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Jerry H Walton Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $304k
$12,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SKAGIT VALLEY FAMILY YMCA$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WHATCOM COUNTY$20,000
BELLINGHAM FOOD BANK$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
BRIGID COLLINS$15,000
SKAGIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE$15,000
NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES$15,000
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY$15,000
LYDIA PLACE$15,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN WHATCOM COUNTY$15,000
SKAGIT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$15,000
HELPING HANDS FOOD BANK$15,000
SKOOKUM KIDS$13,000
CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY$12,000
WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA$12,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $838k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $12k → 11%CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $12k → 11%CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $12k → 11%CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $10k → 11%CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $10k → 11%CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $25k → 11%SKOOKUM KIDS: $13k → 12%SKAGIT VALLEY FAMILY YMCA: $20k → 11%SKOOKUM KIDS: $12k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $15k → 11%SKOOKUM KIDS: $12k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $12k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $10k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $10k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $15k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $15k → 11%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $20k → 12%WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA: $18k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $13k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $13k → 11%BRIGID COLLINS: $15k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $15k → 12%BRIGID COLLINS: $15k → 12%BRIGID COLLINS: $15k → 12%SKAGIT VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $15k → 12%YOUTHNET: $10k → 11%SKAGIT VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%BRIGID COLLINS: $15k → 12%SKAGIT VALLEY FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $10k → 11%WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA: $13k → 12%SKAGIT VALLEY FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 11%BRIGID COLLINS: $13k → 12%SKAGIT VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 11%WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA: $12k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%YWCA BELLINGHAM: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF SKAGIT VALLEY: $11k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 45 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
13

Total granted

$2.3M
$126k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+28%

Still filing today

78%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LP
    LYDIA PLACE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $112k · revenue +143%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +62%
  • AT
    Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank
    8× · 2017–2025 · $98k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIRST CONGRESSIONAL CHURCH OF BELLINGHAM
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • SW
    SEDRO WOOLLEY ALUMNI & SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +944%
  • DO
    DVSAS OF WHATOM COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Skagit County

United Way of Skagit County's mission is to build a positive and sustainable quality of life for all.

Philanthropy
3
Recovery Cafe Skagit

Provide a safe, healing, and restorative community that empowers long-term transformation through human connection for those recovering from the trauma of homelessness, addictions, and mental health challenges.

Education
4
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition

Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's (WMBC) mission is to preserve and enhance non-motorized trail access in Whatcom County through stewardship, education and advocacy.WMBC is a federal non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We work with many…

Recreation & Sports
5
Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank

Our mission is to provide food and key resources to help our neighbors and community thrive. we lead the effort to feed, educated and advocate ending hunger in the snoqualmie valley and beyond.

Food & Nutrition
6
Family Promise of Pierce County

To empower families experiencing housing insecurity through intervention, prevention,and stabilization services.

Housing & Shelter
7
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
8
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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9
Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition

Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.

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10
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy
11
Whatcom County Youth Soccer Association

Whatcom county youth soccer association is a non-profit organization that creates positive experiences with the game of soccer, leaving people with a life long appreciation of the sport.

Recreation & Sports
12
Northwest Counseling Service Inc

Housing Counseling Services

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Action of Skagit County; the most unlike its peers is Sedro Woolley Alumni & Schools Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

44 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. 44 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
33/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $106,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTYSkookum Kids: $94,000 · Human ServicesSkookum KidsOPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $86,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY COUNCILNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES: $85,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICESFAMILY PROMISE OF SKAGIT VALLEY: $73,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF SKAGIT VALLEYBRIGID COLLINS HOUSE: $73,000 · Human ServicesBRIGID COLLINS HOUSEWHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $71,000 · Human ServicesWHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN A…The Skagit Valley Family YMCA: $70,000 · Human ServicesThe Skagit Valley Family YMCACHILDREN OF THE VALLEY: $66,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN OF THE VALLEYYOUTHNET: $43,500 · Human ServicesBLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN: $38,000 · Human Services+2 more: $32,675 · Human ServicesLYDIA PLACE: $111,500 · OtherLYDIA PLACEHELPING HANDS FOOD BANK: $96,500 · OtherHELPING HANDS FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $62,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $48,000 · OtherSkagit Habitat for Humanity: $45,000 · OtherDVSAS OF WHATCOM COUNTY: $45,000 · OtherWHATCOM DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER: $43,500 · OtherBRIGID COLLINS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $42,000 · OtherLAW ADVOCATES: $35,500 · OtherWHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Other+26 more: $386,500 · Other+26 moreSecret Harbor: $90,000 · HealthSecret Ha…Interfaith Coalition of Whatcom County: $76,000 · HealthInterfait…UNITY CARE NORTHWEST: $35,000 · HealthUNITY CAR…THE ARC OF WHATCOM COUNTY: $15,000 · HealthTHE ARC O…Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $83,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $62,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP KOREY: $44,500 · Youth DevelopmentWILD BIRD CHARITY: $58,500 · Community ImprovementFERNDALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20,000 · Community ImprovementAnacortes Skate Park Improvement Project: $15,000 · Community ImprovementAngels For Angels: $10,000 · Community ImprovementAlternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank: $98,000 · Food & NutritionANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $52,000 · Housing & ShelterSkagit Valley Hospitality House Association: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterROAD2HOME: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$838,175Other$960,500Health$216,000Youth Development$189,500Community Improvement$103,500Food & Nutrition$98,000Housing & Shelter$77,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetWHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% 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 SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% 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
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 LYDIA PLACE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Skookum Kids ↗
  • Who funds Secret Harbor ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Coalition of Whatcom County ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF SKAGIT VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds BRIGID COLLINS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WHATCOM FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Skagit Valley Family YMCA ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF THE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SKAGIT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WILD BIRD CHARITY ↗
  • Who funds ANACORTES FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WHATCOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Skagit Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds CAMP KOREY ↗
  • Who funds WHATCOM DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHNET ↗
  • Who funds BLUE SKIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds LAW ADVOCATES ↗
  • Who funds UNITY CARE NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN WHATCOM COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Young Women's Christian Association of Bellingham ↗
  • Who funds FERNDALE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Skagit Valley College Foundation ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jerry H Walton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerry H Walton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to Jerry H Walton Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jerry H Walton Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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