Funding search · EIN 752514341 · Plano, TX
The Ward Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 68
- grants reported
- $824,906
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
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.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- North Texas Food Bank3 grants · $96,200
- Children'S Hospital of Boston1 grant · $95,000
- Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation3 grants · $75,000
- Belton Education Enrichment Foundation3 grants · $70,000
- Ut Southwestern Medical Center3 grants · $60,200
- Uplift Education1 grant · $50,000
- Dallas Architecture Forum3 grants · $45,000
- June Shelton School4 grants · $37,806
- Operations Warriors Heart Foundation2 grants · $35,000
- Dallas Arborteum3 grants · $30,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 68 reported grants, largest first.
- $95,000
Children'S Hospital of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Research
- $77,806
June Shelton School · Dallas, TX · 2023
Building fund
- $50,000
Uplift Education · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $50,000
June Shelton School · Dallas, TX · 2022
Building fund
- $36,200
North Texas Food Bank · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $30,000
North Texas Food Bank · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $30,000
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $30,000
North Texas Food Bank · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $30,000
Operations Warriors Heart Foundation · Bandera, TX · 2022
General
- $25,000
Belton Education Enrichment Foundation · Belton, TX · 2024
Scholarships.
- $25,000
Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $25,000
Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $25,000
Belton Education Enrichment Foundation · Belton, TX · 2022
Scholarships.
- $25,000
Dallas Architecture Forum · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $25,000
Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $20,000
Treatment Buddy Initiative · Roanoke, TX · 2024
General
- $20,000
Belton Education Enrichment Foundation · Belton, TX · 2023
Scholarships.
- $20,000
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $20,000
Baylor Health Care System · Dallas, TX · 2022
Canine program
- $15,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General
- $15,000
Adaptive Training Foundation · Carrollton, TX · 2023
General
- $15,000
Kershaw'S Challenge · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $15,000
Vets Veterans Exploring T · Southlake, TX · 2022
General
- $10,200
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $10,000
Alsacst Jude'S Children Res · Memphis, TN · 2024
General
- $10,000
Dallas Arborteum · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $10,000
Dallas Architecture Forum · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $10,000
June Shelton School · Dallas, TX · 2024
Building fund
- $10,000
The Boot Campaign · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $10,000
The Magic Yard Project · Palmer, AK · 2024
General
- $10,000
Arkansas Center for Independence(Previously Jackson County Learning Center) · Newport, AK · 2023
General
- $10,000
Dallas Arborteum · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $10,000
Dallas Architecture Forum · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $10,000
Ellen Noel Art Museum · Odessa, TX · 2023
General
- $10,000
Arkansas Center for Independence(Previously Jackson County Learning Center) · Newport, AK · 2022
General
- $10,000
Dallas Arborteum · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $7,000
North Texas Broadcasting · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $5,000
Operations Warriors Heart Foundation · Bandera, TX · 2024
General
- $5,000
Semper Fi & America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2024
General
- $5,000
University of Texas Foundation-Md Anderson · Austin, TX · 2024
General
- $5,000
Vets - Veterans Exploring T · Southlake, TX · 2024
General
- $5,000
University of Texas Foundation-Md Anderson · Austin, TX · 2023
General
- $5,000
University of Texas Foundation-Md Anderson · Austin, TX · 2022
General
- $4,500
Jackson County Community Theatre · Newport, AK · 2022
General
- $4,000
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2023
General
- $2,800
Arkansas Center for Independence(Previously Jackson County Learning Center) · Newport, AK · 2024
General
- $2,500
Jackson County Community Theatre · Newport, AK · 2024
General
- $2,500
Jackson County Community Theatre · Newport, AK · 2023
General
- $2,500
Semper Fi & America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Baylor Health Care System · Dallas, TX · 2024
Canine program
- $2,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General
- $2,000
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $2,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General
- $2,000
Dallas Museum of Ar · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $2,000
North Texas Broadcasting · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $2,000
Perot Musem of Nature & History · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $1,000
Dallas Academy · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $1,000
Friends Israel Defense Foundation · New York City, NY · 2023
General
- $1,000
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $500
Turtle Creek Conservancy · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $500
Centers for Youth & Families · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General
- $500
Turtle Creek Conservancy · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $500
Operation Kindness · Carrolton, TX · 2022
General
- $300
Baylor Scott & White Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General
- $200
Be the Difference Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General
- $200
Susan Komen Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $200
Turtle Creek Assoc · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
- $-100,000
June Shelton School · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Greater Houston Community Foundation5,612 grants · $873.8M
- The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
- Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships297 grants · $972.3M
Similar purposes
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation2,231 grants · $1.59B
- The Sherwood Foundation2,686 grants · $978.4M
- The JPB Foundation1,952 grants · $1.61B
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B
- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: 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.