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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5193741

Isora Wells Foundation

A private foundation in Albuquerque, NM. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 15 grants and $395,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Kerrie Blevens
12231 Academy Road NE Suite 301-322
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(612) 328-9924
[email protected]
Form and materials
There is no formal application because the isora foundation focuses its funding on existing grantee partnerships through an invited process. The foundation may consider a very limited number of new partnerships, also through an invited process initiated by the foundation.
Deadlines
Grant awards will be made on or before june 30
Restrictions
The isora foundation will not fund individuals, scholarships, endowments or political fundraising activities, projects that lack a sufficient evaluation component, projects that are not administered through a 501(c)3 organization, and past grantees that have not submitted a required progress report. The isora foundation primarily supports organization or pojects based in minnesota or new mexico.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $7,412,804

  • Tax year 2023

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $7,245,361

  • Tax year 2022

    $307,350

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $7,357,028

  • Tax year 2021

    $430,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $7,376,857

  • Tax year 2020

    $371,500

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $6,799,101

  • Tax year 2019

    $319,900

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $6,443,328

Grants paid in 2024

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fred Wells Tennis & Education CenterFort Snelling, MN

    General operating support & youth scholarships

    $80,000
  2. Community AccessNew York, NY

    Changing minds young filmmaker initiative

    $30,000
  3. Friends of the Boundary Waters WildernessSaint Paul, MN

    General operating support

    $30,000
  4. La Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place (encuentro)Albuquerque, NM

    General operating support

    $30,000
  5. Minneapolis Community and Technical College FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Thomas wells endowed scholarship (fund 305.3025)

    $30,000
  6. New Mexico Immigrant Law CenterAlbuquerque, NM

    General operating support

    $30,000
  7. Robin Hood FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  8. The Face-To-Face ProjectNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  9. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Westlake wells alcohol addiction fund

    $25,000
  10. Indian Pueblo Cultural CenterAlbuquerque, NM

    Cultural dance program

    $20,000
  11. Santa Fe Dreamers ProjectSanta Fe, NM

    General operating support

    $20,000
  12. ACLU of New Mexico FoundationAlbuquerque, NM

    General operating support

    $15,000
  13. Family ForumSuperior, WI

    General support for brule head start location

    $15,000
  14. ACLU Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $10,000
  15. Como FriendsSaint Paul, MN

    General operating support

    $10,000

Approved for future payment

4 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. La Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place (encuentro)Albuquerque, NM

    General operating support

    $30,000
  2. Community AccessNew York, NY

    Changing minds young filmmaker initiative

    $30,000
  3. The Face-To-Face ProjectNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  4. Friends of the Boundary Waters WildernessSaint Paul, MN

    General operating support

    $20,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $80,00025% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $45,00014% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $30,0009% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $30,0009% of the total
  5. Mental health1 grant $30,0009% of the total
  6. Health1 grant $25,0008% of the total
  7. 5 other causes5 grants $85,00026% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota5 grants $175,000
  2. New Mexico5 grants $115,000
  3. New York4 grants $90,000
  4. Wisconsin1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Wendy D WellsPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Marika WellsTREASURER & VICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • Alexander MollerSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $1,500

The return

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