Minnesota · Public charity
Wells Memorial Inc
The wells foundation provides social service grants to nonprofits primarily in the area of homelessness, veterans and youth.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $65k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Wells Memorial Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 | 7 | $65k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $68k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $33k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $47,861 | 6 | 0% |
| The Lift Garage | $38,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Agate Housing & Services Inc | $36,036 | 5 | 0% |
| Groveland Emergency Food Shelf Inc | $35,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Tubman | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Avenues for Youth | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Haven Housing | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Link | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bridge for Youth | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University Episcopal Community | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $47,861 | 6 | 0% |
| The Lift Garage | $38,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Agate Housing & Services Inc | $36,036 | 5 | 0% |
| Groveland Emergency Food Shelf Inc | $35,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Tubman | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Avenues for Youth | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Haven Housing | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Link | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bridge for Youth | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University Episcopal Community | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wells Memorial Inc 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Wells Memorial Inc
- How much does Wells Memorial Inc give?
- Wells Memorial Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $64,500, out of $130,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Wells Memorial Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (69%), Employment (13%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Wells Memorial Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans ($48k), The Lift Garage ($39k), Agate Housing & Services Inc ($36k).
- Does Wells Memorial Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wells Memorial Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Wells Memorial Inc based?
- Wells Memorial Inc is based in MN.
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