California · Private foundation
Ludwick Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $848k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $678k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Ludwick Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $678k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $877k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| School on Wheels Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Covenant House California | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Malibu Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Morro Bay Maritime Museum Fka Central Coast Maritime Museum Assoc | $100,000 | 1 | 56% |
| Foothill Family Service | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $97,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd | $95,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Apopo US Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Spread the Word Nevada | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($522k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ludwick Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Ludwick Family Foundation
- How much does Ludwick Family Foundation give?
- Ludwick Family Foundation reported 14 itemized grants totaling $677,650, out of $847,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Ludwick Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (4%), Arts & Culture (4%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Ludwick Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: School on Wheels Inc ($100k), Covenant House California ($100k), Zoological Society of San Diego ($100k).
- Does Ludwick Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ludwick Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ludwick Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ahmanson Foundation, California Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Ludwick Family Foundation based?
- Ludwick Family Foundation is based in CA.
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