Funding search · EIN 770472486 · Palo Alto, CA

The Ludwick Family Foundation

Name: The Ludwick Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

44
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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

Monterey Bay Aquarium4 grants · $475,000
49-Er Foundation4 grants · $365,000
Weingarten Children'S Center6 grants · $344,350
Hoover Institution4 grants · $300,000
Wm Keck Observatory4 grants · $100,000
Rochester Institute of Technology4 grants · $100,000
Vida Verde Nature Education1 grant · $81,333
The Tech Museum of Innovation4 grants · $45,000
Lucille Packard Children'S Hospital4 grants · $40,000
San Jose Museum of Art4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$458,350

2021

$517,000

2022

$511,333

2023

$420,000

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Weingarten Children'S Center · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Grant
$125,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2024
Grant
$125,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2023
Grant
$125,000
49-Er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2021
Grant
$125,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2021
Grant
$100,000
49-Er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
Grant
$100,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024
Grant
$100,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2023
Grant
$100,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022
Grant
$85,000
49-Er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
Grant
$81,333
Vida Verde Nature Education · San Gregorio, CA · 2023
Grant
$70,000
Weingarten Children'S Center · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Grant
$55,000
49-Er Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
Grant
$50,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
Grant
$50,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2021
Grant
$50,000
Weingarten Children'S Center · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Grant
$25,000
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2024
Grant
$25,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Waimea, HI · 2024
Grant
$25,000
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2023
Grant
$25,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Waimea, HI · 2023
Grant
$25,000
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2022
Grant
$25,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Waimea, HI · 2022
Grant
$25,000
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2021
Grant
$25,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Waimea, HI · 2021
Grant
$15,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2021
Grant
$10,000
Lucille Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Weingarten Children'S Center · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Lucille Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Grant
$10,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2023
Grant
$10,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2023
Grant
$10,000
Lucille Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Grant
$10,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2022
Grant
$10,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Grant
$10,000
Lucille Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Grant
$10,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2021
Grant
$7,500
Weingarten Children'S Center · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Grant
$6,850
Weingarten Children'S Center · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Grant
$5,000
A Foundation Building Strength · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Grant
$5,000
Hale Ranch Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2021
Grant
$2,000
Foundation for Building Strength · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Grant
$2,000
Foundation for Building Strength · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Grant
$2,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2021
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.