Texas · Private foundation
The Ware 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.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 102
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $12k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 91 to 102
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Ware Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 39 | $12k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 102 | $3.9M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 91 | $4.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $1,550,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tyler Street Resource Center Inc | $450,000 | 2 | 17% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Plains Food Bank Inc | $180,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Polk Street United Methodist Church | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The United Way Inc | $135,482 | 1 | 3% |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $102,900 | 3 | 2% |
| Lubbock Chamber of Commerce | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Another Chance House | $91,000 | 3 | 7% |
| The Junior League of Amarillo | $75,000 | 1 | 26% |
Show all 92 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ware Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 79 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Kimble Foundation Trust · Mays Foundation · Mary E Bivins Foundation · Brumley Foundation · Cj and Syble Fowlston Charitable Trust · The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation · Amarillo Business Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ware Foundation
- How much does The Ware Foundation give?
- The Ware Foundation reported 41 itemized grants totaling $12,400, out of $4,629,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 91 and 102 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Ware Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (11%), Human Services (6%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Ware Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Southern Methodist University ($1.6M), Tyler Street Resource Center Inc ($450k), The George W Bush Foundation ($300k).
- Does The Ware Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ware 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 Ware Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amarillo Area Foundation Inc, Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation, Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Ware Foundation based?
- The Ware Foundation is based in TX.
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