About Carl E Wynn Foundation
The Carl E Wynn Foundation is a highly focused environmental/conservation funder that directs all of its public grantmaking to coastal and wildlife habitat work, primarily through sustained support of a single partner. Grants are earmarked for land stewardship, habitat restoration, and capital improvements tied to a named Carl E. Wynn Nature Center and related properties, indicating a legacy or place-based conservation interest. Although the foundation is based in Los Angeles, its grants support the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, showing a specific geographic commitment to Alaskan coastal ecosystems.
Focus Areas
Support for the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center (capital improvements and program support)Coastal and marine ecosystem conservation in AlaskaWildlife habitat restoration and land stewardship (Northwynn/Hume property restoration)
Who They Fund
low-income families (including end-of-life care recipients)people who are blindpeople with developmental disabilitieshomeless youth and aged-out foster care youthhomeless women
About Carl E Wynn Foundation
A single place-based conservation thread runs through the Carl E Wynn Foundation’s recent grantmaking: repeated support for the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center, Northwynn properties, and related wildlife habitat work in Homer, Alaska. Across multiple years, the foundation has funded improvements, restoration, and project support tied to that ecosystem, while also backing the organizations that operate those assets. The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer appears as a major recipient, with grants earmarked for the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center Wildlife Project, Northwynn 1, and restoration of Northwynn II, formerly the Hume property. Beyond Alaska, the foundation also supports human-services organizations in California, but its public grants are strongly shaped by the conservation and stewardship theme reflected in its named properties and restricted project awards. That pattern suggests an invited, relationship-based approach to philanthropy rather than a broad-open application model. The overall picture is of a foundation funding specific sites, specific institutions, and specific uses rather than dispersing small general-purpose grants across many causes.
What Carl E Wynn Foundation Funds
Wildlife habitat and land stewardship are the clearest theme in the foundation’s giving. In 2024, it gave $235,000 to the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer for the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center Wildlife Project, Northwynn 1, and improvements and restoration of Northwynn II. It also supported the same organization in 2025 with $140,000 for the Nature Center Wildlife Project and Northwynn 1. The foundation’s site-based interest extends to the Pratt Museum in Homer, which received a $50,000 operating grant in 2023, and to the Patrons of the Pratt Society, which received $40,000 in 2023 for the museum garden renovation project. In California, the foundation has also backed residential services and disability-related support, including Peppermint Ridge and Guide Dogs for the Blind, showing a second line of human-services giving alongside its conservation work.
How Carl E Wynn Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $22,500 at the 75th percentile, but the recent grants list also shows repeated larger project awards at $50,000, $75,000, and above. The foundation’s public grantmaking is invitation-only, with unsolicited requests not accepted, and the recipient roster shows recurring support to the same organizations across multiple years rather than one-off awards. That includes repeated awards to established partners in Alaska and California, often with restricted or purpose-specific language tied to facilities, programs, or endowment-style support. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.4M
Total Assets
$21.3M
Total Revenue
$1.4M
Total Expenses
$1.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $23K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$23K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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