan Community Fund
- How much does Louis Wellan Community Fund give?
- Louis Wellan Community Fund reported 13 grants totaling $10,560 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Louis Wellan Community Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Arts & Culture (9%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Louis Wellan Community Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alexandria Museum of Art LLC ($4k), USA Shooting Inc ($650), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($300).
- Does Louis Wellan Community Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis Wellan Community Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Louis Wellan Community Fund based?
- Louis Wellan Community Fund is based in LA.
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