· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOTHER MARIE OF THE INCARNATION | $30,000 |
| BISHOP LYNCH HIGH SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DALLAS | $10,000 |
| ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH | $6,000 |
| WHITE ROSE WOMEN'S CENTER | $5,000 |
| CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| STATE FAIR OF TEXAS | $5,000 |
| LEGION OF CHRIST | $2,500 |
| RANCHO HUELLAS INC | $1,000 |
| KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #799 | $1,000 |
| DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART | $1,000 |
| GUTHRIE BAPTIST CHURCH | $500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $500 |
| 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH BOERNE | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJST JOSEPH'S HELPERS OF DALLAS INC5× · 2019–2025 · $30k · revenue +43%
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +49%
- TSTHE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN2× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +182%
Funded once
- DODIOCESE OF DALLASone grant, 2021 · $40k
- UWUTAH WILD SHEEP FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $23k · revenue +165%
- SPST PATRICK CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $20k
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.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
The primary mission or purpose of methodist health system is to serve people in defined service areas by meeting their health needs effectively and in a manner that reflects a "commitment to the christian concepts of life and learning" as…
The university of dallas is dedicated to the pursuit of wisdom, of truth, and of virtue as the proper and primary ends of education. the university seeks to educate its students so they may develop the intellectual and moral virtues,…
The university of dayton is a top-tier independent, catholic research educational institution founded in 1850. the primary exempt purpose is providing post secondary education through undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and continuing…
The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
As a catholic university sponsored by the sisters of divine providence, our lady of the lake university is a community whose members are committed to serve students by: (continued on schedule o).
With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…
Texas wesleyan university, guided by its deep methodist heritage, provides transformational learning experiences and research opportunities to a diverse group of students to develop their full potential as individuals and as members of the…
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 66 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 ST JOSEPH'S HELPERS OF DALLAS INC ↗
- Who funds UTAH WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds STATE FAIR OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ↗
- Who funds Muenster Volunteer Fire Department Inc ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DALLAS SAFARI CLUB ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Brian Walter and Karen M Walter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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