California · Private foundation
Ward Family Foundation
- $380k
- Granted FY2021
- 7
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 43% of the organizations Ward Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $380k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $350k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $610k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $600k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $825k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern California Public Radio | $835,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Biosphere Foundation Formerly Planetary Coral Reef Foundation | $625,000 | 4 | 46% |
| Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange | $475,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pazlo Education Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Value Schools Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Prentice School | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Learning Rights Law Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($510k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ward Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ward Family Foundation
- How much does Ward Family Foundation give?
- Ward Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $380,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Ward Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Education (29%), Environment (23%).
- Who are Ward Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Southern California Public Radio ($835k), Biosphere Foundation Formerly Planetary Coral Reef Foundation ($625k), Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange ($475k).
- Does Ward Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ward Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ward Family Foundation based?
- Ward Family Foundation is based in CA.
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