Ward Beecher Foundation
Private foundation · Columbus, OH · EIN 34-6516441 · reported 2023–2025
32grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$3,000smallest grant
$724Ktotal paid
11states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 32 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $60K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 1558
Columbus, OH 43216-1558
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 404 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| OH Wow | Youngstown, OH | $50,000 |
| Young Womens Christian Association | San Antonio, TX | $50,000 |
| OH Wow | Columbus, OH | $50,000 |
| OH Wow | Columbus, OH | $50,000 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| Groundwork Fund - Amalgamated Fdn | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| Turnout Activism Inc | Cambridge, MA | $40,000 |
| Voter Protection Corps Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | $40,000 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Eastern BK | Columbus, OH | $25,000 |
| Groundwork Project | Columbus, OH | $25,000 |
| Imagine North Carolina First | Raleigh, MP | $25,000 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Whittier College | Whittier, CA | $25,000 |
| Eastern BK | Columbus, OH | $25,000 |
| Groundwork Project | Columbus, OH | $25,000 |
| Mahoning Valley Community School | Youngstown, OH | $25,000 |
| WE Are Down Home | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 |
| California Jazz Conservatory Inc | Berkeley, CA | $12,500 |
| California Jazz Conservatory Inc | Berkeley, CA | $12,500 |
| The English Center | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
| Catholic Charities | Flint, MI | $10,000 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 |
| Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley | Youngstown, OH | $10,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Beatitude House | Youngstown, OH | $10,000 |
| Berkley Scholarship Fund | Columbus, OH | $10,000 |
| Mill Valley Philharmonic | Mill Valley, CA | $7,500 |
| Mill Valley Philharmonic | Mill Valley, CA | $5,000 |
| Berkeley Public Schools Fund | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $3,000 |
| Berkley Scholarship Fund | Columbus, OH | $3,000 |
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