New York · Private foundation
Jess Ward Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $13k
- Granted FY2019
- 8
- Grants FY2019
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,450
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $4,348
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Total assets, FY2019
- $267k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 25% of the organizations Jess Ward Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 92% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 8 | $13k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $15k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | $14,916 | 3 | n/a |
| The Alan T Brown Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Temple Emanuel | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper East Side Hatzolah Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen County | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceanside Jewish Center Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Skidmore College | $180 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Jess Ward Foundation
- How much does Jess Ward Foundation give?
- Jess Ward Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $13,489 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Jess Ward Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Health (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Jess Ward Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun ($15k), The Alan T Brown Foundation ($11k), Temple Emanuel ($1k).
- Does Jess Ward Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jess Ward Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jess Ward Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Jess Ward Foundation based?
- Jess Ward Foundation is based in NY.
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