Funding search · EIN 416031373 · Las Vegas, NV

Ward Creek Foundation

Name: Ward Creek Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

73
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $9,896
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.

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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.

4 grants matching “lenfest” · $39,933

$10,084
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$9,761
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$9,794
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$10,294
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General purpose grant.

Top recipients

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

The Foundation for AIDS Research4 grants · $328,830
University of Southern California4 grants · $101,184
Rebuild Local News Foundation2 grants · $80,897
Reporters Without Borders2 grants · $65,206
James W Foley Legacy Foundation1 grant · $50,066
Center for Technology & Innovation1 grant · $49,156
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism4 grants · $39,933
Aushwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation1 grant · $39,740
University of California Sf Foundation4 grants · $39,411
Cleveland Clinic Foundation4 grants · $39,212

Giving over time

$207,024

2022

$242,033

2023

$330,525

2024

$444,262

2025

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$104,180
The Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose grant.
$75,994
The Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant.
$75,203
The Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose grant.
$73,453
The Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose grant.
$60,326
Reporters Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose grant.
$50,066
James W Foley Legacy Foundation · Portsmouth, NH · 2025
General purpose grant.
$49,156
Center for Technology & Innovation · Binghamton, NY · 2025
General purpose grant.
$40,732
Rebuild Local News Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General purpose grant.
$40,165
Rebuild Local News Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General purpose grant.
$39,740
Aushwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant.
$30,263
Common Good Ai · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General purpose grant.
$26,303
Crp Issue One · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose grant.
$26,077
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$25,372
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$25,142
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$24,593
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$20,000
Fulbright · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose grant.
$19,865
Center for Creative Change · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose grant.
$15,000
Hostage Aid Worldwide · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose grant.
$14,844
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose grant.
$12,500
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2024
General purpose grant.
$11,570
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose grant.
$11,076
Reporters Committee for Freedom · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose grant.
$10,486
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$10,294
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$10,084
Reporters Committee for Freedom · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose grant.
$10,084
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$10,084
University of California Sf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$10,028
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant.
$10,027
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General purpose grant.
$10,000
The National Press Club Journalism Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose grant.
$10,000
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose grant.
$10,000
Writing Downtown · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General purpose grant.
$9,944
League To Save Lake Tahoe Foundation · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$9,941
Jupiter Medical Center · Jupiter, FL · 2025
General purpose grant.
$9,903
University of California Sf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$9,896
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose grant.
$9,794
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General purpose grant.
$9,794
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$9,761
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General purpose grant.
$9,761
Reporters Committee for Freedom · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose grant.
$9,761
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$9,761
University of California Sf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$9,663
University of California Sf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$9,630
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,785
Overseas Press Club Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose grant.
$5,418
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose grant.
$5,252
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purpose grant.
$5,201
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$5,154
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$5,109
Janney Montgomery Scott Extra Mile Education Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,109
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,109
Overseas Press Club Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,109
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,109
Verge Center for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,019
Verge Center for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$5,014
The Extra Mile Education Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose grant.
$5,006
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General purpose grant.
$5,006
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$5,006
Verge Center for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$5,000
The Int'L Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose grant.
$5,000
The Kennan Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose grant.
$4,897
The Extra Mile Education Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General purpose grant.
$4,880
Janney Montgomery Scott Extra Mile Education Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$4,880
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purpose grant.
$4,880
Overseas Press Club Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant.
$4,880
Reporters Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose grant.
$4,880
Verge Center for the Arts · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$4,797
American Library in Paris USA Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant.
$4,797
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General purpose grant.
$3,731
Center for Creative Change · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose grant.
$2,500
Princeton in Asia Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General purpose grant.
$1,000
Booksmiles Foundation · Pennsauken, NJ · 2024
General purpose grant.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.