Spell Family Foundation Co William Spell
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1788155. Reported 74 grants totalling $1,980,834 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Spell Family Foundation Co William Spell did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral | Phoenix, AZ | $513,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox | Brookline, MA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Marys Greek Orthodox Church | Minneapolis, MN | $218,833 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hellenic Institute | Washington, DC | $118,210 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago | Lombard, IL | $106,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center of the American Experiment | Golden Valley, MN | $66,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | New York, NY | $65,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Laestadian Lutheran Church | Monticello, MN | $58,241 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Order of St Andrew the Apostle | New York, NY | $57,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Faithtree Resources | Santa Clarita, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prince's Trust International | London | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dormation of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church | Southampton, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St George Greek Orthodox | St Paul, MN | $22,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Hogar Rafael Ayau | Chicago, IL | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fordham University-Orthodox Christian Studies Ctr | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sae Minnesota Alpha Education Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Thomas More Play Group | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greek Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist | New York, NY | $15,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church | Southampton, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Orthodox Christian Mission Center | St Augustine, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cold Spring Dance Company | Cold Spring, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Pastor's Study | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edina Community Foundation | Edina, MN | $3,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Madagascar Mission | Eden Prairie, MN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Higher Ground | Ketchum, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mn Fraternal Order of Police Foundation | Golden Valley, MN | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Mexico & St Innocent Orphanage | Chula Vista, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 30 Day Foundation | Golden Valley, MN | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agape Christi | Eden Prairie, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ryan House | Phoeniz, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Foundation | Minnetonka, MN | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mcphail Center for Music | Minneapolis, MN | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pancretan Association of America | Bethesda, MD | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Assoc of the St Catherine Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D Formerly Jdrf | Hagerstown, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeward Bound | Plymouth, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prison Fellowship International | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ryans House | Phoenix, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The 30 Days Foundation | Golden Valley, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Mn Orchestra | Minneapolis, MN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Inc | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolis Chicago Philoptochos | Lombard, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
19 of 46 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 43%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Laestadian Lutheran Church
Stained Glass windows donated for the use in a new chapel. - Order of St Andrew the Apostle
MINISTRY - KULIS FOUNDATON - Center of the American Experiment
Education Program Support - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Support The MSK Campaign: Leading Science Changing Lives - Friends of Madagascar Mission
General Operations for Missions - Pancretan Association of America
Pancretan Foundation General Support
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $290,300 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $175,250 | $5,750 |
| 2023 | 20 | $967,760 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 23 | $547,524 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 26% of this one's giving went to organizations in Arizona. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Arizona.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Spell Family Foundation Co William Spell's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 7201 Metro Blvd Suite 850, Minneapolis, MN, 55439. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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