How much does Ward Economic Development Corporation give?

Ward Economic Development Corporation reported 30 grants totaling $1,338,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 43 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does Ward Economic Development Corporation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Health (15%), Youth Development (13%).

Who are Ward Economic Development Corporation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: STEM to the Future ($150k), Westmont Counseling Center ($150k), The Amaad Institute ($150k).

Does Ward Economic Development Corporation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Ward Economic Development Corporation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Weingart Foundation, United Way Inc.

Where is Ward Economic Development Corporation based?

Ward Economic Development Corporation is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Ward Economic Development Corporation

WARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (wedc) was incorporated on november 12, 1987 pursuant to the general nonprofit corporation law of the state of california. Wedc was created to achieve the following: (1) to identify and pursue economic development opportunities within the city of los angeles (2) provide 91 units of low-income housing…

$1.3M
Granted FY2023: 30
Grants FY2023: 30
Organizations funded FY2023: 77%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2023: $45,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $75,000
Organizations funded a year: 30 to 43; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 1
Total assets, FY2023: $7.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 77% of the organizations Ward Economic Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	30	$1.3M	77%
FY2022	43	$2.7M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.

Human Services$740kHealth$600kYouth Development$510kCrime & Legal$445kHousing & Shelter$413kEducation$350kCommunity Improvement$320kArts & Culture$293kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
STEM to the Future	$150,000	2	14%
Westmont Counseling Center	$150,000	2	23%
The Amaad Institute	$150,000	2	2%
The Rightway Foundation	$150,000	2	4%
Mothers-In-Action Inc	$100,000	2	n/a
She Ready Foundation	$75,000	1	27%
Gailen & Cathy Reevers Center for Community Empowerment Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Education Program Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Bridge Builders Foundation Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Bethel la Community Development Corporation	$75,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of Ward Economic Development Corporation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
STEM to the Future	$150,000	2	14%
Westmont Counseling Center	$150,000	2	23%
The Amaad Institute	$150,000	2	2%
The Rightway Foundation	$150,000	2	4%
Mothers-In-Action Inc	$100,000	2	n/a
She Ready Foundation	$75,000	1	27%
Gailen & Cathy Reevers Center for Community Empowerment Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Education Program Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Bridge Builders Foundation Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Bethel la Community Development Corporation	$75,000	1	n/a
Men Taking Over Reforming Society Inc	$75,000	1	2%
Al Wooten Jr Youth Center	$75,000	1	7%
Butterflys Haven Formerly Known as Treehouse Impact Group	$75,000	1	19%
West Angeles Community Development Corporation	$75,000	1	3%
2nd Call	$75,000	1	4%
Project Peacemakers Inc	$75,000	1	10%
Telehealth Van	$75,000	1	n/a
Black Women for Wellness	$75,000	1	1%
Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center	$75,000	1	23%
California Black Womens Health Project	$75,000	1	3%
Brothers Against Banging Youthbaby	$75,000	1	n/a
Sistahfriends Women's Counseling and Eldercare Management	$75,000	1	n/a
Crete Academy	$75,000	1	2%
Butterflys Haven	$75,000	1	n/a
The Healing Circle La	$75,000	1	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles	$75,000	1	0%
Los Angeles Black Worker Center	$75,000	1	4%
Sanctuary of Hope	$75,000	1	2%
Unite A Nation Inc	$75,000	1	26%
The Reverence Project	$70,000	1	4%
Community Literature Initiative	$55,000	1	10%
South La Community Foundation	$50,000	1	10%
Sola Community Peace Center	$50,000	1	48%
Girls Club of Los Angeles	$50,000	1	2%
Open Arms Food Pantry & Resource Center	$50,000	1	25%
A Step to Freedom	$50,000	1	2%
24th Street Theatre Company	$50,000	1	5%
Advocates for Peace and Urban Unity	$50,000	1	n/a
White Hall Arts Academy Foundation	$50,000	1	18%
New Direction Community Programs	$50,000	1	19%
Black Business Association of La	$50,000	1	25%
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California	$50,000	2	1%
Ndica	$50,000	1	3%
Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education	$50,000	1	1%
Tenemos Que Reclamar y Unidos Salvar la Tierra-South La	$50,000	1	2%
Noahs Foundation Inc	$45,000	1	5%
Black Star Lacrosse	$40,000	2	32%
Jazz Stepping Stones	$40,000	1	17%
Restoration Community Development Corporation	$40,000	1	n/a
The Kindred Center	$38,000	1	24%
Project 43 Team Post Centers	$35,000	1	n/a
Black Image Center	$35,000	1	16%
Our Little Helpers Inc	$30,000	1	1%
It S Bigger Than US	$25,000	1	3%
Community Asset Development Re-Defining Education	$25,000	1	2%
Community Reflections Inc	$25,000	1	17%
Pete Brown Junior Tennis Program	$21,000	1	5%
Los Angeles Urban League	$20,000	1	1%
Hurting and Hungry Charity	$15,000	1	n/a
Back to the Basics Community Empowerment	$15,000	1	34%
Black Writers on Tour	$15,000	1	n/a
Kause	$15,000	1	n/a
Parents Educatorsteachers and Students in Action	$15,000	1	1%
Our Authors Study Club Inc	$12,500	1	n/a
United Voices of Literacy - Uvol	$10,000	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($175k), not named here.

Ward Economic Development Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA50.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · United Way Inc · Christ-Centered Ministries · Community Partners · Liberty Hill Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · Southern California Grantmakers · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Endowment · The Annenberg Foundation · Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ward Economic Development Corporation

How much does Ward Economic Development Corporation give?: Ward Economic Development Corporation reported 30 grants totaling $1,338,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 43 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Ward Economic Development Corporation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Health (15%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are Ward Economic Development Corporation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: STEM to the Future ($150k), Westmont Counseling Center ($150k), The Amaad Institute ($150k).
Does Ward Economic Development Corporation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ward Economic Development Corporation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Weingart Foundation, United Way Inc.
Where is Ward Economic Development Corporation based?: Ward Economic Development Corporation is based in CA.