Texas · Nonprofit
Wells International Foundation
Wells International Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,937 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($89,682). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $218k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $156k
- Net assets
- $31k
What Wells International Foundation does
Mission
To empower women, children, and youth, and persons of African descent to realize their highest potential through arts, literacy, study abroad, and other educational and cultural programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
STEAM Education, for our Youth Veterinarian Initiative: Mindfulness with the Majestics (MwM) is a groundbreaking, innovative wellness initiative that integrates the therapeutic benefits of sound bowls and equine-assisted activities to support mental health and overall well-being. This program offers a flexible approach that can be used as a proactive or reactive approach to enhance overall wellness. Womens Empowerment, the L3 Alliance held its first Divinely Aligned You in-person womens circle in Houston, TX.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Womens Empowerment - Inspired by women of color who choose to launch and operate B Corporations, we offered a year of Feminine Masterminds and Networking events, and Divinely Aligned You sessions for values driven women leaders under the theme L3 Alliance Experience Be Your Authentic Self in Business.
$41,674 spent$26,120 earned by the program57% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$20,438 spent$12,467 earned by the program28% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$10,435 spent$5,100 earned by the program14% of program spendingTravel/Study Abroad SFA
$180 spent$3,706 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $72,727.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $14k to $45k (+217%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
89% of Wells International Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dr Erma Manoncourt
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $22k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Wells International Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Wells International Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Wells International Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 42% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
81% of Wells International Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $30k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $126k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Wells International Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Wells International Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Wells International Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Wells International Foundation?
- Wells International Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,937 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($89,682). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Wells International Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $155,937 in grants to Wells International Foundation, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wells International Foundation?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $89,682 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wells International Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing