Tony R Wells Foundation
Lewis Center, OH · EIN 31-1778364. Reported 64 grants totalling $76,196 to 50 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. Tony R Wells Foundation 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 $350. Half of everything it gave fell between $140 and $1,010; the smallest was $10 and the largest $15,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklinton Cycle Works | Columbus, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Groundwork Group | Columbus, OH | $13,866 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Afflicates in Action | Missoula, MT | $8,650 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buckeye Region Anti-Violence | Columbus, OH | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrom Affiliates in Action | Missoula, MT | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Assoc of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $4,739 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pedal the Cause | Saint Louis, MO | $2,567 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action | Missoula, MT | $2,488 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Ms Society | New York, NY | $1,771 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough Bike Challenge | Philadelphia, PA | $1,380 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $1,272 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naional Ms Society | Independence, OH | $1,082 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas | Richardson, TX | $1,010 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Ventures | Columbus, OH | $798 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A&f Challenge | New Albany, OH | $611 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAMI | Columbus, OH | $605 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Kid Again | Columbus, OH | $521 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough Challenge | Philadelphia, PA | $518 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tour De Gem | Dayton, OH | $511 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Benjamin Login High School FFA | Bellefontaine, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Body and Science Foundation | Miami, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miracle League | Dublin, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Not One More Vet | San Jose, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Boone, IA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prevent Blindness | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sea Change | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Hospital | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pedal With Pete | Columbus, OH | $367 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Ms Society | Independence, OH | $330 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young's Jersey Dairy Bike Ride | Yellow Springs, OH | $294 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Genes of Joy | Pensacola, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio to Erie Trail | Columbus, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Past Foundation | Columbus, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA | Columbus, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flying Horse Farms | Mount Gilead, OH | $208 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joshua Chamberlain Society | Saint Louis, MO | $154 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Assoc of Central Texas | Austin, TX | $114 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zeff Black Down Syndrome Association | Fortville, IN | $105 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancel Soceity | Columbus, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club of Cols | Columbus, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Az Network for Down Syndrome | Tucson, AZ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stratford Ecological Center | Delaware, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $77 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canton Area Buddy Walk | Canton, OH | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Down Syndrome Association | Pawcatuck, CT | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $22 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boardwalk Buddy Walk | Rehoboth Beach, DE | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
11 of 50 (22%) 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 19%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 22 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $12,486 | $500 |
| 2022 | 13 | $19,295 | $320 |
| 2023 | 26 | $37,277 | $500 |
| 2024 | 14 | $7,138 | $229 |
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. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $350. 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 Ohio.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Tony R Wells Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3582 Woodstone Drive, Lewis Center, OH, 43035. 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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