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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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2023
30
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2023 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k16 grants · $344k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $995k
$45,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEM TO THE FUTURE$75,000
TELEHEALTH VAN$75,000
BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS$75,000
THE RIGHTWAY FOUNDATION$75,000
THE AMAAD INSTITUTE$75,000
2ND CALL$75,000
BLACK HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION AND RESOURCE CENTER$75,000
SANCTUARY OF HOPE$75,000
WESTMOUNT COUNCILING CENTER$75,000
BUTTERFLY'S HAVEN$75,000
CALIFORNIA BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH PROJECT$75,000
THE REVERENCE PROJECT$70,000
MOTHER'S IN ACTION$50,000
NEW DIRECTION COMMUNITY PROGRAM$50,000
NOAH'S FOUNDATION INC$45,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $795k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BUTTERFLY'S HAVEN: $75k → 14%SANCTUARY OF HOPE: $75k → 14%NEW DIRECTION COMMUNITY PROGRAM: $50k → 14%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION: $50k → 14%HURTING AND HUNGRY CHILDREN: $15k → 14%MEN TAKING OVER REFORMING SOCIETY INC: $75k → 14%BABY (BROTHERS AGAINST BANGING YOUTH): $75k → 14%COMMUNITY LITERATURE INICITIVE: $55k → 14%MOTHER'S IN ACTION: $50k → 14%TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $75k → 14%MOTHERS IN ACTION: $50k → 14%SHE READY FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%WEINGART YMCA WELLNESS & AQUATIC CENTER: $75k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$790k · 7 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
36

Total granted

$790k
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+31%

Still filing today

86%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $944k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST
    STEM TO THE FUTURE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $150k · revenue +100%
  • TA
    THE AMAAD INSTITUTE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $150k · revenue +10%
  • TR
    The Rightway Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $150k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CITY COUNSEL DISTRICT 8 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES GRANT
    one grant, 2022 · $175k
  • SR
    SHE READY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +125% · 27% of their budget
  • GC
    GAILEN & CATHY REEVERS CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +263%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights
2
Western Avenue Community Action Inc

Provide resources, education and services to the underserved African-American youth population in Los Angeles.

Community Improvement
3
Black Los Angeles County Client Coalition Inc

Mental health services advocacy

Human Services
4
Wraparound Enterprises

To advance and protect the Black community in the areas of Health, Health Equity, Mental Health, Social Justice, and Substance Abuse.

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5
La Blueprint
Science & Tech
6
The Miracle House Foundation

Mentorship and housing assistant for women returning from incarceration

Human Services
7
Project Lift La

Provider of human services

—
8
Black Resiliency Project Inc

To provide culturally grounded substance use recovery support, case management, and community economic empowerment to Black and underserved communities in Northern California.

Human Services
9
Santa Monica Black Lives Association

1) mental health fair 2) women small business forum training 3) food and personal heath aids event for unhoused population in santa monica 4) mens mentor programs 5) job preparation classes and support services 6)los angeles county support…

Civil Rights
10
Los Angeles African American Womens Public Policy Institute - Laaawppi

To contribute and lead in the development of African-American women leaders who will impact communities through social, civic and public engagement.

Public Benefit
11
Black Mental Health & Wellness
Health
12
California Black Power Network Action Fund

Promote social welfare thru political policy

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge Builders Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is New Direction Community Programs. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/58
Grantees still filing
33/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOTHERS-IN-ACTION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesMOTHERS-IN-ACTION INCSHE READY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesSHE READY FOUNDATIONTURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesTURNING POINT ALCOHOL …Men Taking Over Reforming Society Inc: $75,000 · Human ServicesMen Taking Over Reform…BUTTERFLYS HAVEN FORMERLY KNOWN AS TREEHOUSE IMPACT GROUP: $75,000 · Human ServicesBUTTERFLYS HAVEN FORME…BROTHERS AGAINST BANGING YOUTHBABY: $75,000 · Human ServicesBROTHERS AGAINST BANGI…Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $75,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian …Sanctuary of Hope: $75,000 · Human ServicesSanctuary of HopeCOMMUNITY LITERATURE INITIATIVE: $55,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LITERATURE I…New Direction Community Programs: $50,000 · Human ServicesNew Direction Communit…Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education: $50,000 · Human ServicesStrategic Concepts In …+1 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES CITY COUNSEL DISTRICT 8 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES GRANT: $174,750 · OtherLOS ANGELES CITY COUNSEL DISTRICT 8…Westmont Counseling Center: $150,000 · OtherWestmont Counseling CenterTELEHEALTH VAN: $75,000 · OtherTELEHEALTH VANSISTAHFRIENDS WOMEN'S COUNSELING AND ELDERCARE MANAGEMENT: $75,000 · OtherSISTAHFRIENDS WOMEN'S COUNSELING AN…BUTTERFLYS HAVEN: $75,000 · OtherBUTTERFLYS HAVENA STEP TO FREEDOM: $50,000 · OtherTENEMOS QUE RECLAMAR Y UNIDOS SALVAR LA TIERRA-SOUTH LA: $50,000 · OtherNOAHS FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · OtherAL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTER: $75,000 · OtherAL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTERSola Community Peace Center: $50,000 · OtherGirls Club of Los Angeles: $50,000 · OtherPROJECT PEACEMAKERS INC: $75,000 · OtherPROJECT PEACEMAKERS INCADVOCATES FOR PEACE AND URBAN UNITY: $50,000 · OtherOPEN ARMS FOOD PANTRY & RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 · Other+9 more: $230,000 · Other+9 moreSTEM TO THE FUTURE: $150,000 · EducationSTEM TO THE FU…GAILEN & CATHY REEVERS CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC: $75,000 · EducationGAILEN & CATHY…BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationBRIDGE BUILDER…BLACK HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION AND RESOURCE CENTER: $75,000 · EducationBLACK HOLLYWOO…CRETE ACADEMY: $75,000 · EducationCRETE ACADEMYCOMMUNITY ASSET DEVELOPMENT RE-DEFINING EDUCATION: $25,000 · EducationPETE BROWN JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAM: $21,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationBETHEL LA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 · Community ImprovementBETHEL LA COM…WEST ANGELES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 · Community ImprovementWEST ANGELES …Unite A Nation Inc: $75,000 · Community ImprovementUnite A Natio…THE REVERENCE PROJECT: $70,000 · Community ImprovementTHE REVERENCE…South La Community Foundation: $50,000 · Community ImprovementSouth La Comm…BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF LA: $50,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK BUSINES…KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 · Community ImprovementKOREAN IMMIGR…COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $15,000 · Community ImprovementTHE AMAAD INSTITUTE: $150,000 · HealthTHE AMAAD INS…BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $75,000 · HealthBLACK WOMEN F…California Black Womens Health Project: $75,000 · HealthCalifornia Bl…THE HEALING CIRCLE LA: $75,000 · HealthTHE HEALING C…NDICA: $50,000 · HealthNDICAThe Kindred Center: $38,000 · HealthThe Kindred C…The Rightway Foundation: $150,000 · Employment2ND CALL: $75,000 · EmploymentLos Angeles Black Worker Center: $75,000 · Employment24th Street Theatre Company: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureJazz Stepping Stones: $40,000 · Arts & CultureBlack Image Center: $35,000 · Arts & CultureOUR AUTHORS STUDY CLUB INC: $12,500 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$795,000Other$1,274,750Education$511,000Community Improvement$485,000Health$463,000Employment$300,000Arts & Culture$187,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEM TO THE FUTURE: $150,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetWestmont Counseling Center: $150,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE AMAAD INSTITUTE: $150,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Rightway Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSHE READY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetTURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $75,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMen Taking Over Reforming Society Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTER: $75,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetBUTTERFLYS HAVEN FORMERLY KNOWN AS TREEHOUSE IMPACT GROUP: $75,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetWEST ANGELES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budget2ND CALL: $75,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPROJECT PEACEMAKERS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBLACK HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION AND RESOURCE CENTER: $75,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetCalifornia Black Womens Health Project: $75,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCRETE ACADEMY: $75,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Black Worker Center: $75,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSanctuary of Hope: $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUnite A Nation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetTHE REVERENCE PROJECT: $70,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LITERATURE INITIATIVE: $55,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetSouth La Community Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetSola Community Peace Center: $50,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetGirls Club of Los Angeles: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOPEN ARMS FOOD PANTRY & RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetA STEP TO FREEDOM: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budget24th Street Theatre Company: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNew Direction Community Programs: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF LA: $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetKOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNDICA: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetStrategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTENEMOS QUE RECLAMAR Y UNIDOS SALVAR LA TIERRA-SOUTH LA: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNOAHS FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBlack Star Lacrosse: $40,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetJazz Stepping Stones: $40,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetThe Kindred Center: $38,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetBlack Image Center: $35,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetOUR LITTLE HELPERS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIT S BIGGER THAN US: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ASSET DEVELOPMENT RE-DEFINING EDUCATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY REFLECTIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPETE BROWN JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAM: $21,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBack to the Basics Community Empowerment: $15,000 over 1y, 34% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 …Weingart FoundationUnited Way IncChrist-Centered Minis…Community PartnersLiberty Hill Foundati…Shelter Partnership I…Southern California G…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The California Endowm…The Annenberg Foundat…Los Angeles Regional …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ward Economic Development Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ward Economic Development Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ward Economic Development Corporation?

    Find your warmest path to Ward Economic Development Corporation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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