· Private foundation
Cecil I Walker Charitable Tr
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $295k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON | $65,000 |
| FUND FOR THE ARTS | $40,000 |
| BASILICA OF THE CO-CATHEDRAL OF THE | $35,000 |
| WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $35,000 |
| CLAY CENTER FOR THE ARTS & SCIENCES | $30,000 |
| ST FRANCES ANIMAL CENTER | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF BLACK DIAMOND COUNCIL | $25,000 |
| REA OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP HOME INC | $25,000 |
| THE CHARLESTON CHAMBER MUSIC | $10,000 |
| BUCKSKIN COUNCIL | $10,000 |
| WV INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & | $10,000 |
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDTION | $10,000 |
| WV STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON INC5× · 2021–2026 · $390k · revenue +10%
- WVWEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC5× · 2021–2026 · $203k · revenue +45%
- CCCLAY CENTER FOR THE ARTS & SCIENCES OF WV INC5× · 2021–2026 · $174k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- FRFREEDOM READERS INCone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
- KHKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +72%
- WVWEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The virginia opera association, inc. works to attract, educate, develop and engage a diverse base of audiences, volunteers and professionals through the promotion and production of quality performances in the commonwealth of virginia.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…
The west virginia rural health association (wvrha) advocates for empowering all west virginians to advance their quality of life, their well-being, and their access to excellence in rural health care. our mission is to unite people,…
Vcca's mission is to provide time and space for national and international writers, visual artists, and composers of talent and promise to bring forth their finest works, because the arts are vital, diversity is a strength, and creativity…
The organization seeks to raise conciousness and compassion through groundbreaking, high quality theatrical performances and life-changing educational programs.
The west virginia chamber of commerce provides opportunities for broad based prosperity throughout west virginia.
Providing art exhibits and education to southwest virginia and northeast tennessee
The wvnpa is a membership association dedicated to serving west virginia's nonprofit sector by providing year-round programming, serving as a clearing house of information, tools and resources through our website, and connect the sector…
To provide high-quality musical presentations and educational programs in the chattanooga area
Strengthening philanthropy in the mountain state.
Rescue and care for stray or unwanted animals.
To promote golfing throughout west virginia
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON INC ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds CLAY CENTER FOR THE ARTS & SCIENCES OF WV INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF BLACK DIAMOND COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT FRANCES ANIMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON LIGHT OPERA GUILD INC ↗
- Who funds REA OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP HOME INC ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM READERS INC ↗
- Who funds KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Tgkvf Inc · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Maier Foundation Inc · The Daywood Foundationinc · The Strong-Treister Family Foundation · Bernard H and Blanche E Jacobson Foundation · The Martha Gaines & Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cecil I Walker Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cecil I Walker Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
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