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 Earthjustice³ 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. ² The director of the performing arts grants is Michael Angell. ⁵

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. ⁶ The foundation reported three employees receiving over $50,000 compensation. ⁷  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. ⁸ 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. ⁴

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2. “About Us.” Paul M. Angell Family Foundation. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://pmangellfamfound.org/about-us/
3. “Our Staff, Board and Advisors/ Team.” Pacific Environment. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://www.pacificenvironment.org/team-members/jame-angell/
4. Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF), 2018, Part XV, Line 3a. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/274818015/09_2019_prefixes_27-34%2F274818015_201812_990PF_2019090516622525
5. “About/ Staff.” El Sistema USA. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://elsistemausa.org/staff-member/michael-angell/
6. Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF), 2018, Part I, Lines 12 and 26. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/274818015/09_2019_prefixes_27-34%2F274818015_201812_990PF_2019090516622525
7. Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF), 2018, Part VIII Sections 1 and 2. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/274818015/09_2019_prefixes_27-34%2F274818015_201812_990PF_2019090516622525
8. Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990-PF), 2018, Part VII-A, Line 12. Accessed January 28, 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/274818015/09_2019_prefixes_27-34%2F274818015_201812_990PF_2019090516622525