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Wilson W Phelps Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 33-0743687 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.3M
Grants reported
39
Typical grant
$25K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: Wilson W Phelps 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 yearGrants paidAmount
202520$663K
202419$599.4K

Where Wilson W Phelps 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.

Fullerton School District

Fullerton, CA

$178.1KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Books, 6th grade 2 nights science camp, building & learning trades for 2nd Tiny home, develope Culturally responsive Mariachi,Update Media Center, Outdoor Furniture, Various other assistance

Fullerton Joint Union High Sch Dist

Fullerton, CA

$129.5KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Classroom Sets Steam Kits, Julie Kim Joy Service Scholarship, cabinetry to house equipment

Fullerton School District

Fullerton, CA

$76.6KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Books, 6th grade 2 nights science camp, building & learning trades for 2nd Tiny home, develope Culturally responsive Mariachi,Update Media Center, Outdoor Furniture, Various other assistance

Community Action Partnership

Garden Grove, CA

$75KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Orange County Food Bank's Farm to Family Program

Community Action Partnership

Garden Grove, CA

$75KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Orange County Food Bank's Farm to Family Program

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (39 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Wilson W Phelps 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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