Funding search · EIN 311039467 · Mason, OH

Ward Family Foundation

Name: Ward Family 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: $92,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

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.

Top recipients

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

Chirst College Nursing1 grant · $40,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art3 grants · $7,500
Parks Conservancy2 grants · $5,000
Ymca Cincinnati1 grant · $5,000
Aye1 grant · $5,000
Golden Gate National Park2 grants · $4,000
Catchlight3 grants · $2,500
La Food Bank1 grant · $2,500
La Fire Fighters1 grant · $2,500
Jack London Park3 grants · $2,500

Giving over time

$8,750

2022

$8,000

2023

$52,500

2024

$23,250

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Chirst College Nursing · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Program and operations
$5,000
Aye · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Programs and operations
$5,000
Ymca Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Programs and operations
$2,500
La Fire Fighters · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Programs and operations
$2,500
La Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Programs and operations
$2,500
Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program and operations.
$2,500
Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program and operations.
$2,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program and operations
$2,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program and operations
$2,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program and operations
$2,000
Golden Gate National Park · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program and operations
$2,000
Golden Gate National Park · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program and operations
$1,750
Dress for Success · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Program and operations
$1,000
Carnegie Arts Education · Covington, KY · 2025
Program and operations
$1,000
Cincinnati Public Radio · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Programs and operations
$1,000
Retts Syndrome Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Program and operations
$1,000
Djerassi Resident Artists · Woodside, CA · 2024
Program and operations
$1,000
Jack London Park · Glen Ellen, CA · 2024
Programs and operations
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Programs and operations
$1,000
San Francisco Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Programs and operations
$1,000
Carnegie Arts Education · Covington, KY · 2023
Program and operations
$1,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Programs and operations
$1,000
Jack London Park · Glen Ellen, CA · 2023
Programs and operations
$1,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Programs and operations
$750
Ews · Mason, OH · 2025
Programs and operations
$500
Casa · Columbus, OH · 2025
Programs and operations
$500
Jack London Park · Glen Ellen, CA · 2025
Programs and operations
$500
Jwc · Wyoming, OH · 2025
Program and operations
$500
Walk for Alzheimers · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Programs and operations
$500
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Programs and operations
$500
Instituate of Contempoary Art Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program and operations
$500
Jwc · Wyoming, OH · 2024
Program and operations
$500
Npr · Washington, DC · 2024
Program and operations
$500
Outward Bound · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program and operations
$500
The Borne Foundation · 2024
Programs and operations
$500
Wyoming School Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Programs and operations
$500
Alzheimers Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Programs and operations
$500
Alzheimers Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Programs and operations
$500
Ispace · Evendale, OH · 2022
Programs and operations
$500
Taft Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Program and operations

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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.