Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

About Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc has built a grantmaking profile around rights-based, evidence-driven social change, with especially large commitments to international human rights, civic engagement, and racial justice. A defining pattern in the recent grants is multi-year support for American Jewish World Service Inc, which received $11.1 million in 2023, $11 million in 2024, and $9.75 million in 2025 for programmatic and institutional support. Human Rights Watch Inc is another major recipient, with awards of $5.625 million in 2023, $5.375 million in 2024, and $4.875 million in 2025 tied to operating, program, and human-rights support. The foundation also uses intermediary organizations and fiscal sponsors to channel funding into collaborative efforts, including pooled funds and rapid-response work. Its portfolio reaches across domestic democracy and civic participation, international accountability, and issue areas connected to racial justice, women’s rights, and LGBTQI equity. Recent awards show that the funder backs both frontline advocacy groups and research- or infrastructure-oriented organizations, often supporting repeat grantees over multiple years. That mix suggests a funder that combines sustained institutional backing with targeted investments in campaigns, field-building, and emergency response.

What Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Funds

In civic engagement and election work, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc supported Neo Philanthropy Inc with $6.5 million for advancing civic engagement and gave New Venture Fund $3.5 million for the Center for Secure and Modern Elections. Election infrastructure also appears in the $2 million grant to Common Cause Education Fund for the Election Protection State Field Program. In racial justice and civil rights work, the foundation awarded $2.55 million to American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc for voting, LGBT, and women’s rights, plus another $2.35 million for operating and program support. For economic justice, the fund gave $2.25 million to Innovations for Poverty Action for evidence consolidation on soft-skills in workforce development and $2.25 million to Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative. Internationally, $2.99 million to Fund for Global Human Rights supported its Latin America Justice and Children’s Rights Program and Global Initiative.

How Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Gives