· Private foundation
James and Ethel Walker Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WBUR | $5,000 |
| BOSTON AREA GLEANERS | $2,000 |
| FOOD FOR FREE | $2,000 |
| NEWTON FOOD PANTRY | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| WORLD KITCHEN CENTRAL | $2,000 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| LEXFARM | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
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 +77% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +12%- NFNEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC3× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +90%
BOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- RFREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALLgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +53%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +13%- NNARALone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
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Mass farmers markets partners wtih farmers, consumers, and communities to improve the health of individuals, strenghten community vitality, and enhance local farm viability through farmers markets.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Spoonfuls is an organization that facilitates the recovery and distribution of healthy, perishable food that would otherwise be discarded. spoonfuls works efficiently to deliver this food directly to the community organizations and…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.
Food link is working to create a more equitable food system throughout greater boston by rescuing and distributing high-quality, customized food to under-resourced communities and by advocating for systems change.
Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.
Our mission is to improve quality of life by transforming the understanding, treatment, and care of the ocular surface.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 19 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 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF FORT WILLIAMS PARK ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James and Ethel Walker Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Ethel Walker Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
- Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
- Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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