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The Ward Foundation

Name: The Ward 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.

123
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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.

What they fund

unresricted

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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.

Maia4 grants · $667,979
The Sparks Foundation3 grants · $230,770
Limitless Horizons4 grants · $225,800
Md Anderson Cancer Center4 grants · $200,000
International Community Foundation3 grants · $143,338
Live Oak Wilderness Camp4 grants · $121,500
Cremos Norte4 grants · $120,500
Women'S Justice Initiative3 grants · $105,000
Bard Early College4 grants · $100,000
Amigos De Santa Cruz Foundation2 grants · $95,250

Giving over time

$549,760

2022

$695,900

2023

$986,459

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 123 grants.

$173,760
Maia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$171,000
Maia · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$165,400
Maia · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$157,819
Maia · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$120,270
The Sparks Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$110,000
The Sparks Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Unrestricted
$103,839
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$95,800
Limitless Horizons · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$80,250
Amigos De Santa Cruz Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$75,000
Limitless Horizons · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Maya Health Alliance · Bethel, VT · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2025
Unrestricted
$50,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$46,170
Boys Hope Girls Hope Network · St Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted
$45,750
Natun · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$45,000
Women'S Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$38,896
She'S the First · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$36,000
Live Oak Wilderness Camp · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,500
Live Oak Wilderness Camp · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Planting Seeds International · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,000
Cremos Norte · Scarborough, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Planting Seeds International · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,500
Cremos Norte · Scarborough, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Cremos Norte · Scarborough, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Limitless Horizons · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Maya Health Alliance · Bethel, VT · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Wings Guatemala · Pueblo, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Women'S Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Wings Guatemala · Pueblo, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Women'S Justice Initiative · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bard Early College · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
College Beyond · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Success at Thurgood Marshall · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
The Population Council · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bard Early College · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
College Beyond · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Success at Thurgood Marshall · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bard Early College · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Live Oak Wilderness Camp · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Planting Seeds International · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Success at Thurgood Marshall · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Antigua International Education Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Unresricted
$25,000
Bard Early College · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Cremos Norte · Scarborough, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Limitless Horizons · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Live Oak Wilderness Camp · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Unrestricted
$24,000
Natik Esperanza · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$23,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope Network · St Louis, MO · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,270
Peronia Adolescente · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Be Loud Studios · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Casasito · Austin, TX · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools · Metairie, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Peronia Adolescente · Portland, OR · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
The 18th Ward Sports Club · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Bright School for the Deaf · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Be Loud Studios · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Friends of Suenos · Wynnewood, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Guatemala Youth Initiative · Sumerduck, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools · Metairie, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
She'S the First · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
The 18th Ward Sports Club · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Uncommon Construction · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Friends of Suenos · Wynnewood, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Shes'S the First · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
The 18th Ward Sports Club · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Uncommon Construction · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Nu Alpha Lambda Educational and Charitable Foundation · Marrero, LA · 2022
Unresricted
$20,000
Shes'S the First · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
The 18th Ward Sports Club · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Unrestricted
$18,500
The Evergreen Rotary Foundation · Evergreen, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Believe in U · Concord, NC · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Global Fund for Children · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Amigos De Santa Cruz Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Global Fund for Children · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Guatemala Youth Initiative · Sumerduck, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Evergreen Rotary Foundation · Evergreen, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Friends of Suenos · Wynnewood, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,499
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,420
Peronia Adolescente · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,270
Natik Esperanza · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Believe in U · Concord, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Global Fund for Children · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Antigua International Education Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Unresricted
$5,500
Antigua International Education Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Unresricted
$5,000
Antigua International Education Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Unresricted
$5,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,980
Natun · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,700
Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
First Line Schools · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.