Funding search · EIN 201083951 · Philadelphia, PA

The Clara E and John H Ware Jr

Name: The Clara E and John H Ware Jr grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

50
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $47,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

awards family hearing housing live loss research school

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “microbiome” · $300,000

$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive multiple sclerosis
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive multiple
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive m

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $550,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital4 grants · $400,000
University of Vermont Foundation4 grants · $380,000
Project Home4 grants · $170,000
Cape Ann Museum3 grants · $170,000
Philabundance4 grants · $150,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute2 grants · $125,000
The Phoenix2 grants · $120,000
Sorptimist4 grants · $115,000
Pennsylvania School of the Deaf2 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$705,000

2022

$675,000

2023

$615,000

2024

$705,000

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$215,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
For the penn medicine development center for adult onset hearing loss
$135,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
For the penn medicine development center for adult onset hearing loss
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Rich family research fund
$100,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Preclinical gene therapy for hearing loss program
$100,000
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2025
Support graduate scholarships
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive multiple sclerosis
$100,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Preclinical gene therapy for hearing loss program
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive multiple
$100,000
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2023
College of arts & science historic preservation - general program
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive m
$100,000
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2022
For support of the library & archives
$100,000
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2022
College of arts & science historic preservation - general program
$80,000
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2024
Scholarships to the historic preservation program
$75,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2025
Support instructor position
$75,000
Lake Champlain · Glen Spey, NY · 2022
Coll access and vt underwater preserves
$70,000
Pennsylvania School of the Deaf · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support psd's deaf professionals in residence program
$60,000
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2023
For photo archives position and refurbished scanner
$60,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
For the housing program
$60,000
The Phoenix · Boston, MA · 2023
For youth and family programing
$60,000
The Phoenix · Boston, MA · 2022
For youth and family programing
$50,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
For the housing program
$50,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2024
Support biotechnology certificate program and stem enrichment programming for school-age students
$50,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
For the housing program
$50,000
The Phoenix Multisport · Boston, MA · 2024
For youth and family programing
$45,000
Gloucester Education Foundation · Gloucester, MA · 2023
Support the gloucester high school - medical assisting instructional materials
$40,000
The Phoenix Multisport · Boston, MA · 2025
Support capital campaign
$40,000
Pennsylvania School of the Deaf · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$40,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$40,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$40,000
William Way Lgbt Community Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Sorptimist · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support the live your deams awards program
$35,000
Sorptimist · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
For live your dreams awards program with a focus on the philadelphia region
$35,000
Sorptimist · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
For live your dreams awards program with a focus on the philadelphia region
$31,000
Gloucester Education Foundation · Gloucester, MA · 2024
Support the gloucester high school - medical assisting instructional materials
$30,000
Gloucester Education Foundation · Gloucester, MA · 2025
High school - medical assisting instructional materials
$25,000
Deep Vellum Publishing · Dallas, TX · 2025
Support english translation of stefano d'arrigo's horcynus orca
$20,000
Theatre Exile · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support the paper wings program
$20,000
Theatre Exile · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Paper wings program
$20,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Children's programs
$15,000
Our Lady of Good Voyage · Boston, MA · 2022
For the bell tower reparation project
$10,000
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2024
For photo archives position and refurbished scanner
$10,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
For the housing program
$10,000
Sorptimist · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
For live your dreams awards program with a focus on the philadelphia region
$5,000
Enchantment Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Enchantment Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$4,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Translation of aesthetics of resistance
$3,000
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center · New Bedford, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Harvard Catholic Center · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Harvard Divinity School · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General support

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