Business Name: Ward Foundation, Inc.
Doing Business As: Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
Year of Origin: Foundation-1968; Museum-1976
- Current Operating Budget: Approximately $1.6 million
- IRS status: 501(c)3 incorporated in the state of Maryland since 1968
- Annual Report: FY2016 Come Fly With Us
- Annual Report: FY2017 We’ve Spread Our Wings
- Annual Report: FY2018 50 Years of Art, Nature & Tradition
- Total Annual Regional Economic Impact: $6.1 million
- Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 2011
- Members: Approximately 1800 dues-paying members in all 50 states and 10 countries
- Staff size: 16 full time; 5 part time; 2 AmeriCorps members; 2 graduate assistants; 6 interns
- Annual visitors/program attendees: approximately 50,000
- Educational contacts: over 20,000 annually; FY18 saw records numbers with over 29,000 contacts
- Volunteer Pool: Over 700 volunteers, contributing over 7000 hours in FY18
- Number of items in the permanent collection: Approximately 2,500
- Museum Facilities Info:
4.5 acres, 30,000 square feet, built in 1991 by Davis, Bowen and Friedel, Inc. with lead architect Mike Wigley - Designated Chesapeake Bay Gateway
By National Parks Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network - Designated State Aided Institution
By the Maryland State Department of Education - Designated Regional Interpretive Center
By the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Affiliated Foundation
With Salisbury University and University System of Maryland - Maryland Traditions Partner
With the Maryland State Arts Council’s Maryland Traditions Program - City Partner
With the Council for Environmental Education’s Flying WILD program - Certified Green Center
By the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education