Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation

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OVERVIEW: The Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation supports education, religion, health, human services and the arts in Los Angeles, California.

IP TAKE: This has historically been a big funder of youth music programs in the Los Angeles area, although the foundation supports many different causes here, especially women-focused and Catholic-affiliated ones. Los Angeles County and South Dakota organizations may apply via the Wells Fargo grant application portal.

PROFILE: Established in 1975, the Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation is a family foundation that is administered by Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services, with Wells Fargo Bank as the foundation trustee. The foundation aims to "support charitable causes in the areas of education, religion, health, human services and the arts to organizations located in or serving citizens of Los Angeles County, California, and South Dakota.”

Grants for Health, Mental Health, Housing and Homelessness

Health and human services grants account for a significant portion of this funder’s total annual giving. The foundation does not name specific goals for its grantmaking in these areas, but homeless and vulnerable people appear to be main priorities. Grantees in the Los Angeles area include the Downtown Women’s Center, Crossroads Incorporated, El Centro de Amistad, the Venice Family Clinic and Alexandria House. And in South Dakota, the foundation has supported the Northern Hills Alliance for Children, OneHeart, Catholic Social Services and the Children’s Home Society.

Grants for Education

The Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation’s education grant appear to focus on K-12 education, with many grants supporting Catholic Schools and schools serving Native American communities. The foundation also supports arts education and enrichment programs. Grantees include the Red Cloud Indian School, Los Angeles’s Colburn School, St. Joseph’s Indian School, Lacer After School Programs and the Catholic School System of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Higher education is a smaller giving area, with only a few grants supporting colleges and universities each year. Grantees include Loyola Marymount University and Woodbury University.

Grants for Religious Causes

In addition to its support for Catholic schools, this funder supports other Catholic organizations with a strong focus on Catholic human services. Grantees include Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, the Diocese of Rapid City, Catholic Social Services of Rapid City and Saint Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo, California.

Grants for Arts, Culture and Arts Education

Arts and culture area smaller areas of giving, but the foundation steadily supports arts and arts education organizations in Los Angeles and South Dakota. Grantees include Deadwood History, South Dakota’s Historic Homestake Opera House Society, the Los Angeles Music and Art School, the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.

Important Grant Details:

Adams-Mastrovich grants range from $5,000 to $210,000.

  • Giving is limited to organizations in Los Angeles County or the state of South Dakota.

  • This funder mainly supports small- and medium-sized organizations, although some of its Catholic grantees are larger.

  • Adams-Matrovich tends to provide its grantees with multi-year support.

  • This funder accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The grant application deadline is June 30 each year, and grantseekers must use the Wells Fargo online application system.

  • For additional information about past giving, see the foundation’s past tax records.

Direct general questions to the staff at grantadministration@wellsfargo.com or 888-235-4351.

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