North Carolina · Private foundation
The Wellman Family Foundation
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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $180
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $81k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations The Wellman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 9 | $16k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $6k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Victories Animal Rescue Group Inc | $120,549 | 8 | 6% |
| Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue Inc | $26,400 | 2 | 9% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $4,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc | $1,340 | 6 | 0% |
| Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $450 | 1 | n/a |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc | $310 | 2 | 0% |
| Western West Virginia Animal Rescue Alliance Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| One by One Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Victories Animal Rescue Group Inc | $120,549 | 8 | 6% |
| Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue Inc | $26,400 | 2 | 9% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $4,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc | $1,340 | 6 | 0% |
| Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $450 | 1 | n/a |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc | $310 | 2 | 0% |
| Western West Virginia Animal Rescue Alliance Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| One by One Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $240 | 4 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Spca International Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wellman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wellman Family Foundation
- How much does The Wellman Family Foundation give?
- The Wellman Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $16,310 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wellman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (92%), Education (5%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Wellman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Little Victories Animal Rescue Group Inc ($121k), Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue Inc ($26k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($4k).
- Does The Wellman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wellman Family Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Wellman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Wellman Family Foundation based?
- The Wellman Family Foundation is based in NC.
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