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DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$352k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
71%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$4.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 71% of the organizations DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving31$352k55%
FY202435$320k71%
FY202327$366k59%
FY202227$326k56%
FY202132$268k63%
FY202018$213k56%
FY201922$248k45%
FY201812$208k50%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$913kHealth$423kHuman Services$374kPhilanthropy$216kRecreation & Sports$155kArts & Culture$122kFood & Nutrition$114kReligion$34kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 80 grantees
All grantees of DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Wisconsin Foundation$638,37590%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$216,00090%
Madison Parks Foundation Inc$100,000111%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$80,00040%
Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc$64,00061%
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua$61,00053%
The River Food Pantry Inc$51,00010%
Overture Center Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$47,00030%
Recovery Foundation Inc$37,500611%
The Salvation Army$30,0001n/a
Monona Grove Education Foundation Inc$30,000213%
Blind Travel Foundation Inc$25,000123%
Gathering Waters Inc$22,00071%
Foundation for Dane County Parks Inc$20,00021%
Amigos de las Americas$20,00020%
Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc$17,00040%
Edgewood High School$13,0004n/a
Marquette University$12,00030%
Meyer Theatre Corporation$11,91521%
The Workshop$10,00010%
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$10,0001n/a
Senior Services Inc$10,00010%
United Methodist Children's Services of Wisconsin Inc$10,0001n/a
Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc$10,0001n/a
Briarpatch Youth Services Inc$10,00010%
Explore Children's Museum of Sun Prairie Inc$5,00011%
Edgewood Campus School Inc$5,00010%
Galena Art & Recreation Center$5,00010%
Friends of Pact Inc$5,00012%
Porchlight Inc$5,00010%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$5,00010%
Arts for All Wisconsin Inc$5,00011%
Nami Wisconsin Inc$5,00011%
Maydm Inc$5,00014%
Rockford Family Planning Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Rubin for Kids Inc$4,50031%
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association$4,32540%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$3,00010%
Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc$3,00030%
Monticello Foundation Inc$3,00031%
Collaboration for Good$3,00012%
Children's Theater of Madison Inc$2,50020%
Movin Out Inc$2,50010%
Heart to Heart Experiences Inc$2,50011%
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc$2,25020%
Langdon Club$2,0001n/a
Bayview Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Wayforward Resources Inc$2,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$2,00010%
United Way of Dane County Inc$2,0001n/a
The Immokalee Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Combat Blindness International Inc$1,00010%
Eb Research Partnership Inc$1,00010%
Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Sauk County Humane Society$1,00010%
The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc$1,00010%
Vianney High School$1,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Global$1,00010%
St Paul Liberty Lutheran Church$1,0001n/a
Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc$1,00010%
Easter Seals Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Attic Angel Association$1,00010%
Madison Reading Project Inc$1,00011%
Lou Warobick Junior Golf Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Special Olympics Inc$1,00010%
The Varsity Collective Charitable Fund Inc$1,00010%
Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc$50010%
Cure Duchenne$50010%
Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation Inc$50010%
Project Home Inc$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$50010%
Badger Aquatics Club$49010%
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation$25010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$20010%
American Diabetes Association$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 73 recipients with no EIN on record ($733k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $638,375 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $216,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMadison Parks Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVera Court Neighborhood Center Inc: $64,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua: $61,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetThe River Food Pantry Inc: $51,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOverture Center Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSecond Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi: $47,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRecovery Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetMonona Grove Education Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBlind Travel Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetGathering Waters Inc: $22,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetFoundation for Dane County Parks Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAmigos de las Americas: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMadison Public Schools Foundation Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMarquette University: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMeyer Theatre Corporation: $11,915 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Workshop: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSenior Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBriarpatch Youth Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetExplore Children's Museum of Sun Prairie Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEdgewood Campus School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGalena Art & Recreation Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Pact Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Fresh Start Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArts for All Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNami Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMaydm Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetRockford Family Planning Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRubin for Kids Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNational Tuberous Sclerosis Association: $4,325 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMonticello Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCollaboration for Good: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Theater of Madison Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMovin Out Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeart to Heart Experiences Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMadison Public Library Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBayview Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWayforward Resources Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Immokalee Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCombat Blindness International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEb Research Partnership Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Madison Community FoundationWI64.7× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · United Way of Dane County Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · First Business Charitable Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD

How much does DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD give?
DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD reported 31 grants totaling $351,540 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (17%), Human Services (15%).
Who are DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($638k), Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc ($216k), Madison Parks Foundation Inc ($100k).
Does DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD based?
DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 155 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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