· Private foundation
Cp Ward Charitable Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUST | $500 |
| JESSICA COTSONAS LOVE FOR LEO | $500 |
| GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $300 |
| UNITED WAY | $300 |
| LIVONIA YOUTH WRESTLING CLUB | $200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200 |
| WYSL U OF R RADIO | $120 |
| Individual grant recipient | $75 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RRROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUSTS INC3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +6%
- HCHILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +14%
- HFHEMLOCK FAIR ASSOCIATION2× · 2017–2018 · $1k
Funded once
- SPSENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -4%
- CSCUB SCOUT PACK 4027one grant, 2017 · $1k
THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTERgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +422%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the rochester museum and science center is to create a better world through inspiring curiosity, exploration, and engagement across history, science, culture, and the natural world.
Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.
The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.
To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…
To nourish the child's spirit, while fostering exploration, independence, and confidence. we strive to inspire a lifelong love of learning, while modeling grace, courtesy, and respect for self, others, and the earth.
Provide scholarships for students with good scholastic standing and family financial difficulties.
To engage the community in life-long learning for all through equal access to information, technology, gathering spaces and expert staff.
We are a member-centered service organization enriching the lives of our city youth, people with disabilities and world neighbors.
To deliver educational programming, and promote the chartered financial analyst designation for the benefit of finance professionals in greater rochester.
Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…
Through immersive experiences, we enrich life today by connecting people with history, art, and nature.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUSTS INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds Greece Historical Society ↗
- Who funds MONTOUR FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds EAST AVON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cp Ward Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cp Ward Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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