Wells Trust Fund
Private foundation · Paris, IL · EIN 37-6115126 · reported 2023–2025
35grants reported
$7,000median award
$5,000lower quartile
$2,000smallest grant
$275Ktotal paid
2states 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
PO Box 400
Paris, IL 61944-0400
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.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 31 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Vice | Charleston, IL | $26,086 |
| Ethan Vice | Charleston, IL | $20,000 |
| Gwen R Morris | Toluca, IL | $13,200 |
| Braylon Nugent | Charleston, IL | $13,000 |
| Ethan Vice | Charleston, IL | $11,000 |
| William Templeton | Champaign, IL | $11,000 |
| Emma Stafford | Charleston, IL | $10,000 |
| Lillian Stafford | Charleston, IL | $10,000 |
| Victoria Labaume | Decatur, IL | $10,000 |
| Marcus Mitchell | Charleston, IL | $9,865 |
| Victoria Labaume | Terre Haute, IN | $8,750 |
| William Templeton | Urbana, IL | $8,000 |
| William Templeton | Urbana, IL | $8,000 |
| Will Moody | Urbana, IL | $8,000 |
| Macy Mitchell | Charleston, IL | $7,500 |
| Braylon Nugent | Charleston, IL | $7,000 |
| Anika Currie | Charleston, IL | $7,000 |
| Landon Nugent | Charleston, IL | $7,000 |
| Braylon Nugent | Charleston, IL | $7,000 |
| Olivia Theirl | Charleston, IL | $7,000 |
| Olivia Theirl | Charleston, IL | $6,000 |
| Kacey Newhart | Charleston, IL | $6,000 |
| Elliot David | Charleston, IL | $5,000 |
| Brianna Barna | Urbana, IL | $5,000 |
| Kaitlyn Coombes | Urbana, IL | $5,000 |
| Reed Stuck | Charleston, IL | $5,000 |
| Robert Lee Rollins III | Charleston, IL | $5,000 |
| Macy Mitchell | Charleston, IL | $5,000 |
| Macy Mitchell | Charleston, IL | $5,000 |
| Marcus Mitchell | Charleston, IL | $5,000 |
| Payton Lankster | Charleston, IL | $3,000 |
| Elliot David | Charleston, IL | $3,000 |
| Hudson David | Charleston, IL | $3,000 |
| Gwen Morris | Charleston, IL | $2,800 |
| Kacey Newhart | Charleston, IL | $2,000 |
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