Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
North Adams, MA
$250KTax year 2025
Digital strategy implementation
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The Wls Spencer Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 13-3799186 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Pacific Foundation Services
- Phone
- (415) 561-6540
- Deadlines
- No submission deadlines
- Application materials
- An application should be submitted in writing
- Restrictions
- No restrictions or limitations on awards
Original filing text
- Contact
- PACIFIC FOUNDATION SERVICES
- Address
- 1660 BUSH STREET SUITE 300 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94109
- Phone
- 4155616540
- Deadlines
- NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Application materials
- AN APPLICATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING
- Restrictions
- NO RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS
Reported organization name: THE WLS SPENCER FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | $1.6M |
| 2024 | 22 | $1.3M |
Where The Wls Spencer Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
The Surfrider Foundation
San Clemente, CA
$250KTax year 2025
To support the plastic pollution initiative
Surfrider Foundation
San Clemente, CA
$250KTax year 2024
For plastic pollution initiative
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
Purchase, NY
$175KTax year 2025
Ms gift pm north county hii
University of Oregon Foundation
Eugene, OR
$174.7KTax year 2024
For contemporary chinese photography collection
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (43 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from The Wls Spencer Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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