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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-1903338

Ida B Wells Foundation

A private foundation in Cleveland, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $3,300 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Ida B Wells Foundation
PO Box 14991
Cleveland, OH 44114
(216) 928-2390
Form and materials
Please request and application from the address above. Small initiatives are encouraged to apply. Recipients will be required to specify how the grant would be spent and prove a plan for evaluating whether the stated goals and objectives for the grants have been accomplished.
Deadlines
None - awards are granted periodically throughout the year
Restrictions
Grants benefiting organizations in cuyahoga county are prioritized. Projects funded should seek to: * encourage non-violent and conflict resolution training especially with youth * enhance elementary and secondary education * promote small scale neighborhood development *develop employment skills and job creation *empower and advocate for the homeless and those living with mental illness *engage in solidarity with oppressed peoples *provide legal research and representation to impoverished or marginalized individuals or groups

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,300

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $68,759

  • Tax year 2023

    $4,150

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $67,229

  • Tax year 2022

    $4,150

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $61,285

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $81,107

  • Tax year 2020

    $3,300

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $68,820

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,588

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $62,433

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. House of Refuge IncEuclid, OH

    Charitable support

    $1,050
  2. Northeast Ohio Coalition for the HomelessCleveland, OH

    Support for homelessness program

    $1,000
  3. Ohio City IncCleveland, OH

    Garden program

    $1,000
  4. Case Western Reserve Universityinterreligious Task ForceCleveland, OH

    Support for social justice presentations

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $1,00050% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $1,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio4 grants $3,300

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Charles V HurstPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gisela PachecoTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mark PestakBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Maria A SmithBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Anthony VentoBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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