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The Clara E and John H Ware Jr Foundation: 16 grants to organizations, $705,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Clara E and John H Ware Jr Foundation, a private foundation in Philadelphia, PA, paid 16 grants to organizations totaling $705,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 8, 2026. The largest was $100,000 to Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston, MA for rich family research fund.
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- EIN
- 201083951
- Based in
- Philadelphia, PA
- Assets
- $16,376,463
- Grants paid
- $705,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 8, 2026, IRS object ID 202631289349102148. It reported $705,000 in grants paid; 16 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham & Womens Hospital | Boston, MA | Rich family research fund | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Preclinical gene therapy for hearing loss program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Vermont Foundation | Burlington, VT | Support graduate scholarships | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Gloucester, MA | Support instructor position | Science and technology | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pennsylvania School of the Deaf | Philadelphia, PA | Support psd's deaf professionals in residence program | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Home | Philadelphia, PA | For the housing program | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Phoenix Multisport | Boston, MA | Support capital campaign | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sorptimist | Philadelphia, PA | Support the live your deams awards program | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gloucester Education Foundation | Gloucester, MA | High school - medical assisting instructional materials | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Deep Vellum Publishing | Dallas, TX | Support english translation of stefano d'arrigo's horcynus orca | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Theatre Exile | Philadelphia, PA | Support the paper wings program | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Enchantment Theatre Company | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center | New Bedford, MA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Catholic Center | Cambridge, MA | General support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Divinity School | Cambridge, MA | General support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed April 21, 2025, IRS object ID 202531119349100113. It reported $615,000 in grants paid; 14 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham & Womens Hospital | Boston, MA | For research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive multiple sclerosis | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Preclinical gene therapy for hearing loss program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Vermont Foundation | Burlington, VT | Scholarships to the historic preservation program | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Gloucester, MA | Support biotechnology certificate program and stem enrichment programming for school-age students | Science and technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Home | Philadelphia, PA | For the housing program | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Phoenix Multisport | Boston, MA | For youth and family programing | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pennsylvania School of the Deaf | Philadelphia, PA | General support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sorptimist | Philadelphia, PA | For live your dreams awards program with a focus on the philadelphia region | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gloucester Education Foundation | Gloucester, MA | Support the gloucester high school - medical assisting instructional materials | Education | $31,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Theatre Exile | Philadelphia, PA | Paper wings program | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cape Ann Museum Inc | Gloucester, MA | For photo archives position and refurbished scanner | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Enchantment Theatre Company | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Translation of aesthetics of resistance | Education | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Science and technology | $125,000 |
| Human services | $100,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $90,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $88,000 |
| Education | $65,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | $620,000 |
| Massachusetts | $491,000 |
| Vermont | $180,000 |
| Texas | $25,000 |
| North Carolina | $4,000 |
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Updated May 8, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.