W L S Spencer Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-3799186 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Wls Spencer Foundation
72grants reported
$45Kmedian award
$20Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$4.5Mtotal paid
6states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
555 Madison Avenue 16TH Floor
New York, NY 10022-3319
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art DIGITAL STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION | North Adams, MA | $250,000 |
| The Surfrider Foundation TO SUPPORT THE PLASTIC POLLUTION INITIATIVE | San Clemente, CA | $250,000 |
| Surfrider Foundation FOR PLASTIC POLLUTION INITIATIVE | San Clemente, CA | $250,000 |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation FOR ARTIST AWARDS AND GENERAL SUPPORT | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 |
| University of Oregon Foundation FOR JSMA WADSWORTH CONTEMPORARY CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION | Eugene, OR | $192,632 |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc MS GIFT PM NORTH COUNTY HII | Purchase, NY | $175,000 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS | North Adams, MA | $175,000 |
| University of Oregon Foundation FOR CONTEMPORARY CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION | Eugene, OR | $174,737 |
| University of Oregon Foundation TO SUPPORT THE CONTEMPORARY CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION | Eugene, OR | $170,526 |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc MS GIFT PM NORTH COUNTY HII | Purchase, NY | $125,000 |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS | North Adams, MA | $125,000 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS | North Adams, MA | $100,000 |
| Surfrider Foundation FOR PLASTIC POLLUTION INITIATIVE | San Clemente, CA | $100,000 |
| Teach for America Inc FOR BEYOND RECOVERY: SUPPORTING TEACHERS TO HELP BAY AREA STUDENTS THRIVE AFTER CRISIS | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Teach for America Inc FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| The Asia Society FOR CURATOR OF LEARNING AND OUTREACH | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Klcc Public Radio Foundation JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP AND ARTS REPORTING | Eugene, OR | $75,000 |
| Klcc Public Radio Foundation FOR FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL KLCC REPORTER | Eugene, OR | $75,000 |
| Charitable Partnership Fund UNDERGROWTH EDUCATIONAL PRINT FUND APPRENTICESHIP AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS | Portland, OR | $60,000 |
| Lane County School District 4j TO SUPPORT AVID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SUMMER INSTITUTE PROGRAMS | Eugene, OR | $50,180 |
| Lane Arts Council ARTS EDUCATION AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING IN LANE COUNTY | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| Museum Associates TO SUPPORT THE "ZHENG CHONGBIN: GOLDEN STATE" EXHIBITION AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMING | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation TO SUPPORT THE "DO HO SUH" EXHIBITION AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMING | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| The John G Shedd Institute for the Arts CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| 826 Valencia FOR 826 VALENCIA IN-SCHOOLS PROGRAM | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Bay Area Scores FOR SCORES GO! | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums FOR JAPANESE PRINTS IN TRANSITION | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Klcc Public Radio Foundation FOR MULTIMEDIA EXPANSION PROJECT | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc FOR EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION | Oakland, CA | $50,000 |
| Ten Strands FOR DATA INITIATIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION IN CALIFORNIAS TK12 SCHOOLS | San Rafael, CA | $50,000 |
| The John G Shedd Institute for the Arts FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| Klcc Public Radio Foundation FOR FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL KLCC REPORTER | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| Ten Strands FOR DATA INITIATIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION | San Rafael, CA | $50,000 |
| Lane County School District 4j FOR AVID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS | Eugene, OR | $49,464 |
| California College of the Arts FOR BUILDING THE BEHAVIORS OF BELONGING AT CCA | San Francisco, CA | $40,539 |
| Smart Reading SMART READING PROGRAMS IN LANE COUNTY | Portland, OR | $40,000 |
| Smart Reading FOR SMART READING PROGRAMS IN LANE COUNTY | Portland, OR | $40,000 |
| The Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc FOR WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER & HIGH MUSEUM OF ART DEI EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WITH FILM FORWARD. | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 |
| San Francisco Friends School FOR HORIZONS AT SFFS PROGRAM EXPANSION 2021-24 | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 |
| Seattle Art Museum TO SUPPORT THE "AI, REBEL: THE ART AND ACTIVISM OF AI WEIWEI" EXHIBITION AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMING | Seattle, WA | $31,186 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | North Adams, MA | $30,000 |
| Maude I Kerns Art Center FOR CAPACITY BUILDING - PRINTMAKING STUDIO ACQUISITION | Eugene, OR | $30,000 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation FOR THE AVANT-GARDE: EXPERIMENTAL ART IN SOUTH KOREA, 1960S-70S | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | North Adams, MA | $30,000 |
| Maude I Kerns Art Center FOR ACQUISITION OF THE WHITEAKER PRINTMAKERS STUDIO | Eugene, OR | $30,000 |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco FOR TAKASHI MURAKAMI - EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Lane Arts Council FOR DESIGN ARTS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM | Eugene, OR | $25,000 |
| Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development MANY BRIDGES EXHIBITION AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMING | Corvallis, OR | $20,000 |
| Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation TO SUPPORT FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AVID GRADUATES | Eugene, OR | $20,000 |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc MS GIFT PM NORTH COUNTY HII | Purchase, NY | $20,000 |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL TEACHING FELLOW INITIATIVE | Oakland, CA | $20,000 |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation FOR FOLK ALLEY | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| 826 Valencia FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| Bay Area Scores FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation FOR FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AVID GRADUATES | Eugene, OR | $20,000 |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation FOR FOLK ALLEY | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc FOR NATIONAL TEACHING FELLOW INITIATIVE | Oakland, CA | $20,000 |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
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