Maia
CHICAGO, IL
$171KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
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The Ward Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 83-2945207 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE WARD FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | $1M |
| 2024 | 37 | $986.5K |
| 2023 | 30 | $695.9K |
Where The Ward Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Maia
CHICAGO, IL
$165.4KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
Maia
CHICAGO, IL
$157.8KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
The Sparks Foundation
HOUSTON, TX
$120.3KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
The Sparks Foundation
HOUSTON, TX
$110KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (101 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Ward Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (3 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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