Connecticut · Private foundation
The Ward Foundation Inc
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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $484k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 69% of the organizations The Ward Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $22k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $16k | 69% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $20k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Life Innovations Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Staying Put in New Canaan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Waveny Care Center Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc | $2,060 | 1 | 1% |
| New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation Inc | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Earlham College Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Law Institute | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ward Foundation Inc 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: Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · Half Moon Foundation · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc · The Morris Family Foundation · MLE Foundation Inc · Jeniam Foundation · The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ward Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ward Foundation Inc give?
- The Ward Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $22,715 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Ward Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Human Services (12%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Ward Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Vista Life Innovations Inc ($5k), Staying Put in New Canaan Inc ($5k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($5k).
- Does The Ward Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ward 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 Ward Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hobbs Family Charitable Trust, Half Moon Foundation, Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation.
- Where is The Ward Foundation Inc based?
- The Ward Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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