Oklahoma · Private foundation
Tom L 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,020,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 82% of the organizations Tom L Ward Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $366k 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 | 14 | $1.7M | 64% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.4M | 82% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.1M | 78% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $420k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline Church | $3,270,000 | 4 | n/a |
| White Fields Inc | $510,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Homeless Alliance Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Sarah Stitt Hope Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Oklahoma Christian Schools Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Calm Waters Center for Children & Families Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Britton Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings Special Needs Community Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline Church | $3,270,000 | 4 | n/a |
| White Fields Inc | $510,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Homeless Alliance Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Sarah Stitt Hope Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Oklahoma Christian Schools Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Calm Waters Center for Children & Families Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Britton Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings Special Needs Community Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Chance to Change Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Heart Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($264k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tom L Ward Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Servant Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Wegener Foundation Inc · Love Meyer Family Foundation · The Magnolia Charitable Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · The Signatry Charitable Trust · McLaughlin Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tom L Ward Family Foundation
- How much does Tom L Ward Family Foundation give?
- Tom L Ward Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,673,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Tom L Ward Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (72%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Health (4%).
- Who are Tom L Ward Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Skyline Church ($3.3M), White Fields Inc ($510k), The Homeless Alliance Inc ($350k).
- Does Tom L Ward Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tom L Ward Family 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 Tom L Ward Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Tom L Ward Family Foundation based?
- Tom L Ward Family Foundation is based in OK.
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