South Carolina · Private foundation
The Ward 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.
- $200k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Ward Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $199k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $193k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $176k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $191k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $180k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $163k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | $94,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida Inc | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Memory Matters | $50,000 | 7 | 1% |
| United Way of the Lowcountry | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Artsbridge Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Kipp Jacksonville Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | $94,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida Inc | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Memory Matters | $50,000 | 7 | 1% |
| United Way of the Lowcountry | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Artsbridge Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Kipp Jacksonville Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $16,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Legal Volunteers | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Dbwpc Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pace Center for Girlsinc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Hospice of Northeast Florida | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($717k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ward Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Wexford Foundation · Palmetto Electric Trust · The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · The Bargain Box · Heritage Classic Foundation · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Ekedahl Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ward Foundation
- How much does The Ward Foundation give?
- The Ward Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Ward Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (12%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are The Ward Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic ($94k), Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida Inc ($55k), Memory Matters ($50k).
- Does The Ward Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ward 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 The Ward Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc.
- Where is The Ward Foundation based?
- The Ward Foundation is based in SC.
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