Texas · Private foundation
J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $98k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $90k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $86k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $21k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $100k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $93k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $84k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $68k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Lynch High School | $209,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Advancement Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Diocese of Dallas | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Helpers of Dallas Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Utah Wild Sheep Foundation | $23,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| State Fair of Texas | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($259k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Scanlan Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation with peer funders
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About J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation
- How much does J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation give?
- J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $98,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Religion (25%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bishop Lynch High School ($209k), Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Advancement Foundation ($50k), Diocese of Dallas ($40k).
- Does J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation 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 J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
- Where is J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation based?
- J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation is based in TX.
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