The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation is a left-leaning private grantmaking foundation that financially supports three main philanthropic areas: conservation, performing arts, and social causes. It was created in 2011 in honor of Paul M. Angell, a food manufacturer. [1]
Four members of the board are members of the Angell family.
Conservation
The foundation awards grants to site-specific projects to improve the health of the ocean and to withstand climate change. [2] The director of the foundation’s environmental program is James Angell. James Angell spent nearly twenty years as a lawyer for the left-of-center environmentalist group Earthjustice[3] and the foundation awarded over $440,000 to the group in 2018. [4]
Performing Arts
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation allocates grants for classical music and theater. [5] The director of the performing arts grants is Michael Angell. [6]
Funding
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) private grantmaking foundation. The foundation reported $255,455 in revenue and $20,002,243 in expenditures in its 2018 fiscal year. [7] The foundation reported three employees receiving over $50,000 compensation. [8] In 2018, the foundation contributed $513,700 to a donor-advisory at the International Community Foundation to be dispersed to nonprofit organizations working on conservation issues in Mexico. [9] The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation allotted grant money to left leaning groups such as Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Earthjustice, Wild Aid, and Puerto Rican Arts Alliance. [10]