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Private foundation (trust)EIN 416031373Est. 1945-08

WARD CREEK FOUNDATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127

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Total Assets

$9.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$331K

FY 2024

Grants Made

23

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$14K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$76K

Typical

Deadlines

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Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$269K

Total Expenses

$501K

Qualifying Distributions

$442K

Distributable Amount

$473K

Min. Investment Return

$476K

Undistributed Income

$426K

Payout rate 93%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.93%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

23 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $10K to maximum $76K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $331K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

88 grants

THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
$313K
5 grants
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
$111K
5 grants
REBUILD LOCAL NEWS FOUNDATION
$81K
2 grants
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
$60K
2 grants
THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM
$55K
4 grants
AUSHWITZ-BIRKENAU MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
$40K
1 grant
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
$40K
4 grants
SACRAMENTO LOAVES & FISHES
$35K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

88 grants

<$10K
53
grants
$10–50K
31
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M—
$1–5M—
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

14 states

New York
$509K
41% of total
California
$281K
22% of total
District of Columbia
$145K
12% of total
Pennsylvania
$80K
6% of total
Massachusetts
$75K
6% of total
Ohio
$52K
4% of total
Florida
$40K
3% of total
Maryland
$20K
2% of total
Missouri
$16K
1% of total
Nevada
$10K
1% of total

+4 more states

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