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The WLS Spencer Foundation: 21 grants to organizations, $1.6 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The WLS Spencer Foundation, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 21 grants to organizations totaling $1,626,892 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 11, 2026. The largest was $250,000 to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, MA for digital strategy implementation.
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- EIN
- 133799186
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $12,742,007
- Grants paid
- $1,626,892
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 11, 2026, IRS object ID 202631319349104063. It reported $1,626,892 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | North Adams, MA | Digital strategy implementation | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | To support the plastic pollution initiative | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Purchase, NY | Ms gift pm north county hii | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Oregon Foundation | Eugene, OR | To support the contemporary chinese photography collection | Education | $170,526 | apps.irs.gov |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Purchase, NY | Ms gift pm north county hii | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | North Adams, MA | Development of a new department of public programs | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| KLCC Public Radio Foundation | Eugene, OR | Journalism fellowship and arts reporting | Community improvement and capacity building | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charitable Partnership Fund | Portland, OR | Undergrowth educational print fund apprenticeship and artist in residence programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lane County School District 4J | Eugene, OR | To support avid elementary school and summer institute programs | $50,180 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lane Arts Council | Eugene, OR | Arts education and cultural programming in lane county | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum Associates | Los Angeles, CA | To support the "zheng chongbin: golden state" exhibition and associated programming | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | To support the "do ho suh" exhibition and associated programming | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The John G Shedd Institute for the Arts | Eugene, OR | Capital campaign | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smart Reading | Portland, OR | Smart reading programs in lane county | Education | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, WA | To support the "ai, rebel: the art and activism of ai weiwei" exhibition and associated programming | Arts, culture and humanities | $31,186 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development | Corvallis, OR | Many bridges exhibition and associated programming | Community improvement and capacity building | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation | Eugene, OR | To support first-generation college scholarships for avid graduates | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Purchase, NY | Ms gift pm north county hii | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc | Oakland, CA | To support the national teaching fellow initiative | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon | Eugene, OR | For general support | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 7, 2025, IRS object ID 202533119349101818. It reported $1,349,201 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | For plastic pollution initiative | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Oregon Foundation | Eugene, OR | For contemporary chinese photography collection | Education | $174,737 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation | San Francisco, CA | For general support | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation | San Francisco, CA | For general support | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | North Adams, MA | For development of a new department of public programs | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach for America Inc | Los Angeles, CA | For program expansion and resources for educators | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Asia Society | New York, NY | For curator of learning and outreach | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| KLCC Public Radio Foundation | Eugene, OR | For full-time professional klcc reporter | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ten Strands | San Rafael, CA | For data initiative for environmental and climate action | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lane County School District 4J | Eugene, OR | For avid elementary school programs | $49,464 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | North Adams, MA | For general support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maude I Kerns Art Center | Eugene, OR | For acquisition of the whiteaker printmakers studio | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | For general support | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bay Area Scores | San Francisco, CA | For general support | Recreation and sports | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation | Eugene, OR | For first-generation college scholarships for avid graduates | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation | San Francisco, CA | For folk alley | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc | Oakland, CA | For national teaching fellow initiative | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Burchfield Penney Art Center | Buffalo, NY | For a grammar of animacy: charles e. burchfield and mike glier | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| KLCC Public Radio Foundation | Eugene, OR | For general support | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon | Eugene, OR | For general support | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | For general support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| White Bird Clinic | Eugene, OR | For general support | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $541,186 |
| Environment | $500,000 |
| Education | $445,263 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $155,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 |
| Health care | $20,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $20,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,050,000 |
| Oregon | $909,907 |
| Massachusetts | $505,000 |
| New York | $480,000 |
| Washington | $31,186 |
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Updated May 11, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.