Louisiana · Private foundation
The Ward 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $157,819
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 36
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Ward Foundation Inc 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; $248k 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 | 33 | $906k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $972k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $671k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $550k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $498k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $338k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $464k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maia | $1,300,455 | 7 | 14% |
| Limitless Horizons Ixil Inc | $375,800 | 5 | 13% |
| The Sparks Foundation | $230,270 | 2 | 22% |
| Live Oak Wilderness Camp | $147,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Womens Justice Initiative Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Creamos Norte | $120,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Wuqu Kawoq SA | $115,000 | 3 | 3% |
| She's the First Inc | $98,896 | 4 | 2% |
| Amigos de Santa Cruz Foundation | $95,250 | 2 | 6% |
| Planting Seeds International | $95,000 | 3 | 10% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($924k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ward Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Luis Von Ahn Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · The Gpoa Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Pro Bono Publico Foundation · Together Women Rise · Goldring Family Foundation · The Tinker Foundation Inc · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Linda Vista Foundation · The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Ward Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ward Foundation Inc give?
- The Ward Foundation Inc reported 34 grants totaling $1,009,374 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 36 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Ward Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (52%), Education (17%), Health (8%).
- Who are The Ward Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Maia ($1.3M), Limitless Horizons Ixil Inc ($376k), The Sparks Foundation ($230k).
- Does The Ward Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% 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 Luis Von Ahn Foundation, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, The Gpoa Foundation.
- Where is The Ward Foundation Inc based?
- The Ward Foundation Inc is based in LA.
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