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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../part2stratml.xsl"?><StrategicPlan><Name>About the Foundation</Name><Description/><OtherInformation/><StrategicPlanCore><Organization><Name>The Ward Foundation</Name><Acronym>TWF</Acronym><Identifier>_8a1ca262-3bc9-11e9-9cdf-cfa89707c78c</Identifier><Description>The Ward Foundation was established in 2006 by Jack and Jean Ward to provide a permanent fund to help children in need.</Description><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Ward Foundation Grant Approval Committee</Name><Description>The grant approval committee is comprised of Jack Ward, Jean Ward, Susan Ward Kelly and Laura Ward Knebusch.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Jack Ward</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Jean Ward</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Susan Ward Kelly</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Laura Ward Knebusch</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>Atlanta, Georgia</Name><Description>The Foundation concentrates its giving in communities where the family members reside; the Atlanta, Georgia; Hilton Head Island; South Carolina; and Jacksonville, Florida areas.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>Hilton Head Island</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>South Carolina</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>Jacksonville, Florida</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Children in Need</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Families in Need</Name><Description/></Stakeholder></Organization><Vision><Description/><Identifier>_8a1ca352-3bc9-11e9-9cdf-cfa89707c78c</Identifier></Vision><Mission><Description>To help children and families in need overcome obstacles for a successful life.</Description><Identifier>_8a1ca3e8-3bc9-11e9-9cdf-cfa89707c78c</Identifier></Mission><Value><Name/><Description/></Value><Goal><Name>Grants</Name><Description>Make grants to children</Description><Identifier>_8a1ca474-3bc9-11e9-9cdf-cfa89707c78c</Identifier><SequenceIndicator/><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Children with Serious Illnesses</Name><Description>The Foundation is especially focused on helping children with serious illnesses or who are educationally or financially disadvantaged.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Educationally Disadvantaged Children</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Financially Disadvantaged Children</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>As the Ward family members are actively involved in their respective communities, grant applications are by invitation only...In the past ten years, the Foundation has made grants totaling $1.5 million.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name/><Description/><Identifier>_8a1ca4f6-3bc9-11e9-9cdf-cfa89707c78c</Identifier><SequenceIndicator/><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective></Goal></StrategicPlanCore><AdministrativeInformation><PublicationDate>2019-02-28</PublicationDate><Source>http://ward-foundation.com/about/</Source><Submitter><GivenName>Owen</GivenName><Surname>Ambur</Surname><PhoneNumber/><EmailAddress>Owen.Ambur@verizon.net</EmailAddress></Submitter></AdministrativeInformation></StrategicPlan>
