· Private foundation
The Ward Family Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $205k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UPLIFT EDUCATION | $50,000 |
| NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK | $30,000 |
| UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER | $30,000 |
| WOODALL RODGERS PARK FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| BELTON EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $15,000 |
| ALSACST JUDE'S CHILDREN RES | $10,000 |
| THE MAGIC YARD PROJECT | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM | $10,000 |
| THE BOOT CAMPAIGN INC | $10,000 |
| SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION-MD ANDERSON | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–23, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 63% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHChildren's Hospital Corporation5× · 2017–2022 · $205k · revenue +91%
- NTNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK7× · 2017–2024 · $191k · revenue +105%
- WRWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation7× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +151%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $30k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $25k
- BEBEVP-BIRD'S EYE VIEWone grant, 2019 · $15k
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 Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.
To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).
The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.
To provide financial support and programs for fallen officer families. To raise awareness and advocate for national issues impacting officers.
The mission of the texas wounded warrior foundation is to raise awareness, to honor, and to empower our wounded united state military warriors, enabling them to assimilate back to daily life upon their return from combat. we seek to…
The mission of the dallas va research corporation is to support scientific research, education, and rehabilitation to improve the lives of veterans and their families.
To engage and educate communities to prevent sexual violence and to support survivors and their loved ones as they heal and thrive.
To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.
Wheelchairs for warriors designs, builds, and delivers custom-fit, complex-rehab mobility solutions to veterans and first responders injured in the line of duty
With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 67 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 Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation ↗
- Who funds Baylor Health Care System ↗
- Who funds DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM ↗
- Who funds UPLIFT EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds FRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
- Who funds Adaptive Training Foundation ↗
- Who funds KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds CARRY THE LOAD ↗
- Who funds The Magic Yarn Project ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds ELLEN NOEL ART MUSEUM OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ↗
- Who funds THE BOOT CAMPAIGN INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE ↗
- Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds 22KILL ↗
- Who funds VETERAN OUTDOORS INC ↗
- Who funds REBUILDING WARRIORS ↗
- Who funds MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Beyond The Burn Foundation ↗
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Chive Charities · Gil and Dody Weaver Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Veterans United Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ward Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ward Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
How this is measured
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