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Paul T Walton Jr Charitable Foundation dba PT Walton Jr 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.

$539k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$278k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 66% of Paul T Walton Jr Charitable Foundation dba PT Walton Jr Foundation’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $149k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $278k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Utah State University Bastian Agricultural Center$277,500
University of Utah$100,000
The Other Side Academy$27,000
Friends of Switchpoint Inc$26,000
Friends of the Children-Utah$25,000
Nature Conservancy$20,000
Fight Against Domestic Violence$11,000
Kayenta Arts Foundation$10,000
Sharing Place INC$10,000
Doug Coombs Foundation$10,000
Success in Education dba Ken Garff for Good$10,000
Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation$5,000
PTA Utah Congress dba Legacy Jr High PTA$5,000
Food for Education Foundation Inc$1,000
Rising Star Outreach Inc$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WelcomeNST: $3k → 11%Rising Star Outreach Inc: $1k → 8%Friends of Switchpoint Inc: $26k → 10%COMMON GROUNDS OUTDOOR ADVENTURE: $8k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.9M · 15 repeat orgs$700k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
28

Total granted

$1.9M
$579k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+15%

Still filing today

60%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $121k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalInternationalEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • KA
    KAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2025 · $595k · revenue +48%
  • TS
    TETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +33%
  • CF
    CANYONLANDS FIELD INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • US
    Utah Sate University Bastian Agricultural Center
    one grant, 2023 · $265k
  • UO
    University of Utah Endowed Scholarship
    one grant, 2023 · $104k
  • MF
    Malouf Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -74%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
2
Utah Geological Foundation
—
3
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
4
Bike Utah

Bike utah is the statewide, nonprofit bicycle advocacy and education organization. our mission is to make utah a better place to ride, and we envision a utah where complete active transportation networks and thriving cycling culture…

Public Safety & Disaster
5
The Community Foundation of Utah

We are utah's partner in philanthropy, pioneering innovation and collaboration to invest in our community today for a brighter tomorrow.

Philanthropy
6
Wellfit Girls Program Southwest Florida Inc

To inspire, challenge, and empower teen girls to climb high in all areas of life through transformational leadership programs.

Youth Development
7
Utah Film Center

Utah film center inspires and engages diverse audiences to initiate conversation and community building through curated film exhibition, educational programs, and artist support.

Arts & Culture
8
Utah Arts Alliance

To foster the arts in all forms in order to create an aware, empowered, and connected community.

Arts & Culture
9
The Urban Farm

To provide urban residents the opportunity to participate in agriculture by removing the barriers to entry such as land access, time, location and finances; and inspire excitement through practical experience while fostering respect,…

Crime & Legal
10
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
11
Idaho Base Camp Inc

A nonprofit organization rooted in the wood river valley, idaho basecamp helps develop resilience, confidence, and connection in youth through adventure, exploration, and intentional play in the outdoors.

Environment
12
Insight Colearning Center

Independent school for research-based high school education

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Four Corners School of Outdoor Educ and the most unlike its peers is Wayne Brown Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number29%6%<5yr17%12%5–10yr18%24%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr8%18%35–55yr13%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value29%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr18%44%10–20yr15%5%20–35yr8%6%35–55yr13%42%55yr+

The field is 29% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/38
the rest of the field
15%
1,407/9,142

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
22/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Utah State University Bastian Agricultural Center — $542,500 · OtherUtah State University Bastian Agricultural CenterUNIVERSITY OF UTAH — $480,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHUtah Sate University Bastian Agricultural Center — $265,000 · OtherUtah Sate University Bastian Agricultural CenterUniversity of Utah Endowed Scholarship — $104,000 · OtherUniversity of Utah Endowed ScholarshipTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $85,750 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY — $85,000 · Other+26 more — $276,750 · Other+26 moreKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION — $595,000 · Arts & CultureKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION+6 more — $51,750 · Arts & Culture+6 moreFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - UTAH — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentKEN GARFF FOR GOOD — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Doug Coombs Foundation — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN UTAH — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Other Side Academy — $27,000 · Crime & LegalFight Against Domestic Violence — $11,000 · Crime & LegalYOUTH GARDEN PROJECT — $10,000 · Crime & LegalTETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC — $29,800 · EnvironmentFOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC — $10,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC — $26,000 · Human ServicesCOMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES — $8,000 · Human ServicesWELCOMENST INC — $2,500 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesMalouf Foundation — $30,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,839,000Arts & Culture$646,750Youth Development$60,000Crime & Legal$48,000Environment$39,800Human Services$37,500Philanthropy$30,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION — $595,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $85,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMalouf Foundation — $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC — $29,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC — $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - UTAH — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCANYONLANDS FIELD INSTITUTE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC — $18,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetROOTS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL — $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKEN GARFF FOR GOOD — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SHARING PLACE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWayne Brown Institute — $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSundance Institute — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH GARDEN PROJECT — $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetThe Doug Coombs Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN UTAH — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSNOWBASIN SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES — $8,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetENTRADA INSTITUTE INC — $6,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION — $5,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation — $5,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE POLICY PROJECT — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetESPECIALLY FOR ATHLETES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSALT LAKE ARTS COUNCIL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGranary Art Center — $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLAZY B EQUINE RESCUE AND SANCTUARY — $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUELESSEBOUGOU ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWELCOMENST INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRising Star Outreach Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

George S and Dolores …Sorenson Legacy Found…Larry H Miller and Ga…The Community Foundat…Pacificorp Foundation…Dominion Energy Chari…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Marriner S Eccles Fou…The Miner FoundationThe Wilson Family Fou…Wcf FoundationBeesley Family Founda…
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT42.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · The Miner Foundation · The Wilson Family Foundation · Wcf Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Paul T Walton Jr Charitable Foundation dba PT Walton Jr Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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