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Jerry H Walton 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.

$358k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Jerry H Walton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving28$348k14%
FY202427$280k11%
FY202325$293k24%
FY202228$336k14%
FY202129$300k17%
FY202029$239k7%
FY201930$249k20%
FY201829$233k41%
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$773kHousing & Shelter$539kYouth Development$296kFood & Nutrition$253kHealth$193kCrime & Legal$157kPhilanthropy$73kRecreation & Sports$57kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lydia Place$111,50090%
Community Action of Skagit County$106,00070%
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank$98,00080%
Helping Hands Food Bank$96,50090%
Skookum Kids$94,00091%
Secret Harbor$90,00091%
Opportunity Council$86,00070%
Northwest Youth Services$85,00080%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County$83,00061%
Interfaith Coalition of Whatcom County$76,00072%
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All grantees of Jerry H Walton Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lydia Place$111,50090%
Community Action of Skagit County$106,00070%
Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank$98,00080%
Helping Hands Food Bank$96,50090%
Skookum Kids$94,00091%
Secret Harbor$90,00091%
Opportunity Council$86,00070%
Northwest Youth Services$85,00080%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County$83,00061%
Interfaith Coalition of Whatcom County$76,00072%
Family Promise of Skagit Valley$73,00093%
Brigid Collins House$73,00050%
Whatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association$71,00070%
The Skagit Valley Family YMCA$70,00060%
Children of the Valley$66,00064%
Boys & Girls Club of Skagit County$62,00061%
Wild Bird Charity$58,500710%
Anacortes Family Center$52,00061%
Skagit Habitat for Humanity$45,00031%
Camp Korey$44,50060%
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center$43,50061%
Youthnet$43,50060%
Blue Skies for Children$38,00072%
Law Advocates$35,50062%
Unity Care Northwest$35,00020%
Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County$30,00020%
Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham$27,67532%
Glacier Skate Association$24,0003n/a
Ferndale Community Services$20,00026%
Skagit Valley College Foundation$20,00020%
Youth Dynamics$19,00050%
Lighthouse Mission Ministries$15,5002n/a
The Arc of Whatcom County$15,00031%
Sedro Woolley Alumni & Schools Foundation$15,00016%
Anacortes Skate Park Improvement Project$15,00012%
Skagit Valley Hospitality House Association$15,0001n/a
Washington Vocational Services$14,50020%
United Way of Whatcom County$12,50040%
Road2home$10,00011%
Children's Museum of Skagit County$10,00021%
Angels For Angels$10,0001n/a
Whatcom Center for Early Learning$8,50020%
Wild Whatcom$5,00010%
Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($395k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerry H Walton Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLydia Place: $111,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Action of Skagit County: $106,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAlternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank: $98,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHelping Hands Food Bank: $96,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSkookum Kids: $94,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSecret Harbor: $90,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetOpportunity Council: $86,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Youth Services: $85,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $83,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetInterfaith Coalition of Whatcom County: $76,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Skagit Valley: $73,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetBrigid Collins House: $73,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWhatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association: $71,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Skagit Valley Family YMCA: $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetChildren of the Valley: $66,000 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Skagit County: $62,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWild Bird Charity: $58,500 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetAnacortes Family Center: $52,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSkagit Habitat for Humanity: $45,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCamp Korey: $44,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWhatcom Dispute Resolution Center: $43,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetYouthnet: $43,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBlue Skies for Children: $38,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetLaw Advocates: $35,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetUnity Care Northwest: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity in Whatcom County: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Bellingham: $27,675 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFerndale Community Services: $20,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetSkagit Valley College Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYouth Dynamics: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of Whatcom County: $15,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSedro Woolley Alumni & Schools Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetAnacortes Skate Park Improvement Project: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWashington Vocational Services: $14,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Whatcom County: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRoad2home: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of Skagit County: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWhatcom Center for Early Learning: $8,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWild Whatcom: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSkagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 40.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Whatcom Community Fou…The Albertsons Compan…The Skagit Community …The Norcliffe Foundat…PeaceHealthWashington Federal Fo…North Sound Accountab…First Fed FoundationMedina FoundationChuckanut Health Foun…Mount Baker Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE66.2× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Whatcom Community Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · The Skagit Community Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · PeaceHealth · Washington Federal Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · First Fed Foundation · Medina Foundation · Chuckanut Health Foundation · Mount Baker Foundation

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 Jerry H Walton Foundation

How much does Jerry H Walton Foundation give?
Jerry H Walton Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $357,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Jerry H Walton Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Housing & Shelter (22%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Jerry H Walton Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lydia Place ($112k), Community Action of Skagit County ($106k), Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank ($98k).
Does Jerry H Walton Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jerry H Walton 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 Jerry H Walton Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Whatcom Community Foundation, The Albertsons Companies Foundation.
Where is Jerry H Walton Foundation based?
Jerry H Walton Foundation is based in WA.

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 64 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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