Maryland · Private foundation
The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $345k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $345k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $180k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson College | $46,899 | 2 | 0% |
| Stepping Stone Animal Society LLC | $40,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Whiskers Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Give Purrs a Chance | $37,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Friends of Felines and Ferals | $35,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Cacapon Tnr | $32,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Safe Shelter Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lincoln Memorial University | $27,824 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hart for Animals Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson College | $46,899 | 2 | 0% |
| Stepping Stone Animal Society LLC | $40,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Whiskers Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Give Purrs a Chance | $37,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Friends of Felines and Ferals | $35,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Cacapon Tnr | $32,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Safe Shelter Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lincoln Memorial University | $27,824 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hart for Animals Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Allegany County Animal Shelter | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bedford County Humane Society | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Aarons Hope for Paws Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Washington County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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 The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $344,981 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (74%), Education (16%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Wilson College ($47k), Stepping Stone Animal Society LLC ($40k), Whiskers Inc ($40k).
- Does The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc 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 The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Woodmark Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- The Blaine and Loren Ward Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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