The Ward-Lombardo Foundation concentrates its giving in the Los Angeles area on efforts that strengthen community wellbeing and access to services and culture. Its grants prioritize LGBT community health and advocacy, performing arts access, direct meal/health support for people with serious illness, and independent K–12 education. The foundation tends to make a small number of moderately large grants to mission-driven nonprofits rather than many small awards.
A $50,000 grant to The Kennedy Center points to the Ward-lombardo Foundation Inc’s interest in public access to the performing arts. That award sits alongside repeated support for Los Angeles-based nonprofits that serve LGBT people, deliver meals to people living with serious illness, and fund independent education. The foundation’s giving is concentrated around a small group of mission-driven organizations rather than a wide spread of recipients. In the most recent grants, the foundation supported the Los Angeles LGBT Center in both 2024 and 2025 at $50,000 each year, and it backed Project Angel Food in 2025 with $41,000. It also funded Oakwood School in North Hollywood with $35,000 in 2025, continuing a pattern of support for institutions that serve community wellbeing, cultural access, and education. Across the recent record, the grants are generally moderate to large, with awards often clustered at meaningful operating or program-support levels.
In LGBT health and advocacy, the foundation gave $50,000 in 2025 to the Los Angeles LGBT Center to support its mission of building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society. The same organization received another $50,000 award in 2024, showing a repeated relationship. For food and health support, Project Angel Food received $41,000 in 2025 to prepare and deliver healthy meals to people impacted by serious illness. A smaller $10,000 grant in 2024 went to the same organization for the same mission. In education, Oakwood School received $35,000 in 2025 to support a learning environment that emphasizes action, belonging, and curriculum, following a $10,000 grant in 2023 for Oakwood School education. The foundation also made a $2,500 grant to Alliance for Children’s Rights in 2023 to protect the rights of children in poverty and those overcoming abuse and neglect.
Typical grant size runs from $10,000 at the 25th percentile to $38,000 at the median and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record shows a compact portfolio of larger awards, including repeated grants to the same organizations across multiple years rather than one-off gifts only. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its grants in the provided recent record are all made to U.S. nonprofits, and the pattern suggests direct program support and operating-style support for established local institutions.
$249K
$312K
$28K
$132K
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $38K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$38K
75th Percentile
$50K
About 88% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Concentrated local giving: few (5) moderately large grants totaling $226K, with repeat funding to at least one core grantee (Los Angeles LGBT Center) and a mix of arts, health/service, and education recipients.
Notable grantees: Los Angeles LGBT Center, Project Angel Food, The Kennedy Center, Oakwood School
The grant record is overwhelmingly California-centered: 88% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state, and California is also the top state by grant count. Los Angeles appears repeatedly, with grants to organizations in Los Angeles and North Hollywood. Outside California, the foundation made one notable grant to Washington, DC, through The Kennedy Center. All recent grants in the provided record went to U.S. recipients.
The recent grants show support for LGBT health and advocacy, performing arts access, meal delivery for people with serious illness, independent K–12 education, and child protection services. Named grantees in the record include the Los Angeles LGBT Center, Project Angel Food, Oakwood School, The Kennedy Center, and Alliance for Children’s Rights.
Yes. The Los Angeles LGBT Center received $50,000 in 2024 and another $50,000 in 2025. Project Angel Food also appears twice, with a $10,000 grant in 2024 and a $41,000 grant in 2025. Oakwood School received grants in 2023 and 2025 as well.
The grant-size profile is centered on moderately large awards: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $38,000, and the 75th percentile is $50,000. Recent grants include multiple awards at $50,000, as well as grants at $41,000 and $35,000.
California is the top state by grant count, and 88% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. The recent record is heavily Los Angeles-focused, with recipients in Los Angeles and North Hollywood accounting for most of the listed grants.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent record consists of grants to nonprofit organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT MISSION OF BUILDING A WORLD WHERE LGBT PEOPLE THRIVE AS HEALTHY, EQUAL, AND COMPLETE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY |
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD | LOS ANGELES, CA | $41,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT MISSION OF PREPARING AND DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS TO FEED PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SERIOUS ILLNESS |
| OAKWOOD SCHOOL | NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | $35,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT MISSION OF FOSTERING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT EMPHASIZES ACTION, BELONGING, AND CURRICULUM |
| THE KENNEDY CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT MISSION TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A COMMUNITY RICH IN THE PERFORMING ARTS |
| LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT MISSION OF BUILDING A WORLD WHERE LGBT PEOPLE THRIVE AS HEALTHY, EQUAL, AND COMPLETE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY |
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT MISSION OF PREPARING AND DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS TO FEED PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SERIOUS ILLNESS |
| OAKWOOD SCHOOL | NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT OAKWOOD SCHOOL EDUCATION |
| ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $2,500 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT MISSION OF PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND THOSE OVERCOMING ABUSE AND NEGLECT |
LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
$50,000TO SUPPORT MISSION OF BUILDING A WORLD WHERE LGBT PEOPLE THRIVE AS HEALTHY, EQUAL, AND COMPLETE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
PROJECT ANGEL FOOD
$41,000TO SUPPORT MISSION OF PREPARING AND DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS TO FEED PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SERIOUS ILLNESS
OAKWOOD SCHOOL
$35,000TO SUPPORT MISSION OF FOSTERING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT EMPHASIZES ACTION, BELONGING, AND CURRICULUM
THE KENNEDY CENTER
$50,000TO SUPPORT MISSION TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A COMMUNITY RICH IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
$50,000TO SUPPORT MISSION OF BUILDING A WORLD WHERE LGBT PEOPLE THRIVE AS HEALTHY, EQUAL, AND COMPLETE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
PROJECT ANGEL FOOD
TO SUPPORT MISSION OF PREPARING AND DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS TO FEED PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SERIOUS ILLNESS
OAKWOOD SCHOOL
$10,000TO SUPPORT OAKWOOD SCHOOL EDUCATION
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
$2,500TO SUPPORT MISSION OF PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND THOSE OVERCOMING ABUSE AND NEGLECT