Robert Stewart Odell and Helen Pfeiffer Odell Fund
/OVERVIEW: The Robert Stewart Odell and Helen Pfeiffer Odell Fund supports education and human services in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
FUNDING AREAS: Education, human services
IP TAKE: This accessible Wells Fargo-affiliated funder awards many sizable grants each year and has a wide variety of interests in San Francisco Bay communities.
PROFILE: Established in 1967, the Robert Stewart Odell and Helen Pfeiffer Odell Fund is a private foundation managed by Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services, which serves as a trustee for the foundation. Robert Odell was the president of Allied Properties, a company that owned the Clift Hotel in San Francisco and the Santa Barbara Biltmore. He served on the board of directors of Wells Fargo Bank in the late 1960s and passed away in 1973. The foundation aims to "support a variety of charitable causes, primarily education and programs supporting at risk youth and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area.” It funds local efforts for education and human services.
The Robert Stewart Odell and Helen Pfeiffer Odell Fund does not have specific program restrictions, but it prioritizes and mostly supports education and programs that benefit at-risk youth at the local level. This is a family-focused funder that considers various types of requests just as long as the children of San Francisco benefit. This fund typically awards around 50 grants per year, which makes this one of the largest Wells Fargo-affiliated foundations in the region.
Grants range between about $10,000 and $25,000. The average total giving per year is approximately $1.5 million. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on San Francisco, California. Past local grantees include the San Francisco Zoological Society, San Francisco Boys’ Chorus and Holy Family Day Home.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The grant application deadlines each year are March 31 and September 30. However, the funder accepts applications all throughout the year. Its grant meetings usually occur between late April and early May and then again between late October and early November. Grantseekers should submit their requests electronically through the Wells Fargo online grants system. Applicants receive automated email confirmation after making their submissions. The funder typically makes grant decisions by May and November. Direct general questions to the staff at grantadministration@wellsfargo.com or 888-235-4351.
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