Funding search · EIN 236256408 · Milwaukee, WI

Ludwick Fdn

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

219
grants reported
$842,450
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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  • The School District of Philadelphia2 grants · $85,000
  • School District of Philadelphia1 grant · $40,000
  • Wagner Free Institute of3 grants · $34,000
  • Episcopal Community Services2 grants · $30,000
  • Philadelphia Futures2 grants · $24,000
  • Fleisher Art Memorial3 grants · $22,500
  • Monell Chemical Senses Center3 grants · $15,000
  • Mighty Writers3 grants · $15,000
  • Settlement Music School3 grants · $15,000
  • Asap After School Activities3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$272,350
2021
$295,550
2022
$274,550
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 219 grants.

  • $45,000

    The School District of Philadelphia · Philsdelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $40,000

    The School District of Philadelphia · Philsdelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $40,000

    School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Episcopal Community Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Heights Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Episcopal Community Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $12,000

    Wagner Free Institute of · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $12,000

    Philadelphia Futures · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $12,000

    Wagner Free Institute of · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $12,000

    Philadelphia Futures · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Wagner Free Institute of · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Fleisher Art Memorial · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,500

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Fleisher Art Memorial · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,500

    The Academy of Natural Sciences of · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Academy of Natural Sciences · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Fleisher Art Memorial · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Philadelphia Young · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Philadelphia Young · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Philadelphia Young Playwrights · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Asap After School Activities · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    College Possible · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    College Prep at Penn Charter · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Rese · Camp Hill, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Philadelphia Robotics Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    The Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    West Philadelphia Alliance for Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Asap After School Activities · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    College Possible · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    College Prep at Penn Charter · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Rese · Camp Hill, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Stenton the Nscdapa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    The Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Wepac · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Asap After School Activities · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Citizens for Children and Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    College Prep at Penn Charter · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Free Library of Philadelphia Fdn · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Rese · Camp Hill, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Stenton the Nscdapa · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $5,000

    West Philadelphia Alliance for Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Penn Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Penn Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Children'S Village · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Stenton the Nscdapa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,500

    The Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Children'S Village · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,500

    John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Children'S Village · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,500

    John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,500

    Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,300

    The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,300

    The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Astral Artists · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Esf Dream Camp Foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    International Ballet Exchange · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Musicopia · Philadelpgia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Norris Square Neighborhood Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    The Fabric Workshop and Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Arden Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Astral Artists · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Esf Dream Camp Foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    International Ballet Exchange · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Musicopia · Philadelpgia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Norris Square Neighborhood Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    The Fabric Workshop and Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Arden Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    College Possible · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Hope Partnership for Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    International Ballet Exchange · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Musicopia · Philadelpgia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Norris Square Neighborhood Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Penn Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General operating

  • $2,750

    The Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,750

    The Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,750

    Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    Exempt purpose

  • $2,500

    Healthy Newsworks · Drexel Hill, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Historic Fair Hillinc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Horizons at Greene Street Friends School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Mercy Neighborhood Ministriesinc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2023

    General operating

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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.