Funding search · EIN 346516441 · Columbus, OH

Ward Beecher Foundation

Name: Ward Beecher 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.

40
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

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Top recipients

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Oh Wow3 grants · $150,000
National Redistricting Foundation3 grants · $140,000
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp1 grant · $100,000
Eastern Bk2 grants · $50,000
Groundwork Project2 grants · $50,000
Young Womens Christian Association1 grant · $50,000
Smarts1 grant · $40,000
California Jazz Conservatory3 grants · $40,000
Voter Protection Corps Foundation1 grant · $40,000
Groundwork Fund - Amalgamated Fdn1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$282,500

2022

$225,500

2023

$230,000

2024

$268,000

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$75,000
National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Oh Wow · Youngstown, OH · 2025
General operating
$50,000
Oh Wow · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Oh Wow · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Young Womens Christian Association · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General operating
$40,000
Groundwork Fund - Amalgamated Fdn · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Voter Protection Corps Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Smarts · Youngstown, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Eastern Bk · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Groundwork Project · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Imagine North Carolina First · Raleigh, MP · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Mahoning Valley Community School · Youngstown, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Whittier College · Whittier, CA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Eastern Bk · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Groundwork Project · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Fair Count · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating
$20,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2025
General operating
$17,500
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating
$15,000
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General operating
$12,500
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating
$12,500
California Jazz Conservatory · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
The English Center · Oakland, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Berkley Scholarship Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Beatitude House · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Flint, MI · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Salvation Army National Corp · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General operating
$7,500
Mill Valley Philharmonic · Mill Valley, CA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Berkeley Public Schools Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Mill Valley Philharmonic · Mill Valley, CA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Berkeley Public Schools Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Mill Valley Philharmonic · Mill Valley, CA · 2022
General operating
$3,000
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Berkley Scholarship Fund · Columbus, OH · 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.